Director of underwriting

Timothy Marek

**** ******** ****, ***** ****, OH 43123 614-***-**** ***.*****@*****.***

Insurance professional with over 25 years of P&C underwriting experience in various areas including: extensive experience in Senior Living, Long-Term Care, and Aging Services. Additional expertise in Large/Middle Market Accounts including WC rating plans and Trucking. Proficiency in developing and cultivating long-term relationships both internally and externally, as well as working in unison with other departments including Claims and Risk Control.

Experience

Church Mutual, Merrill, Wisconsin – Director: Senior Living Center of Excellence

June 2022 - Current

●Oversee a team of 6 underwriting assistants, 14 underwriters and 2 managing underwriters

●Complete and compile department travel and expense budget

●Work with actuary, claims and legal departments to determine acceptable venues, rates and limits

●Created department appetite and train underwriting team

●Implemented underwriter pipelines and measured results.

●Review accounts outside of underwriters’ letter of authority

●Marketing and appetite discussions with agents and brokers

●Participate in hiring for underwriters, underwriting assistants, risk control, and sales candidates

●Monitor new business and renewal rate and retention

●Complete annual reviews for underwriting assistants, underwriters and managing underwriters

●Establish plan for moving General Liability/Professional Liability and Excess from admitted to surplus lines

●Create/Implement large account reviews with underwriting, risk control and claims

●Develop communications between underwriting, sales, claims and risk control

Chubb, Columbus, Ohio – Assistant Vice President

December 2019- June 2022

●Developed marketing initiatives with my agent base

●Underwrote nine states for both retail and wholesale agents

Medpro Group, Columbus, Ohio – Senior Underwriter: Senior Living

February 2018- December 2019

●Worked with retail agents in Ohio and CRC in Colorado, HUB International in New York City and Assurance in Chicago

●Developed relationships with Ohio agents as well as wholesale partners

CNA, Columbus, Ohio – Underwriting Director: Aging Services

May 2009 – January 2018

●Managed a $32,000,000 book for Senior Living/Aging Services for the Midwest including Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky

●Acted as the referral underwriter for seven underwriters that handled 17 states

●Surpassed new business goals for the Region the last five straight years

●Served as the relationship manager for 9 agencies for both Ohio & Indiana

●Developed and implemented a direct marketing campaign for Aging Services for Ohio

●Acted as a subject matter expert for the conversion to Guidewire

●Responsible for the Aging Service profitability for Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio and kept combined ratio under 95% each year.

Liberty Mutual Insurance, Columbus, Ohio – Underwriting Consultant

June 1998- May 2009

●Provided training classes on rating plans for both underwriting and sales force

●Acted as the Central Divisions Underwriting Workstation Steering Committee Member

●Extensively experienced in underwriting all lines: Commercial Middle Market and Large Accounts. Nearly 70% of book was large and included complicated workers compensation business

●Led Central Division commercial accounts underwriters in number of prospects worked, new accounts quoted, new accounts sold, and premium sold

●Provided training and mentoring for new underwriters

Skills

Leader

Mentor

Communication

Organized

Collaborative

Problem Solver

Time Management

Self-Motivated

Critical Thinker

Flexible

Team Player

Creative

Attention to Detail

Responsible

Dedicated

Honors & Awards

Top 10% award winner

Six-time winner of Top Core-team performer award

Four Brave Awards

Designations

CPCU

ARM

Education

Bowling Green State University

B.S., Business Administration

References and salary requirements are available upon request

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