MSI is a global hardware manufacturer serving gaming, professional, consumer, and industrial markets. Its portfolio includes gaming laptops, GeForce RTX graphics cards, motherboards, peripherals, and software, alongside AIoT and enterprise technologies such as embedded systems, servers, networking equipment, autonomous mobile robots, rugged tablets, vehicle infotainment and telematics, and EV charging solutions. The company also provides ODM and professional design and manufacturing services, creating opportunities across hardware engineering, product development, manufacturing, logistics, software, and customer support.
MSI Underwriting Director/Manager, Commercial Habitational - Remote United States
Lead MSI’s commercial habitational underwriting function by developing teams and programs, managing broker relationships, and directing portfolio strategy. Accountable for growth, pricing discipline, risk selection, and profitability.
Description
- Manage and develop underwriting staff through hiring, coaching, performance oversight, and career planning.
- Build and expand Commercial Habitational programs with substantial autonomy and decision-making responsibility.
- Define underwriting strategy, risk appetite, and pricing parameters for the commercial habitational portfolio.
- Take ownership of portfolio expansion, rate adequacy, and loss-ratio performance.
- Evaluate and produce new and complex habitational accounts, including risk selection, term negotiation, and pricing.
- Act as a referral and escalation resource for the wider underwriting organization.
- Assess market trends and competitor activity, applying findings to underwriting rules, product improvements, and go-to-market plans.
- Develop and sustain senior relationships with brokers, agencies, and reinsurance partners.
- Represent MSI on strategic accounts and lead team-wide new-business production within the assigned territory.
- Verify that issued policies meet carrier and reinsurance standards.
- Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, and Reinsurance on treaty provisions, audits, and regulatory issues.
- Implement and maintain underwriting guidelines, authority limits, and quality-assurance controls.
- Work with senior leaders on business plans, budgets, and performance objectives.
- Provide regular reporting on production, profitability, and team results relative to plan.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Marketing, Engineering, or a comparable combination of education and experience.
- At least 10 years of commercial underwriting experience with a carrier, MGA, program administrator, agency, or brokerage, including extensive work on large or complex accounts.
- Substantial excess and surplus commercial underwriting experience; habitational underwriting expertise is strongly preferred.
- At least five years of direct experience managing and developing underwriters, with evidence of building strong teams and holding staff accountable for production and profitability.
- Proven ability to establish underwriting strategy and risk appetite while owning profit-and-loss performance for a business portfolio.
- Strong problem-solving urgency and responsiveness to broker and market service expectations.
- Above-average technical proficiency and the ability to work effectively across multiple systems, tools, and digital platforms.
- Working experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Availability to travel approximately once or twice monthly for agent, broker, and reinsurance partner visits or team meetings.
- Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced setting and collaborate with colleagues.
- Demonstrated self-management, accountability, and effectiveness in a remote work environment.
- Willingness to travel up to 25% when required.
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement.
- Travel opportunities for meetings with agents, brokers, and reinsurance partners, as well as team gatherings.