The Hanover Insurance Group
The Hanover Insurance Group
5,001 – 10,000 Employees
B2BB2CInsurance
The Hanover Insurance Group is a U.S.-based insurance provider serving individuals, businesses, agents, and brokers. Its personal insurance portfolio includes home, auto, motorcycle, umbrella, condominium, renters, and specialty coverage for items such as collector cars, watercraft, and valuables. For commercial customers, Hanover offers business owner’s policies, commercial auto, workers’ compensation, management liability, cyber, professional liability, property, surety, and industry-focused solutions for sectors including construction, healthcare, life sciences, and retail. The company also provides claims support, policy management tools, educational resources, risk services, and distribution support through its agent and broker network.

Senior Surety Underwriting Specialist - United States Remote

Senior Contract Surety Underwriting Specialist responsible for complex accounts and agency relationships within The Hanover Insurance Group’s insurance business. Supports profitable growth through underwriting, risk assessment, and new business development across the South Region.

Description

  • Identify, pursue, and underwrite new Contract Surety accounts that support profitable growth
  • Build and maintain relationships with key agency partners
  • Oversee an assigned book of business with moderate to high technical complexity and scope
  • Work with limited supervision across underwriting and marketing activities
  • Operate within established expertise and authority levels
  • Support regional and business unit objectives
  • Coordinate agency, broker, and account meetings along with related workflows
  • Apply Hanover’s Surety strategies and risk appetite, using internal and external data to guide individual and portfolio decisions
  • Partner with internal and external resources on moderately complex risks
  • Create new business opportunities with key agencies
  • Act as a trusted advisor to agents, brokers, and clients throughout the territory

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
  • AFSB designation preferred
  • Typically 5–10 years of Contract Surety underwriting experience
  • At least 5 years of experience developing agency relationships that generate profitable new business and managing complex accounts
  • Strong command of core underwriting concepts, practices, and procedures
  • Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to explain difficult or technical decisions with confidence and precision
  • Ability to adapt quickly, identify issues, analyze information, and solve problems
  • Openness to new and different approaches to thinking
  • Must be based in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, or Georgia
  • Ability to travel regularly for business throughout the assigned territory

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid and fully remote options
  • Comprehensive benefits supporting health, financial security, and work-life balance
  • Inclusive, collaborative workplace
  • Opportunities for career growth and new experiences
  • Support to help employees succeed
  • Regular business travel throughout the assigned territory

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