<p>Overview</p> <p>The Corporate Underwriting Specialist plays a critical role in helping drive profitable growth by serving as a subject-matter expert on underwriting appetite, guidelines, and best practices. This role partners closely with Product, Regional Underwriting, Sales teams to ensure risks are evaluated consistently, efficiently, and in alignment with the company's strategic objectives. The position focuses on improving underwriting clarity, operational efficiency, and top-line growth-without sacrificing underwriting efficacy or profitability.</p> <p>Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>Leverage industry segment data to drive profitable top-line growth by helping teams identify and target classes of business aligned with our appetite. </li><li>Educate the field on cross-sell strategies, eligible industry segments, and how to effectively assess opportunities. </li><li>Support Product by providing insight to help adjust underwriting appetite based on portfolio performance, market dynamics, and strategic growth initiatives. </li><li>Identify system, form, state, and coverage gaps, and propose solutions to address them, partnering with Product Management teams to assess competitor offerings to inform positioning and appetite decisions. </li><li>Translate Underwriting Guidelines into Clear, Practical Direction - Simplify complex underwriting guidance into actionable steps that underwriters and sales leaders can readily apply. </li><li>Collaborate with underwriting and operations to streamline workflows, reduce friction points, and improve turnaround times. </li><li>Train underwriters on how to conduct impactful phone outreach and lead effective in-person and virtual agency visits. Key focus areas include cross-sell opportunities, system navigation, AmTrust capabilities, pipeline quality, LOB-specific appetite guidance, and digital training resources. </li><li>Identify Inconsistencies in underwriting decisions and provide clear guidance on corrective actions to improve decision quality and UW output consistency. </li><li>Collaborate on strategies to advance Amtrust's value proposition in target industries, including providing content for marketing materials in partnership with Marketing and Product Strategy to advance brand presence and industry specialization, where appropriate. </li></ul> <p>The expected salary range for this role is $58,500-$85,000.00.</p> <p>Please note that the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon a wide range of factors considered in making the compensation decision, including, but not limited to, candidate skills, experience, education and training, the scope and responsibilities of the role, as well as market and business considerations.</p> <p>What We Offer</p> <p>AmTrust Financial Services offers a competitive compensation package and excellent career advancement opportunities. Our benefits include: Medical & Dental Plans, Life Insurance, including eligible spouses & children, Health Care Flexible Spending, Dependent Care, 401k Savings Plans, Paid Time Off.</p> <p>AmTrust strives to create a diverse and inclusive culture where thoughts and ideas of all employees are appreciated and respected. This concept encompasses but is not limited to human differences with regard to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, culture, religion or disabilities.</p> <p>AmTrust values excellence and recognizes that by embracing the diverse backgrounds, skills, and perspectives of its workforce, it will sustain a competitive advantage and remain an employer of choice. Diversity is a business imperative, enabling us to attract, retain and develop the best talent available. We see diversity as more than just policies and practices. It is an integral part of who we are as a company, how we operate and how we see our future.</p>