Regional Underwriting Manager - General Property
Posted Oct 7, 2025 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you collaborated with a broker and client to understand a complicated risk.
What they are checking: Whether they gather information collaboratively, as the posting describes.
Tell me about a team you managed. How did you measure their performance?
What they are checking: Management experience and whether they use fair, clear performance measures.
How do you build lasting relationships with key brokers in the Midwest?
What they are checking: Relationship skills that drive submission flow and retention for the region.
What would you do
How would you lead the Midwest property team while still writing large accounts yourself?
What they are checking: Ability to balance leadership duties with a personal book, which the role combines.
An underwriter on your team wants to quote a risk you think is outside appetite. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can coach an underwriter through a disagreement while still protecting the standards of the portfolio.
The team's profitability drops in a quarter after a cat event. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Leadership under pressure and the ability to separate cat volatility from underwriting problems.
About the work
Walk me through how you underwrite a large property account with multiple locations.
What they are checking: Technical depth in values, COPE, cat exposure and terms for large property risks.
How do you decide on your line size and attachment in a shared and layered property program?
What they are checking: Knowledge of capacity deployment that protects the portfolio on large accounts.
What emerging risks or regulatory changes are affecting large property underwriting right now?
What they are checking: Industry awareness, which the posting asks underwriters to maintain.
How do you use engineering reports in pricing large property risks?
What they are checking: Whether loss control findings shape their terms and conditions.
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