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At HCSC, our employees are the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We empower employees with curated development plans that foster growth and promote rewarding, fulfilling careers.
Join HCSC and be part of a purpose-driven company that will invest in your professional development.
This position is responsible for managing a team that underwrites accounts in compliance with HCSC*s goals and objectives and federal and state legislation, resulting in the sale and renewal of group business. Successfully demonstrated skills and experience in underwriting and pricing of various funding options and products and making sound decisions. Operational knowledge of renewal and prospective group health underwriting processes and procedures knowledge of underwriting methodologies including mathematical and financial group health underwriting funding. Extensive experience ing consortium procedure and pricing (if applicable). Extensive experience and knowledge of managed care/health care, group insurance products and group health underwriting financial arrangements and knowledge of state and federal legislation to underwriting practices and making sound decisions. Work management skills in prioritizing and assigning work and project assignments. Demonstrated highly effective presentation skills for addressing customers and senior management. Demonstrate skills for developing presentations, building and maintaining positive relationships internally and externally, interacting with representatives of large and strategic accounts, coordinating initiatives across departments, interacting with senior management, lead staff.Required Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and 5 years’ experience underwriting small and/or large accounts and dealing directly with key customers, consultants and/or brokers OR 6 years of experience underwriting small and/or large accounts and dealing directly with key customers, consultants and brokers.
- 3 years of underwriting of higher complexity cases (if responsibility includes one or more of the following segments: large/major/national/and or special accounts (Labor Union, Student Health, IL Hospital, Co-operatives, Private Exchange, etc.) OR Demonstrated capability to meet required job responsibilities.
- Successfully demonstrated skills and experience in underwriting and pricing of various funding options and products and making sound decisions.
- Operational knowledge of renewal and prospective group health underwriting processes and procedures.
- Knowledge of underwriting methodologies including mathematical and financial group health underwriting funding. Extensive experience
- ing consortium procedure and pricing (if applicable).
- Extensive experience and knowledge of managed care/health care, group insurance products and group health underwriting financial arrangements and knowledge of state and federal legislation to underwriting practices and making sound decisions.
- Work management skills in prioritizing and assigning work and project assignments.
- Demonstrated highly effective Presentation skills for addressing customers and senior management.
- Demonstrate skills for developing presentations, building and maintaining positive relationships internally and externally, interacting with representatives of large and strategic accounts, coordinating initiatives across departments, interacting with senior management, lead staff.
- Project management skills and experience, including designing and leading projects.
- Verbal and written communication skills, including correct grammar, appropriate word choice, precisions, structure, and appropriate tone and level of detail for audience.
- Interact with BCBSA and member plans.
- Interpret and describe BCBS products and financial arrangements as well as those provided by competitors.
- Successfully demonstrated interpersonal skills in establishing and maintaining positive business relationships.
- Independent judgment and problem resolution skills.
- Work and project management skills including the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time and workload to meet deadlines.
- PC proficiency to include Word and Excel.
- Successfully demonstrated skills and experience in presenting to external clients.
- Process management and process improvement experience and skills to identify and implement process changes.
- undefined
Preferred Job Qualifications:
- Knowledge of the Blue System and ability to price National business.
- Rotation to other Underwriting market segments.
Please note that this role is HYBRID with an in-office requirement of 3 days a week.
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Compensation: $102,000.00 - $184,300.00
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location
HCSC Employment Statement:
We are an Equal Opportunity Employment employer dedicated to providing a welcoming environment where the unique differences of our employees are respected and valued. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. Employment may be contingent upon successful completion of drug screening in accordance with applicable law.
To learn more about available benefits, please visit https://careers.hcsc.com/totalrewards (opens in new window)
Flex employees are expected to be in the office a minimum of three days a week. Management will have discretion to modify an employee's weekly schedule for exigent circumstances.
At HCSC, our employees are the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We empower employees with curated development plans that foster growth and promote rewarding, fulfilling careers.
Join HCSC and be part of a purpose-driven company that will invest in your professional development.
This position is responsible for managing a team that underwrites accounts in compliance with HCSC*s goals and objectives and federal and state legislation, resulting in the sale and renewal of group business. Successfully demonstrated skills and experience in underwriting and pricing of various funding options and products and making sound decisions. Operational knowledge of renewal and prospective group health underwriting processes and procedures knowledge of underwriting methodologies including mathematical and financial group health underwriting funding. Extensive experience ing consortium procedure and pricing (if applicable). Extensive experience and knowledge of managed care/health care, group insurance products and group health underwriting financial arrangements and knowledge of state and federal legislation to underwriting practices and making sound decisions. Work management skills in prioritizing and assigning work and project assignments. Demonstrated highly effective presentation skills for addressing customers and senior management. Demonstrate skills for developing presentations, building and maintaining positive relationships internally and externally, interacting with representatives of large and strategic accounts, coordinating initiatives across departments, interacting with senior management, lead staff.Required Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and 5 years’ experience underwriting small and/or large accounts and dealing directly with key customers, consultants and/or brokers OR 6 years of experience underwriting small and/or large accounts and dealing directly with key customers, consultants and brokers.
- 3 years of underwriting of higher complexity cases (if responsibility includes one or more of the following segments: large/major/national/and or special accounts (Labor Union, Student Health, IL Hospital, Co-operatives, Private Exchange, etc.) OR Demonstrated capability to meet required job responsibilities.
- Successfully demonstrated skills and experience in underwriting and pricing of various funding options and products and making sound decisions.
- Operational knowledge of renewal and prospective group health underwriting processes and procedures.
- Knowledge of underwriting methodologies including mathematical and financial group health underwriting funding. Extensive experience
- ing consortium procedure and pricing (if applicable).
- Extensive experience and knowledge of managed care/health care, group insurance products and group health underwriting financial arrangements and knowledge of state and federal legislation to underwriting practices and making sound decisions.
- Work management skills in prioritizing and assigning work and project assignments.
- Demonstrated highly effective Presentation skills for addressing customers and senior management.
- Demonstrate skills for developing presentations, building and maintaining positive relationships internally and externally, interacting with representatives of large and strategic accounts, coordinating initiatives across departments, interacting with senior management, lead staff.
- Project management skills and experience, including designing and leading projects.
- Verbal and written communication skills, including correct grammar, appropriate word choice, precisions, structure, and appropriate tone and level of detail for audience.
- Interact with BCBSA and member plans.
- Interpret and describe BCBS products and financial arrangements as well as those provided by competitors.
- Successfully demonstrated interpersonal skills in establishing and maintaining positive business relationships.
- Independent judgment and problem resolution skills.
- Work and project management skills including the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time and workload to meet deadlines.
- PC proficiency to include Word and Excel.
- Successfully demonstrated skills and experience in presenting to external clients.
- Process management and process improvement experience and skills to identify and implement process changes.
- undefined
Preferred Job Qualifications:
- Knowledge of the Blue System and ability to price National business.
- Rotation to other Underwriting market segments.
Please note that this role is HYBRID with an in-office requirement of 3 days a week.
#LI-LK1
#LI-Hybrid
Compensation: $102,000.00 - $184,300.00
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location
HCSC Employment Statement:
We are an Equal Opportunity Employment employer dedicated to providing a welcoming environment where the unique differences of our employees are respected and valued. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. Employment may be contingent upon successful completion of drug screening in accordance with applicable law.
To learn more about available benefits, please visit https://careers.hcsc.com/totalrewards (opens in new window)
Flex employees are expected to be in the office a minimum of three days a week. Management will have discretion to modify an employee's weekly schedule for exigent circumstances.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in regional underwriting manager jobs.
- Five or more years of commercial or personal lines underwriting experience
- Demonstrated experience managing or mentoring a team of underwriters
- Proficiency with underwriting platforms and policy administration systems
- CPCU, AU, or comparable professional insurance designation preferred
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, risk management, or a related field
- Strong knowledge of loss analysis, rate adequacy, and book management
Tips for Your Regional Underwriting Manager Job Search
Quantify your loss ratio improvements
Hiring managers for regional underwriting manager roles want to see portfolio outcomes, not just responsibilities. Pull your actual combined ratio trends, renewal retention rates, or premium growth numbers from past roles and lead with those on your resume.
Match your lines of authority to the posting
Many postings specify a dollar threshold for binding authority. If your current authority matches or exceeds what they list, state that figure explicitly on your resume. Vague descriptions of oversight routinely screen out strong candidates at the resume stage.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists regional underwriting manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Tailor your resume to the carrier's market segment
A regional underwriting manager resume targeting a standard commercial carrier reads differently from one aimed at an E&S or specialty insurer. Adjust your terminology, the lines you highlight, and your risk appetite language to reflect the specific segment you're targeting.
Prepare for a case-based interview round
Most regional underwriting manager interviews include a scenario where you're asked to evaluate a submission, price a risk, or handle a team performance issue. Practice walking through your underwriting rationale out loud, including how you'd handle a marginal risk near your authority limit.
Negotiate territory scope alongside title
Regional underwriting manager roles vary widely in geographic scope, sometimes covering a single state and sometimes a multi-state territory. Before accepting an offer, clarify exactly which states you're responsible for and whether the territory has headcount to support it.
Regional Underwriting Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most regional underwriting managers?
Starr Companies, FCCI Insurance, and Health Care Service Corporation are hiring the most regional underwriting managers right now, with openings concentrated in Illinois, Texas, and Indiana, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Carrier expansion into new territories and retirement-driven attrition are the two most common drivers of these openings.
How many regional underwriting manager jobs are remote?
About 71% of regional underwriting manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with fully remote roles more common at national carriers than at regional mutuals or specialty insurers. Roles focused on commercial lines management and book analysis tend to be more remote-friendly than positions that require direct agent relationship management within a geographic territory.
How do you become a regional underwriting manager?
Start by building several years of underwriting experience in a specific line, such as commercial property, general liability, or professional lines, until you can underwrite complex risks independently. Take on informal leadership, like mentoring junior underwriters or leading a book review, to demonstrate management readiness. Earning a professional designation such as a CPCU or AU strengthens your candidacy, and moving into a team lead or supervising underwriter role before applying for manager titles gives you the direct people-management experience most postings require.
Can you get a regional underwriting manager job without prior management experience?
Yes, some carriers promote experienced senior underwriters into regional manager roles without formal prior management titles, particularly when they have strong book performance and have informally led teams or trained colleagues. Your best approach is to document any mentoring, audit participation, or workflow ownership you have done, frame it as leadership on your resume, and target smaller regional carriers or start-up specialty units where the management structure is less rigid.
What does the regional underwriting manager interview process look like?
Most processes involve a phone screen with a recruiter, followed by a panel interview with a regional VP and HR that covers your underwriting philosophy and leadership style. A technical round often follows, where you walk through a real or hypothetical book of business, assess profitability, and explain how you'd realign an underperforming territory. Final-stage conversations typically focus on how you'd develop underwriters, manage agent relationships, and hit growth and loss ratio targets simultaneously.
Where can I find and apply to regional underwriting manager jobs?
You can find and apply to regional underwriting manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your lines of business, territory preference, and experience level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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