Product Manager, Workers Compensation Underwriting

ISO, a Verisk business, has been a leading source of information about property/casualty insurance risk since 1971. For a broad spectrum of commercial and personal lines of insurance, ISO provides statistical, actuarial, underwriting, and claims information and analytics; compliance and fraud identification tools; policy language; information about specific locations; and technical services. ISO serves insurers, reinsurers, agents and brokers, insurance regulators, risk managers, and other participants in the property/casualty insurance marketplace. To learn more about ISO please visit us at:  www.verisk.com/iso. We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies! 

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The ISO Underwriting unit of Verisk Insurance Solutions is hiring an experienced Product Manager, Workers Compensation Underwriting to manage ISO’s small commercial underwriting efforts. 

Responsibilities: 

• Leverage Workers Comp market, underwriting, and/or product expertise to lead the build and design/execution of the go-to-market of a data- and analytics-driven underwriting solution that is best-in-class 

• Identify and analyze data sources, build client and vendor relationships, and implement marketing initiatives in support of carriers’ and distributors’ goals in the Workers compensation market 

• Partner with both internal and external stakeholders to procure development partner and market feedback, leveraging Verisk’s comprehensive internal and external network of talent and data  

• Lead the product portion of sales opportunities to ensure effective positioning of the solution’s value proposition and customer comfort with the product capabilities to support the ambitious growth goals of the product line 

• Liaise between product colleagues, marketing, and sales to ensure streamlined messaging driven by customer needs and how existing and emerging Verisk capabilities can solve these needs 

• Provide industry thought leadership through white papers, articles, presentations, conferences, and customer conversations 

• 5 to 10 years commercial insurance product and/or underwriting experience, with a focus on Workers Compensation  

• Understands the basics of technology and the convergence of software and data/analytics in support of straight through processing 

• Quantitative background with a focus on high quality data and analytics 

• Prior product development/management experience preferred 

• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.  Ability to communicate effectively (verbally and in writing) with internal staff and external stakeholders 

• Comfortable speaking in front of a room full of industry executives but can also dive into the details of a challenging quantitative problem to solve customer needs 

• Strong critical thinking, analytical problem-solving and negotiating skills; business creativity is a must 

• 10% - 15% travel 

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