Director, Underwriting

Berkley•Stamford, CT

13d•$130,000 - $170,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Excess Casualty E&S Underwriter is responsible for analyses of potential and existing customers by gathering and reviewing information on the companies' financial condition, loss and exposure history, and other relevant information to determine underwriting acceptability. Duties will also entail assessing economic acceptability of the risks and other important criteria that may affect the type of insurance coverage provided and premiums charged. Under supervision, the person in this role will assess risk, set rate and coverage levels. The successful candidate with excellent experience while developing their critical underwriting skills, through both independent and on-the-job training (e.g., job shadowing, mentorship, etc.). It is expected that the person in this role will establish, support, and maintain effective relationships with peers, customers, and brokers/agents. The person will also focus on learning how to evaluate both new and renewal book of business from evaluation to the pricing of the risk.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with a major in Insurance or related field
Must be able to conceptualize and analyze financials at a college level, as required by product line.
Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must.
Must be able to manage multiple priorities and possess the ability to make independent judgments.
Must be a team player, willing and eager to learn, organized, detailed and flexible.
Position requires occasional travel, including overnight trips.

Responsibilities

Broker Management
Understand the relationship between the brokerage community and underwriting; includes importance of managing the expectations of and communicating underwriting decisions, requirements, and philosophies to brokerage community.
Maintain producer / agency contact log information in electronic databases.
Participate in agency visitations with underwriters, claims representative or loss control representative to begin developing customer contacts.
Underwriting Duties
Evaluate risk characteristics of submissions to determine business opportunities in accordance with guidelines and company philosophy.
Review underwriting documents for accuracy prior to their release to brokers and/or company clients.
Learn to analyze coverage and limit requests to determine terms to be offer.
Prices business in accordance with company guidelines.
Assesses risk quality and compliance within company guidelines and initiates appropriate loss prevention actions.
Orders and screens miscellaneous reports needed in the rating and underwriting processes, such as loss history reports, credit checks, outside inspections, loss control, etc.
Pre-Underwriting Duties
Assist with the input of preliminary underwriting information; gather third party reports and information on submissions, according to priority ranking by the underwriting team.
Assist with pre-underwriting on renewals prior to the policy expiration date to determine whether notice of non-renewal or notice of a change in risk letters are required.
Within guidelines.
Assist with gathering prior claim history information on renewals and utilize judgment to assist in determining extent of pre-underwriting or non-renewal.
Underwriting Documents Processing
Receive, accept and follow up for and evaluate additional information for submissions on hold status.
Follow up with producer to collect accurate lost quotation information.
Receive, accept and evaluate binder conditions.
Other duties and special projects as assigned.