Executive Underwriter

Berkley•Irving, TX

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Berkley Southwest, a 2025 Business Insurance Best Places to Work winner, offers commercial property and casualty products and services through independent agents in Arizona, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. We maintain a strong local presence in each of our markets, keeping underwriting and support close to the customer. This position will be based in our Irving, TX office and offers a hybrid work schedule with 4 days in the office and 1 day remote where it makes sense. The company is an equal opportunity employer. As an Executive Underwriter, you'll be responsible for the management and growth of an assigned book of business and the acquisition of new business. You'll evaluate the acceptability of individual risks and determine terms, conditions, and pricing to achieve company profit objectives. We'll trust you to work with agents/brokers to develop productive and profitable relationships and to ensure compliance with company underwriting guidelines. You will also serve in an informal leadership role in the branch by providing guidance to less experienced underwriters.

Requirements

7+ years commercial lines Underwriting and/or marketing experience.
Demonstrated ability to develop a profitable commercial lines book of business.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, agents, and vendors.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors degree
Strong quantitative skills (i.e. figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, circumference, and volume.
Ability to project a warm and friendly manner in all business contacts and maintain a professional relationship with fellow workers, agency contacts, and the general public.

Responsibilities

Manage and grow assigned book of business and acquire new business.
Evaluate acceptability of individual risks and determine terms, conditions, and pricing to achieve company profit objectives.
Work with agents/brokers to develop productive and profitable relationships and ensure compliance with company underwriting guidelines.
Serve in an informal leadership role in the branch by providing guidance to less experienced underwriters.
Underwrite new business by reviewing the application for acceptability, requesting additional information, if necessary, and accepting or rejecting risks in conformance with company guidelines.
Underwrite within authority set forth by Commercial Lines Vice President and within confines of company's reinsurance treaties and correspond with agency to collect additional information.
Underwrite renewal business by reviewing insured's file, producing agency's experience, nature and frequency of losses, loss control surveys, motor vehicle reports, and prior carrier loss experience.
Assist Commercial Lines Vice President in development of new products, pricing, or coverages needed.
Develop productive and profitable relationships with agents/brokers.
Maintain an established loss ratio.
Meet established production goals and deliver timely service.
Serve as the staff liaison for the assigned line in disseminating line updates and developing staff.
Travel within the assigned territory to facilitate customer development and relationship through agency visitation and prospect calls.
Pursue a program of continuing education by participating in industry sponsored and company sponsored educational courses.
Assist in training of other personnel as directed.