Inland Marine Sr. Underwriter

Hanover Insurance Group•Itasca, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Hanover Marine is seeking a Sr. Underwriter to join our growing team in our Itasca, Illinois office. This is a full time, exempt role. This is a hybrid opportunity. We encourage all Inland Marine Underwriting professionals looking to join a dynamic & collaborative team to apply. The actual job title and level may be flexible dependent on candidate qualifications and experience. POSITION OVERVIEW: Responsible for identifying, soliciting, underwriting and selling new and renewal Specialty accounts that drive profitable growth and align with Industry Segments, appetite and mix goals. Apply advanced technical, sales and analytical skills to provide insurance solutions that help Hanover’s customers manage risk. Demonstrates a thorough understanding of Hanover’s strategies and appetites and will use internal and external data to make appropriate individual and portfolio risk decisions. Operates within a broad Letter of Authority for all underwriting decisions and with limited direction while managing an assigned book of business, generally with high technical complexity and coordination.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
5-7+ years of Inland Marine underwriting experience
5-7+ years experience driving agency relationships resulting in profitable new and renewal business
Consistently demonstrates high level of proficiency across Marine Underwriting core competencies. May specialize in 1-2 specialty areas.
Proficient in ability to identify, analyze and solve problems and manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects.
Is used as a resource by others to collaborate on more complex risks, pricing, trends, industry segments coverages and product knowledge.
May conduct peer-to-peer self-audits under the direction of management.
Demonstrates ability to adapt quickly to change, exercise influence, and act as a change advocate being open to new and different ways of thinking,
Viewed as an informal leader amongst the team/branch/region/LOB.
Open to and proactively shares knowledge and expertise with peers, management and leadership.
Acts as a mentor for less experienced underwriters or newly hired underwriters, may assist with training other team members.
Ability to travel as needed.