Life Sciences Underwriter

Berkley•Naperville, IL

About The Position

This role, key within Berkley Life Sciences, focuses on new business marketing and production, as well as renewal underwriting and service for complex life sciences accounts. The position partners closely with a designated group of producers and places a strong emphasis on proactively soliciting opportunities and building long-term, trusted relationships. Success in this role requires an advanced understanding of the admitted commercial property and casualty market, strong analytical and underwriting skills, and the ability to cultivate, maintain, and grow robust producer and client relationships that support sustained portfolio growth. In strategic alliance with the AVP Territory Manager: Responsible for account solicitation, risk selection and analysis including the corresponding documentation, pricing and marketing of Berkley Life Sciences products and services for new and existing customers. Build strong relationships with and manage brokers to ensure you meet or exceed financial goals including growth, profit, retention, and new business. Business development results for assigned book of business including finding and developing new producers to expand the team’s opportunities within a specific region. Identify opportunities for account rounding. Provide technical support to producers and insureds. Stay current with all compliance, procedural and workflow changes. Work collaboratively and effectively with, underwriting associate, operations, legal, home office underwriting, risk management and claims. Engage in innovation initiatives, product launches, marketing campaigns and short-term projects as appropriate to contribute positively towards success of the overall team and company.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
3-5+ years of commercial underwriting experience- preferably in life science space
Customer Focus
Results Driven
Accountability
Innovation and Initiative
Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Your communication style is flexible to the situation. You communicate clearly and with a purpose
Calm under pressure. You have excellent organizational skills, integrity, and great follow-through on tasks. You are comfortable challenging norms while working collaboratively with colleagues at all levels of the organization
You have a strong sense of accountability, fun and adventure
You have strong established relationships with producers and know how to leverage those connections to grow and retain business.
You have a proven track record of building and maintaining strong business relationships with insureds, agents & brokers.
A strong customer service bias. You want to get to yes. You are known for your super responsiveness. You can say no and preserve your relationships.
Natural curiosity. You love learning how things work and you are always looking for innovative improvements
An analytical mind. You love to dive into the details of an account in order to craft pricing and coverage that meet underwriting guidelines, profitability models and customer needs
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, including overnight travel
Advanced proficiency with the Microsoft suite of products

Responsibilities

Responsible for account solicitation, risk selection and analysis including the corresponding documentation, pricing and marketing of Berkley Life Sciences products and services for new and existing customers.
Build strong relationships with and manage brokers to ensure you meet or exceed financial goals including growth, profit, retention, and new business.
Business development results for assigned book of business including finding and developing new producers to expand the team’s opportunities within a specific region.
Identify opportunities for account rounding.
Provide technical support to producers and insureds.
Stay current with all compliance, procedural and workflow changes.
Work collaboratively and effectively with, underwriting associate, operations, legal, home office underwriting, risk management and claims.
Engage in innovation initiatives, product launches, marketing campaigns and short-term projects as appropriate to contribute positively towards success of the overall team and company.