Property Facultative Underwriter
About The Position
Everest is a global leader in risk management with a 50+ year heritage. We are looking for a Property Facultative Underwriter to support our established facultative market in the United States. This role involves building and maintaining business relationships, underwriting, and binding opportunities at your discretion. The position requires new business production, renewal underwriting, adherence to guidelines, and developing strong customer relationships. You will collaborate with internal departments like claims, accounting, and product management. The role also includes marketing efforts, requiring travel to assigned markets and territories, and building relationships with ceding companies and reinsurance intermediaries. Maintaining awareness of competitor capabilities and market strategies is also key.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum 5 years of experience working as a Property Underwriter with various occupancies including large accounts
- Excellent marketing skills and established relationships with insurance companies
- Strong interpersonal and writing skills with the ability to flourish in a team environment
- The ability to interpret engineering reports
- The ability to interpret catastrophe modeling and actuarial methodologies and output
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint required
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with catastrophe models a plus
- Property Facultative experience preferred
- Experience with specialty business is also preferred (power generation, mid-stream production, refining/petrochemical, specialty chemicals, renewables, and mining)
- Prior Reinsurance experience a plus
Responsibilities
- New business production and renewal underwriting
- Adherence to underwriting rules and guidelines
- Developing strong customer relationships through providing top-notch service
- Work with all functional areas of the company including claims, accounting, and product management to support company objectives
- Ability to travel, expected to spend time on the road after initial training
- Marketing that includes travel monthly or as needed, to assigned markets and territory
- Build relationship with ceding companies and reinsurance intermediaries
- Maintain awareness of competitor capabilities and strategies, as well as the overall insurance marketplace
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- employee wellness program
- life and disability insurance
- 401k match
- retirement savings plan
- paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
