Senior Underwriter, Middle Market Solutions

Arch Insurance Group Inc.•Charlotte, NC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Underwriter will develop and maintain strong relationships with brokers and serve as a specialized technical expert for Middle Market P&C Accounts. This will be a hybrid position in Charlotte, NC with a minimum of 20% travel for broker/production needs. The company culture is rooted in collaboration, expertise, and innovation, aiming to promote progress and inspire clients, employees, investors, and communities to achieve their greatest potential. The company's work is described as the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals, enabling possibility.

Requirements

Ability to assess risk inherent exposures and natural hazards relevant to MM P&C.
Analyze current performance against benchmarks applying how the market operates and functions, the business needs and customer needs.
Design, develop and implement consistent, robust wordings.
Robust understanding of policy administration life cycle, information collection, policy issuance, premium bookings, credit control, cancellation.
Ability to persuade and motivate others to act, without executive authority.
Ability to effectively absorb information from various sources, then analyze, study or examine data in detail, and draw appropriate conclusions.
Use general office application tools e.g. Power Point, Excel, Word.
A minimum of 2+ years of Commercial Property & Casualty Underwriting experience.
Middle Market experience is preferred.
Recognized established relationships with brokers at peer group level and within market.
Experience with General Liability, Umbrella, Commercial Auto, Commercial Property, and/or Workers Compensation.
Good understanding of legal and regulatory framework.
Undergraduate degree required.

Nice To Haves

Economics, Finance, Insurance Management, or Business Administration is preferred.
Completion of professional insurance qualification (e.g. CPCU) is preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

Manage assigned broker portfolio of accounts to achieve efficient returns of profitability and growth.
Underwrite new and renewal accounts to meet top and bottom line targets.
Ensure placing and binding of FAC Reinsurance prior to policy inception.
Proactively develop relationships with brokers and agents assigned within the territory to either pursue new business acquisition and/or large renewal retention.
Acquisition of new business and retention of existing business including client and broker negotiations.
Manage complex referrals from underwriters and spokes and re-underwrite complex business as appropriate.
Proactively drive involvement of functional areas in Underwriting process, including e.g. MMC, ARC, Claims, Operations.
Handle market facing broker relationships with ability to travel a minimum of 20%.