Senior Underwriter, Energy

Liberty Mutual • Boston, MA

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About The Position

The Senior Underwriter independently underwrites energy accounts within delegated authority, making data-driven acceptance, declination, and pricing decisions for complex or high-line-size risks across oil and gas, pipelines, power generation, and renewables in North America. The role manages a portfolio of brokers, agents, and clients; sources and underwrites profitable business; assesses technical exposures; and helps inform portfolio pricing, appetite, and marketing plans. It also involves maintaining senior broker relationships, collaborating across functions, contributing to improvement and product-development projects, mentoring junior underwriters, and representing the company at industry events.

Requirements

• A degree in Business or equivalent is typically required.
• At least 2.5 years of progressive underwriting experience and/or other related experience; typically 3 or more years.
• Proven analytical ability to evaluate and judge underwriting risks within the scope of responsibility.
• Competence across all phases and aspects of the underwriting process, including proficiency with qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques.
• Comprehension of complex technical underwriting issues and the ability to define and implement processes and workflows to manage or administer those issues.
• A proven track record of developing and underwriting profitable business.

Nice To Haves

• CPCU or another professional insurance designation.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of brokers, agents, and clients; source and underwrite profitable energy business.
• Assess technical exposures using loss histories, engineering reports, production and operational data, and modelling.
• Make data-driven accept/decline and pricing decisions, and set terms, limits, deductibles, and reinsurance needs.
• Provide portfolio analytics and insights to inform pricing, underwriting appetite, and marketing plans.
• Maintain senior broker relationships and clearly articulate coverage differences and risk appetite.
• Collaborate with Claims, Actuarial, Engineering, Legal, and Underwriting Support.
• Participate in improvement and product-development projects.
• Mentor junior underwriters and represent the company at industry events.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits
• Workplace flexibility
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior