Underwriter, Excess Casualty

Chubb•Irvine, CA

1d•$85,000 - $130,000

About The Position

Chubb Commercial Insurance is hiring an Excess Casualty Production Underwriter to support the Arizona territory. The successful candidate will grow and underwrite a diverse book of business and build meaningful, long-term relationships across an assigned agency portfolio. The role works closely with Commercial Insurance resources, including local teams, the Territory Underwriting Manager, Industry Practice and line-of-business leaders, and Home Office personnel. The underwriter is accountable for profitable growth and retention of the assigned book, including a new-business production goal of approximately $1.5 million in Excess Casualty business. The role emphasizes prospect development, agency relationships, portfolio profitability, and coordination of value-added services. It also involves developing product knowledge and cross-selling Chubb solutions through broker, agent, and client relationships.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or greater.
At least 2 years of commercial underwriting experience; experience in the core middle-market property and casualty segment is preferred.
Strong understanding of Property, General Liability, Auto, Workers Compensation, Umbrella, and International lines of business.
Local broker and marketplace relationships.
Strong marketing and negotiation skills, with a focus on building and developing external relationships.
Ability to prepare effectively for meetings and efficiently drive objectives.
Strong technical underwriting skills, including exposure and control analysis, coverage forms and policy structure, loss picks and profitability analysis, and rating.
Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced team environment.
General understanding of the underlying insurance business and regulatory environment, with strong adherence to underwriting authority.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the core middle-market property and casualty segment.

Responsibilities

Establish and develop relationships with key distribution partners to increase submission activity in desired industry segments.
Manage profitability, growth, and retention of the assigned book of business.
Meet or exceed an approximately $1.5 million Excess Casualty new-business production goal while maintaining portfolio profitability and following underwriting authority and strategies.
Monitor and achieve pre-bind metrics, including submissions, quote ratio, hit ratio, and efficiency ratio, to support profitable growth and production goals.
Build a prospect pipeline equal to five times the new-business production goal with assigned distribution partners, using company prospecting tools and maintaining marketplace visibility through at least 12 external visits per month.
Work with the Underwriter Associate to meet or exceed rate, exposure, and retention goals for renewal business; retain key assigned branch accounts and coordinate Loss Control, Claims, and other value-added service plans for service-level accounts.
Develop client relationships and coordinate service plans for assigned accounts.
Develop product knowledge and work with other Chubb business units to cross-sell Chubb products and solutions through agent, broker, and client relationships, including offerings such as Multi-National, Environmental, Ocean Cargo, Financial Lines, Product-Recall, E&O, and A&H.
Develop and maintain internal relationships with the local branch, Territory Underwriting Manager, line-of-business and Industry Practice leaders, and Home Office personnel.