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About The Position

Requirements

• At least four years of underwriting, claim, operations, risk assessment, actuarial, sales, product, or finance experience.
• Ability to independently assess complex risks.
• Ability to underwrite and negotiate complex customer accounts.
• Ability to develop and execute agency sales plans independently.
• Ability to travel to in-person meetings with agents and brokers.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Six to eight years of relevant underwriting experience, including commercial lines experience.
• Deep knowledge of commercial lines products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market.
• Strong critical thinking skills, including proactively identifying underwriting, marketing, or financial challenges and analyzing information to make timely decisions aligned with risk appetite.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate successfully in difficult situations with agents and brokers.
• CPCU designation.

Responsibilities

• Manage the profitability, growth, and retention of an assigned book of business.
• Underwrite and negotiate complex customer accounts to minimize risk and maximize profitability.
• Build relationships with internal partners within the business unit and across the enterprise to create sales plans and identify cross-selling opportunities.
• Meet regularly in person with agents and brokers to market and sell Travelers products and write and retain accounts consistent with the company’s risk appetite; travel to meetings is required.
• Identify and capture new business opportunities using consultative marketing and sales skills.
• Develop and execute agency sales plans independently and partner frequently with the Managing Director to develop region/group sales plans.
• May assist in training and mentoring less experienced Account Executives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Employees are eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards as part of the compensation and benefits program.