Director, Underwriting

Company Details

From middle market to Fortune 500 companies, our Excess Casualty team is committed to providing excellent service and a consistent approach to meet the needs of our brokers and their customers.

We seek to outperform our competitors with a focus on understanding client’s priorities and developing creative risk solutions to meet their long‑term needs. Our key differentiators include the following :

EXCLUSIVE WHOLESALE MARKET – We are committed to the wholesale brokerage community and continually build upon long established relationships with a passion for superior service for our appointed producers.

OUR PROFESSIONALS – We attract and retain professionals with significant excess insurance experience, many over 25 years, with a culture that promotes integrity, excellence and respect.

LONG‑TERM APPROACH TO ACCOUNTS – We continually seek partners for the long term who share our values and our risk‑management discipline.

Long‑term relationships have been our management’s trademark in over 30 years of serving customers in the Excess & Surplus marketplace. Our team is dedicated to serving the varied casualty exposure needs of our brokers and their customers. By truly understanding your risk exposures in a constantly changing global environment, we can better work with you to keep risk placement recommendations current and responsive.

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Responsibilities

The Director, Excess Casualty E&S Underwriter is responsible for analyses of potential and existing customers by gathering and reviewing information on the companies’ financial condition, loss and exposure history, and other relevant information to determine underwriting acceptability. Duties will also entail assessing economic acceptability of the risks and other important criteria that may affect the type of insurance coverage provided and premiums charged.

Under supervision, the person in this role will assess risk, set rate and coverage levels. The successful candidate with excellent experience while developing their critical underwriting skills, through both independent and on‑the‑job training (e.g., job shadowing, mentorship, etc.).

It is expected that the person in this role will establish, support, and maintain effective relationships with peers, customers, and brokers / agents. The person will also focus on learning how to evaluate both new and renewal book of business from evaluation to the pricing of the risk.

Broker Management

• Understand the relationship between the brokerage community and underwriting; includes importance of managing the expectations of and communicating underwriting decisions, requirements, and philosophies to brokerage community.
• Maintain producer / agency contact log information in electronic databases.
• Participate in agency visitations with underwriters, claims representative or loss control representative to begin developing customer contacts.

Underwriting Duties

Pre‑Underwriting Duties

Underwriting Documents Processing

This position will be located in the West Loop office 4 days a week and 1 day remote.

Qualifications

The Company is an equal opportunity employer.

Additional Company Details

The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.

Sponsorship Details

Sponsorship not Offered for this Role

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