Senior Underwriter- Professional Liability

Accountability for achieving planned results for a specific geographic territory to attain business objectives and goals. Strong Excess and Surplus Lines expertise in Professional Liability product lines that will drive the continued development, profitability and growth of this organization.  The incumbent will be responsible for managing pricing objectives, profit improvement, profit improvement opportunities and combined loss ratio results.  In addition, this individual will direct the underwriting risk section and underwriting process. Additionally, the incumbent will provide technical advice, council and expertise in the development of the underwriting staff.

The incumbent will collaborate with the company's Underwriting, Actuarial, Reinsurance, Systems, Claims and Legal functions.  The individual will manage all aspects of the brokerage relationship including visitation to present our products and underwriting appetite, develop relationships, production and profitability. The incumbent will participate in forming recommendations for the strategic direction of the Professional Liability lines of business.

Qualifications

- 10 plus years' experience in Excess and Surplus Lines underwriting with extensive experience in the underwriting and marketing of Professional Liability product lines through a wholesale broker distribution system.  Demonstrated ability to underwrite, price and negotiate large account business in accordance with established guidelines, procedures and strategies.

- Developed technical knowledge of underwriting, product design, rating and pricing supporting a proven record of profitable underwriting in Professional Liability risks.

- Expertise in structuring and managing facultative reinsurance.

- Ability to analyze individual risks for profit opportunity and provide underwriting solutions, through creativity and vision to design coverage that can appropriately respond to a specific line of business, class or customer need.

- Possess an in-depth working intelligence of current business issues within the wholesale broker and excess and surplus lines community.

- Ability to work effectively and advise Business Unit leader and staff organization in business planning, new product design, distribution channels and broker evaluation and selection.

- Demonstrated flexibility to react to ever-changing environments and market conditions.  Demonstrated innovator not satisfied with the status quo, who actively seeks new or better methods of competence. 

- "Hands-on" ability to direct, manage and influence the underwriting process to support coverage design required as outlined by the strategies and underwriting philosophy.

- Proven analytical and quantitative skills, with strong organizational, interpersonal, communication and time management quality.

- High energy, with a desire to be a team player capable of interacting with a variety of individuals internally and externally.

- Proven ability at negotiating and reviewing contracts and policy terms.

- A positive attitude, with a sense of urgency directed toward the design of creative solutions.