Underwriter, Excess Casualty

Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed new business production goal of approximately $1.3M and manage a Renewal Book of around $5M while maintaining profitability across assigned portfolio and adhering to authority and underwriting strategies. Includes knowledge and achievement of desired pre-bind metrics (Submissions, Quote Ratio, Hit Ratio, Efficiency Ratio) to facilitate profitable growth and achieve production goals.
• This role will be supporting our Southeast Region which consists of branches in Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee. Travel to assigned branches at minimum on a quarterly basis, as needed.
• Meet or exceed financial goals including rate, growth, profit, retention, and new business.
• Strong Focus on developing a prospect pipeline 5x new business production goal with assigned distribution partners using advanced company prospecting tools and strong marketplace visibility of 12+ external visits per month.
• Establish and develop relationships with key distribution partners to drive submission activity in our desired industry segments.
• Meet with brokers and customers, individually or as part of a Chubb team, to make sales presentations and present on marketplace conditions & Chubb capabilities.
• Develop and maintain internal relationships with local branch, Territory Underwriting Manager, Line of business/Industry Practice Leaders and Home Office personnel.
• Develop understanding of products and engage with other Chubb Business Units to aggressively cross-sell all Chubb Products and Solutions through agent/broker’s and existing client relationships. Includes but is not limited to, Multi-National, Environmental, Ocean Cargo, Financial Lines, Product-Recall, E&O, A&H, etc.
• Work in a team environment with other Underwriters and Underwriting Associates.

• Bachelor’s degree or greater.
• 3+ years of underwriting experience, preferably having experience in the Umbrella and Excess space.
• Strong sales, marketing, and negotiation skills.
• Proven track record of building strong business relationships with agents and insureds.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and time management skills.
• Proven ability in complex account analysis, prioritization, organization, and detail orientation.
• Ability to work both independently and within a team environment using multiple internal and external resources appropriately, effectively, and efficiently.
• General understanding of underlying insurance business, regulatory environment, and strong adherence to underwriting authority.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite as well as other business-related software.