Senior Production Underwriter - E&S Hospitality

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Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Generally, 5-10+ years of commercial underwriting experience or equivalent work experience. Excess and Surplus Lines experience in a plus.
• Must have strong communication skills to build and leverage excellent customer relationships and to successfully market products and services.
• Must have strong hands-on experience with various computer systems including rating systems, MS Word and Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Completion of or progression towards Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation, is a plus.
• Ability to travel to visit with brokers.

Responsibilities:

• Has responsibility for risk selection/rejection, pricing, retention, growth, and profitability per divisional objectives.
• Uses independent judgment and initiative to support business goals.
• Maintains a high level of customer service.
• Analyzes coverage and limit requests and decides what terms to offer.
• Prices business in accordance with company guidelines.
• Assesses risk quality and compliance within company guidelines and initiates appropriate loss prevention actions.
• Orders and screens miscellaneous reports needed in the rating and underwriting processes, such as Motor Vehicle reports, loss history reports, credit checks, outside inspections, loss control, etc.
• Develops and maintains effective business relationships with internal and external customers/coworkers in order to attract and retain profitable business.
• Visits agents, brokers, and producers in order to retain existing accounts, build, and maintain business relationships and develop new opportunities in support of divisional objectives.
• Interprets, explains, and markets products and services.
• Administers, applies, and may update underwriting rules and guidelines, rating manual rules and insurance laws and regulations.
• Provides technical advice to lower level associates and other functional areas.
• May have responsibility for performance and coaching of staff and may have a participatory role in decisions regarding talent selection, development, and performance management for direct reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.