AVP/VP, Environmental Underwriter

About the role

Berkley Specialty Excess (BSE) is a newly established member company of W.R. Berkley Corporation, providing excess and surplus lines coverages for mid-market companies with specialized risks such as environmental, energy, and general casualty. The company is committed to equal opportunity employment.

Responsibilities

• Production underwriting and profitable business growth for an expanding Berkley company.
• Key role in the strategic direction of the underwriting platform, business development, and marketing strategies for the unit’s book of business.
• Supports the development of products, processes, guidelines, and underwriting audit process.
• Overall management, business development, analysis, and monitoring of an environmental book of business.
• Production and underwriting of new and renewal accounts.
• Development and management of business and broker/agent relationships.
• Ensure compliance with underwriting documentation rules and guidelines.
• Maintain an acceptable underwriting profit.
• Adhere to Berkley Specialty Excess underwriting guidelines and referral compliance.
• Participate in internal company training and continuing education.
• Stay current on new product opportunities, market trends, appetite, and risk.
• Leverage skills and expertise outside of desk responsibilities, including participation in marketing/public speaking events.
• Support the underwriting audit process.
• Assist with the drafting of policy language and coordinate with Claims and Legal to finalize wording.
• Act as a role model promoting company brand and culture.
• Affiliate with special projects and tasks, as directed by the President.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8-10 years of commercial insurance underwriting experience, preferably in E&S markets.
• Technical knowledge of general casualty and pollution lines of coverage, other lines of experience a plus.
• Experience with environmental contractual wording, rating methodologies, financial analysis, and policy structure.
• Research and project management experience.
• Proven track record of profitable production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent insurance experience required.

Skills

• Commercial insurance underwriting experience.
• Technical knowledge of general casualty and pollution lines of coverage.
• Environmental contractual wording, rating methodologies, financial analysis, and policy structure.
• Research and project management experience.
• Profitable production experience.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

Pay

• TBD

Schedule

• TBD