Commercial Lines Senior Casualty Placement Consultant

This role can be fully remote for candidates located within our Central Region states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska.

About the role

Provides expert technical support to clients and members of USI’s Commercial Lines Account Management and Sales Executive teams to analyze, design, market, price and place risks. Makes fact-based recommendations to clients to solve their most complex insurance issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance, coaching and development to Casualty Analytics team. Make recommendations for improvement.
• Assess clients’ contractual liabilities and alignment with their insurance policies and make recommendations for improvement.
• Recognize trends and create client-facing summaries modeling policy options.
• Support Sales Executives in providing data and proposals for prospective clients.
• Negotiate underwriting terms and pricing with carrier underwriting partners on behalf of clients and Account Management teams.
• Work closely with claims and risk control team to develop new loss control strategies, ideas and processes.
• Take part in recruiting efforts and train new hires.
• Steer the development of department policies on a national and local basis.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Commercial Lines agency and/or carrier experience with strong underwriting, marketing, and technical insurance expertise.
• Bachelor's degree strongly preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of placement/marketing experience working with large commercial accounts ($1M+ in annual premium).
• Must hold or be willing to obtain a Property & Casualty insurance license.
• Industry designation such as ARM, CIC, CPCU preferred.
• Deep technical knowledge of commercial insurance coverages, markets, and underwriting principles.
• Strong business acumen, negotiation, analytical, and data interpretation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build relationships with carriers, producers, and internal partners.
• Comfortable utilizing internet-based applications and Microsoft Office products.
• Knowledge of Sagitta and/or ImageRight preferred, but not required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, welfare, and financial benefits including medical, wellness, dental, and vision.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Short and long-term disability, life insurance, and other unique employer-sponsored and voluntary programs.
• Generous paid time off policy, paid family leave benefit, and paid holiday time.
• Employee reward and recognition programs, including Summit Awards for excellence.
• Award-winning wellness program.
• College scholarships for associates' children.
• Financial assistance in times of need.

Pay

Salary Range: $130,000.00 - $145,000.00. This is a bonus-eligible position with a target incentive of 10%.