Life Sciences Underwriter

Responsibilities

• Support new business production and servicing of Emerging Account business for an assigned group of producers.
• Foster strong producer partnerships and support overall growth.
• Build strong relationships with brokers through service excellence to ensure meeting or exceeding financial goals including growth, profit, retention, and new business.
• Account solicitation, risk selection and analysis including the corresponding documentation, pricing and marketing of Berkley Life Sciences products and services for new and existing customers.
• Key contributor to team’s business development results for assigned producers.
• Identify opportunities for account rounding.
• Provide technical support to producers and insureds.
• Stay current with all compliance, procedural and workflow changes.
• Demonstrate continuous learning, including participation in underwriting training and life sciences industry education.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with underwriting teammates, operations, legal, home office underwriting and claims.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Calm under pressure with excellent organizational skills, integrity, and great follow-through on tasks.
• Comfortable challenging norms while working collaboratively with colleagues at all levels of the organization.
• Strong sense of accountability, fun and adventure.
• Proven track record of building and maintaining strong business relationships with insureds, agents & brokers.
• Customer service bias, known for super responsiveness, and able to say no and preserve relationships.
• Natural curiosity and love for learning how things work, always looking for innovative improvements.
• An analytical mind, diving into the details of an account to craft pricing and coverage that meet underwriting guidelines, profitability models and customer needs.
• Minimum of 2 years underwriting or associate underwriting experience in products liability, property, workers compensation, automobile and umbrella Claims made experience a plus.
• Life Sciences Products Liability experience a plus.
• Travel opportunities, though primarily build relationships with assigned producers through service excellence and reliability.

Additional Company Details

• We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting agencies or firms.
• The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees including: Base Salary Range: 70k-$105k, eligible to participate in annual discretionary bonus.
• Benefits include: Health, dental, vision, dental, life, disability, wellness, paid time off, 401(k) and profit-sharing plans.
• The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.
• Additional Requirements: Location and Travel: Primary location: Ewing, NJ. Additional locations: Naperville, IL; Boston, MA. Travel: Travel opportunities, primarily to build relationships with assigned producers.