Life Sciences Underwriter - Products and Excess
Berkley Life Sciences (a Berkley Company) · New York, NY · 1 wk ago
Finance$180k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Build strong relationships with brokers 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.
- Identify opportunities for account rounding.
- Provide technical support to producers and insureds.
- Stay current with all compliance, procedural and workflow changes.
- Work collaboratively and effectively with underwriting associates, operations, legal, home office underwriting and claims.
- Engage in innovation initiatives, product launches, marketing campaigns and short-term projects as appropriate to contribute positively towards success of the overall team and company.
Qualifications
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
- Calm under pressure with excellent organizational skills, integrity, and great follow-through on tasks.
- Strong sense of accountability, fun and adventure.
- Proven track record of building and maintaining strong business relationships with insureds, agents & brokers.
- Strong customer service bias, super responsive, and known for saying no and preserving 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.
- A minimum of 8 years of underwriting experience, with progressively increasing responsibilities. Claims made experience a plus. Life Science Products Liability experience.
- Occasional travel requirements.
- Advanced proficiency with the Microsoft suite of products.
Benefits
- Base Salary Range: 120k-$180k
- Eligible to participate in annual discretionary bonus
- Benefits include: Health, dental, vision, disability, wellness, paid time off, 401(k) and profit-sharing plans