Senior Underwriter / Account Executive Officer Commercial Accounts
Travelers · Spokane Valley, WA · 1 mo ago
Hybrid$109k–$180k/yrFull-time
We need to output only HTML fragment, using for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting.
Let's extract sections:
- "Who Are We?" is about company description; could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is typical heading for description of role/company. The content: "Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise...". That's about the company. We'll put under
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting.
Let's extract sections:
- "Who Are We?" is about company description; could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is typical heading for description of role/company. The content: "Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise...". That's about the company. We'll put under About the role
with paragraphs.
- "Compensation Overview" includes salary range info and mention of performance-based cash incentive awards. Also "Salary Range $109,300.00 - $180,200.00". That's pay info. So we need a Pay section. Also maybe Benefits separate.
- "What Is the Opportunity?" describes role: Commercial Accounts offers..., AEO responsibilities. Could be part of About the role or Responsibilities. We'll treat as part of About the role? But we have separate Responsibilities heading for duties. The "What Will You Do?" is responsibilities. So we can put that under Responsibilities.
- "What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?" is qualifications/requirements. We'll put under Requirements or Qualifications. The posting also has "What is a Must Have?" which is a requirement. So combine.
- "What Is in It for You?" is benefits. So Benefits section.
- There's no explicit Schedule info. So we should not create Schedule section.
- Pay section: we have compensation overview and salary range. So we can create Pay section with that info.
- Skills: maybe we can extract from ideal candidate: strong critical thinking, excellent communication, etc. Could be Skills section. But we need to avoid thin sections. We could combine Skills into Requirements or Qualifications. However the instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. We have content for Skills (critical thinking, communication, negotiation). Could make a Skills section. But we need to prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Might combine Skills into Requirements. But we have separate headings list; we can decide to include Skills if we have enough content. Let's see: we have "Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to proactively identify underwriting, marketing, or financial challenges and analyze available information to make timely decisions in alignment with our risk appetite." and "Excellent communication skills with the ability to successfully negotiate in difficult situations with agents and brokers." plus maybe "Deep knowledge of commercial lines products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market." That's knowledge, could be qualifications. So we could have Requirements (education, experience) and Skills (critical thinking, communication). Might be okay.
But we need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove that.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details from the posting except boilerplate.
Let's list substantive content:
Company description (Who Are We?).
Compensation Overview: includes description of base salary range being nationwide market range, actual salary determined by factors, performance-based cash incentive awards. Salary Range $109,300.00 - $180,200.00. Target Openings 1.
Opportunity description: Commercial Accounts offers..., AEO role details.
Responsibilities (What Will You Do?): list of duties.
Ideal Candidate (What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?): Bachelor’s degree, six to eight years relevant underwriting experience with experience in commercial lines, deep knowledge of commercial lines products, regulatory environment, local insurance market, strong critical thinking skills, ability to proactively identify challenges, excellent communication skills, ability to negotiate, CPCU designation.
Must Have: Four years of underwriting, claim, operations, risk assessment, actuarial, sales, product, or finance experience.
Benefits (What Is in It for You?): Health Insurance details, Retirement (401k match, Paying it Forward Savings Program, Pension Plan), Paid Time Off (20 days + 9 holidays), Wellness Program (tools, discounts, resources, mental health program), Volunteer Encouragement (Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards).
We also have Employment Practices etc which is boilerplate; remove.
We need to format using headings and - for lists,
for prose.
We need to decide which headings to use: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We have content for About the role (company description). Responsibilities (duties). Requirements (education, experience). Qualifications maybe similar to Requirements; but we could split: Requirements = education & experience; Qualifications = knowledge, designations, etc. Skills = critical thinking, communication, negotiation. Benefits as described. Pay as described.
We must not create empty sections. So we need to ensure each heading has substantive content.
Let's craft:
About the role
Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.
Pay
The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. 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. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.
Salary Range: $109,300.00 - $180,200.00
Target Openings: 1
About the opportunity
but we don't have that heading; we could incorporate into About the role or Responsibilities. However we have a section "What Is the Opportunity?" which describes the role's focus. Could be part of About the role. But we already used About the role for company description. Maybe we rename About the role to "About the role and opportunity". But instruction says use headings exactly as listed: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we cannot add custom headings. So we need to fit the opportunity description somewhere. Could put under About the role (mix company and role). Or under Responsibilities? Probably About the role can include both company and role description. Let's do that: About the role includes company description plus opportunity description.
Thus About the role paragraph(s) will include both.
Now Responsibilities: list from "What Will You Do?".
Requirements: education and years experience? Also Must Have? Could be Requirements.
Qualifications: deep knowledge, CPCU designation, etc.
Skills: critical thinking, communication, negotiation.
Benefits: list.
We must not repeat content. Let's extract.
Responsibilities list:
- Manage the profitability, growth, and retention of an assigned book of business.
- Underwrite and skillfully negotiate complex customer accounts to minimize risk and maximize profitability.
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal partners within the business unit and across the enterprise to create sales plans and identify cross-selling opportunities.
- Foster and maintain relationships with external partners by regularly meeting in person with agents and brokers to market and sell Travelers products with a goal of writing and retaining accounts consistent with our risk appetite. Must be able to travel to such meetings.
- Identify and capture new business opportunities using consultative marketing and sales skills.
- Independently develop and execute agency sales plans and frequently partner with your Managing Director (MD) to develop region/group sales plans.
- May assist in the training and mentoring of less experienced Account Executives.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
We'll put each as - .
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree. Six to eight years of relevant underwriting experience with experience in commercial lines. Also Must Have: Four years of underwriting, claim, operations, risk assessment, actuarial, sales, product, or finance experience. Actually the Must Have is a subset; but we can combine: Requirement: Bachelor’s degree; Six to eight years of relevant underwriting experience with experience in commercial lines; Minimum four years of underwriting, claim, operations, risk assessment, actuarial, sales, product, or finance experience.
We'll put as list.
Qualifications: Deep knowledge of commercial lines products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market. Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to proactively identify underwriting, marketing, or financial challenges and analyze available information to make timely decisions in alignment with our risk appetite. Excellent communication skills with the ability to successfully negotiate in difficult situations with agents and brokers. CPCU designation.
But note that critical thinking and communication are also skills; we may split them into Skills. Let's decide: Qualifications: Deep knowledge of commercial lines products, regulatory environment, local insurance market; CPCU designation. Skills: Strong critical thinking skills; Excellent communication skills; Ability to negotiate in difficult situations.
But we also have ability to proactively identify challenges etc. That's critical thinking. We'll put that under Skills.
Thus:
Qualifications list:
- Deep knowledge of commercial lines products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market.
- CPCU designation.
Skills list:
- Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to proactively identify underwriting, marketing, or financial challenges and analyze available information to make timely decisions in alignment with our risk appetite.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to successfully negotiate in difficult situations with agents and brokers.
Benefits list: we need to capture all details.
Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.
We'll put each as
- under Benefits.
Pay section we already have.
Now we need to ensure we don't include any boilerplate like "Employment Practices Travelers is an equal opportunity employer..." etc. Remove.
Also remove "To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/." That's a link; maybe considered boilerplate? It's a reference to benefits; but it's not substantive content about the job; it's a link. Probably we should remove as it's navigation/link. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This link is not exactly those but could
- for lists,
for prose. We need to decide which headings to use: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have content for About the role (company description). Responsibilities (duties). Requirements (education, experience). Qualifications maybe similar to Requirements; but we could split: Requirements = education & experience; Qualifications = knowledge, designations, etc. Skills = critical thinking, communication, negotiation. Benefits as described. Pay as described. We must not create empty sections. So we need to ensure each heading has substantive content. Let's craft:
About the role
Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.
Pay
The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. 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. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.
Salary Range: $109,300.00 - $180,200.00
Target Openings: 1
About the opportunity
but we don't have that heading; we could incorporate into About the role or Responsibilities. However we have a section "What Is the Opportunity?" which describes the role's focus. Could be part of About the role. But we already used About the role for company description. Maybe we rename About the role to "About the role and opportunity". But instruction says use headings exactly as listed: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we cannot add custom headings. So we need to fit the opportunity description somewhere. Could put under About the role (mix company and role). Or under Responsibilities? Probably About the role can include both company and role description. Let's do that: About the role includes company description plus opportunity description. Thus About the role paragraph(s) will include both. Now Responsibilities: list from "What Will You Do?". Requirements: education and years experience? Also Must Have? Could be Requirements. Qualifications: deep knowledge, CPCU designation, etc. Skills: critical thinking, communication, negotiation. Benefits: list. We must not repeat content. Let's extract. Responsibilities list: - Manage the profitability, growth, and retention of an assigned book of business. - Underwrite and skillfully negotiate complex customer accounts to minimize risk and maximize profitability. - Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal partners within the business unit and across the enterprise to create sales plans and identify cross-selling opportunities. - Foster and maintain relationships with external partners by regularly meeting in person with agents and brokers to market and sell Travelers products with a goal of writing and retaining accounts consistent with our risk appetite. Must be able to travel to such meetings. - Identify and capture new business opportunities using consultative marketing and sales skills. - Independently develop and execute agency sales plans and frequently partner with your Managing Director (MD) to develop region/group sales plans. - May assist in the training and mentoring of less experienced Account Executives. - Perform other duties as assigned. We'll put each as - . Requirements: Bachelor’s degree. Six to eight years of relevant underwriting experience with experience in commercial lines. Also Must Have: Four years of underwriting, claim, operations, risk assessment, actuarial, sales, product, or finance experience. Actually the Must Have is a subset; but we can combine: Requirement: Bachelor’s degree; Six to eight years of relevant underwriting experience with experience in commercial lines; Minimum four years of underwriting, claim, operations, risk assessment, actuarial, sales, product, or finance experience. We'll put as list. Qualifications: Deep knowledge of commercial lines products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market. Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to proactively identify underwriting, marketing, or financial challenges and analyze available information to make timely decisions in alignment with our risk appetite. Excellent communication skills with the ability to successfully negotiate in difficult situations with agents and brokers. CPCU designation. But note that critical thinking and communication are also skills; we may split them into Skills. Let's decide: Qualifications: Deep knowledge of commercial lines products, regulatory environment, local insurance market; CPCU designation. Skills: Strong critical thinking skills; Excellent communication skills; Ability to negotiate in difficult situations. But we also have ability to proactively identify challenges etc. That's critical thinking. We'll put that under Skills. Thus: Qualifications list: - Deep knowledge of commercial lines products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market. - CPCU designation. Skills list: - Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to proactively identify underwriting, marketing, or financial challenges and analyze available information to make timely decisions in alignment with our risk appetite. - Excellent communication skills with the ability to successfully negotiate in difficult situations with agents and brokers. Benefits list: we need to capture all details. Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment. Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers. Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays. Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs. Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice. We'll put each as
- under Benefits. Pay section we already have. Now we need to ensure we don't include any boilerplate like "Employment Practices Travelers is an equal opportunity employer..." etc. Remove. Also remove "To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/." That's a link; maybe considered boilerplate? It's a reference to benefits; but it's not substantive content about the job; it's a link. Probably we should remove as it's navigation/link. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This link is not exactly those but could