Underwriter - Professional Liability

About the Role

Berkley Edge offers solutions for hard-to-place and distressed risks for both professional and casualty lines of business. Edge will focus on small to mid-sized risks through a wholesale only distribution model. Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation has grown from a small investment management firm into one of the largest commercial lines property and casualty insurers in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Maintain contributory responsibility for Professional Liability underwriting, including revenue growth, profitability and competitiveness by directing the activities for an underwriting function or team but overall sole responsibility for an individual book of business
• Oversee policy applications, renewals, repricing, restrictions, and cancellations to determine risk acceptability and coverage
• May be involved in planning and implementing administrative, technical and operational direction toward achieving defined goals and objectives
• Focus on assigned brokers to foster growth, understanding of our business, marketing of our appetite and initiatives as well as the key point person for resolution of service issues
• Maintain and develop broker relationships
• Track record of uncovering, researching and putting together new product line opportunities by applying appropriate underwriting strategies and standards to qualify risk acceptability
• Work effectively and within an assigned level of underwriting authority
• Plan, orchestrate, and lead highly effective broker meetings
• Negotiate standard coverage issues, close sales, and gauge customer satisfaction
• Meet or exceed designated LOB production metrics
• Build and maintain strong productive relationships with individual brokers
• Provide timely, courteous and efficient service to all internal and external clients
• Identify and call appropriate attention to broker performance issues
• Understand pricing and risk selection criteria

Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple, complex assignments and competing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic, and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in the Excess & Surplus lines space
• Experience writing primary and excess professional liability (preferred)
• Resourceful and analytical, with the ability to execute tasks through to resolution
• Strong oral and written communication skills with a positive attitude
• Detail-oriented with initiative and ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
• Focus on delivering exceptional customer service
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• High sense of urgency and ability to identify and resolve issues
• Ability to travel, as needed
• Computer literate, including use of Word, Excel, and various project management tools
• Working knowledge of and contacts within the wholesale agency distribution system (strongly preferred)
• College degree or equivalent work experience with demonstrated involvement in insurance industry education
• RPLU designation a plus

Location

Saint Petersburg, FL. Travel: Ability to travel as needed.