Sr. Casualty Underwriter

Senior Casualty Underwriter

The Senior Casualty Underwriter independently manages a diverse portfolio of complex and high-risk casualty accounts. With minimal direction, this role utilizes your expertise to make informed decisions within your assigned authority. This role demands a deep understanding of the excess and surplus lines market, the ability to build strong broker relationships, and a strategic approach to risk selection and pricing. Your contributions will be key to driving the company's growth and ensuring profitability.

Responsibilities include :

• Risk Evaluation : Independently underwrite larger and more complex casualty risks, including general liability, product liability, and other specialty lines.
• Broker Relationships : Develop, manage, and strengthen relationships with wholesale brokers, ensuring a steady flow of business and staying ahead of market trends. Plan, orchestrate, and lead highly effective broker meetings to strengthen relationships, address performance issues, and explore new business opportunities.
• Broker Performance Management : Proactively identify and address broker performance issues, ensuring alignment with company standards and fostering strong broker relationships.
• Market Expertise : Stay informed on industry developments, regulatory changes, and emerging trends, leveraging this knowledge to enhance underwriting decisions and drive business growth.
• Underwriting Authority : Make autonomous decisions on risk acceptance, coverage terms, and pricing within your assigned level of authority.
• Production Metrics : Consistently meet or exceed designated line of business (LOB) production metrics, contributing to the overall success of the underwriting team.
• Technical Knowledge : Apply strong technical knowledge in underwriting, coverage, and pricing to manage complex risks and optimize profitability.
• Risk Selection & Pricing : Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of pricing and risk selection criteria, ensuring underwriting decisions are both profitable and competitive.
• Travel : Conduct a minimum of 7 trips per year to visit brokers, build relationships, and represent Verus at industry events.
• Referral Management : Provide guidance and support to junior underwriters, handling referrals and ensuring consistent underwriting quality across the team.
• Strategic Contributions : Collaborate with senior leadership to identify and develop new product lines and market opportunities.
• Customer Focus : Deliver exceptional service to brokers and insureds, ensuring timely and clear communication throughout the underwriting process.
• Compliance : Ensure all underwriting activities comply with company guidelines, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Additional Responsibilities : Perform other duties as assigned, contributing to the overall success of the team and the company.

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Additional company details :

We do not accept any unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees. 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.

Sponsorship not offered for this role.