Senior Middle Market Underwriter

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Company Details

Berkley Southeast Insurance Group (BSIG) is a member company of W. R. Berkley Corporation, a Fortune 500 Company, whose insurance company subsidiaries are rated A+(Superior) by

A. M. Best Company. BSIG provides local underwriting, risk services, claim, marketing and audit services for agents and policyholders in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. We take a broad approach to underwriting for ‘best in class’ businesses, primarily in: construction, light manufacturing, wholesale, distribution and business service industries.

Responsibilities

• Within delegated authority levels, evaluate (selection and pricing) and maintain (control) risk acceptability and profitability within the company’s underwriting guidelines and procedures for commercial risks.
• Partner with agents to manage a challenging and/or complex book of commercial business or agency relationships.
• Demonstrate complex decision-making with little or no supervision, recommending quality exceptions where appropriate to maximize profitability and meet business plans.
• Support marketing activities to agents and actively participate in the agency management process.
• Serve as a mentor providing technical support, training, and problem solving for other underwriters.
• Responsible for working with and protecting confidential and proprietary customer and Company information.
• Analyzes commercial lines accounts to make decisions based on individual risk characteristics, exposure analysis, hazard recognition and control.
• Utilize underwriting guidelines to ensure compliance with state regulations.
• Within delegated authority levels, accept, reject or modify new and/or renewal business to ensure a profitable book of business.
• Prices business according to Company underwriting and pricing guidelines.
• Assist less experienced underwriters in the handling of high hazard or more complex accounts.
• Ability to use creativity and underwriting knowledge to write risks and retain business.
• Partner with Territory Managers to support marketing activities by developing ongoing relationships with agents to discuss market appetite, quality and profitability of submissions, service standards, and underwriting and/or product changes.
• Communicate with agents on underwriting issues including decisions on cancellations, declinations, exposure concerns, and survey results.
• Identify issues or patterns and work to resolve or improve them; participate in agency planning and review processes; may identify sales and marketing opportunities.
• Take a lead role relative to Key Account review and recommendations.
• Travel to assigned agent locations to develop agency partnerships (travel with or without Territory Manager).
• Train and educate agency staff on Company products, services, processes, and underwriting philosophy.
• Assist in training and serve as a technical resource to other underwriters as needed.
• Attend industry workshops/meetings each year.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This position requires either residency within the state of Mississippi or alignment to our Birmingham, AL office, with an in-office schedule Monday through Thursday.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-10 years commercial lines underwriting experience, including but not limited to CGL, Property, Packages, BOP, Auto, Crime, IM, Umbrella and/or WC.
• CPCU Designation or other equivalent coursework preferred.
• Good organizational skills, ability to handle multiple tasks and effectively prioritize.
• Comprehensive knowledge of commercial lines products and contract knowledge including regulatory and policy differences among applicable states.
• Demonstrated depth in negotiation, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong computer skills and ability to work with multi-faceted systems.
• Ability to effectively and independently manage complex workload while…