Underwriting Specialist - National Acct Casualty - Loss Sensitive
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, 66213, USA
Listed on 2025-11-19
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Insurance
Underwriter, Risk Manager/Analyst, Property Insurance, Insurance Sales
Underwriting Consultant - Nat'l Acct Primary - Loss Sensitive
Apply locationsPlano, TX, USA
time type Full time
posted on Posted 3 Days Ago
job requisition R-5486
You have a clear vision of where your career can go. And we have the leadership to help you get there. At CNA, we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important, ensuring the abilities of all employees are used to their fullest potential.
CNA seeks to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to our employees that helps them — and their family members — achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Our team of Large Account Primary Casualty Underwriters are high level individual contributors responsible for overall management, business development, growth and profitability of a book of Large Account Casualty business spanning a wide range of industry segments and revenue bands. This position will have a heavy emphasis on new business production of risk management primary casualty accounts.
Recognized as a technical expert in an underwriting specialty, including loss sensitive account structures, you will drive business results through strong sales, marketing and relationship building skills with external Agents and internal business partners (local Branch and Home Office teams) and Units (Claim and Risk Control). Our Standard Lines operating model focuses on underwriting performance, exposure-based pricing, and building strong producer and customer relationships.
This hybrid position will work from the Plano, TX office with the ideal candidate having 5+ years of large account casualty underwriting experience.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
- Reviews applications and financial requirements to determine acceptability of risk in accordance with CNA’s guidelines and standards.
- Understands pricing components and rating methodology as well as use of the predictive modeling tools; prices risk based on financial and competitive analysis.
- Uses all appropriate underwriting tools, disciplines and knowledge of strategies to ensure underwriting guidelines are followed.
- Analyzes coverage and limits of underlying policies to properly structure the CNA Umbrella or Excess attachment and coverage.
- Completes underwriting write ups to detail the underwriting thought process including analysis of operations, exposures, coverage and losses.
- Demonstrates technical underwriting skills through thorough account reviews and file documentation.
- Adheres to guidelines and underwriting discipline to minimize exposure and appropriately price.
- Keeps current on state/territory issues, regulations and trends.
- Manages assigned portfolio to achieve gross written premium, profitability, rate, retention, product mix, new business and portfolio management goals.
- Prioritizes time and resources to effectively manage and optimize producer performance.
- Operates with an Enterprise perspective to identify cross sell opportunities and create growth within other lines of business and customer segments.
- Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of CNA’s products and appetite while clearly communicating CNA’s position at the point of sale.
- Builds/maintains rigorous sales practices using all CNA systems including and other sales tools and disciplines.
- Develops producer relationships to build pipeline, agency intelligence, and drives performance to meet and exceed results.
- Develops and implements distributor specific plans, monitors performance, and adjusts plan to ensure a substantial pipeline for future profitable growth.
- Drives effective relationship management and customer activities to build trust, facilitate negotiation and secure commitment with the customer.
- Proactively identifies cross-sell opportunities and partners with other underwriters to deliver comprehensive insurance solutions for the customer.
In all responsibilities and interactions, all employees are expected to adopt and align with CNA’s Winning Behaviors – to be externally focused, accountable, collaborative, innovative, and continuously…
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