Underwriting Consultant - Technology; Remote Southwest

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Who We Are

At Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, we are experts at what we do in protecting what makes businesses unique. Our deep understanding of the specialty insurance market is the foundation for our customized solutions, backed by targeted risk control and claims services. Our employees are passionate about providing insurance coverage that’s aligned to our targeted customer groups.

Intact’s Global Specialty Lines business spans across more than 20 verticals in four distinct markets: U.S., Canada, UK and Europe. The following opportunity is for our U.S. team.

The opportunity

Responsibilities

We currently have an opportunity for an Underwriting Consultant to join our Technology team located remotely in Texas. This position underwrites risks including the selection and rejection of new and renewal business for the most complex, specialty accounts within the highest underwriting authority levels. Some of the Underwriting Consultant responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Maximizes opportunities for underwriting profitable new and renewal business, as appropriate based on market conditions, by leveraging business relationships, product knowledge and underwriting acumen. Develops and maintains an active target account list tracking prospects and account rounding and/or missed opportunities. Manages financial performance of all assigned products in assigned territory including accident year loss ratio, premium plans (including new business, retention, and rate/exposure increases), and commission targets.
• Underwrites a book of business. Manages underwriting quality and book management. Executes underwriting strategy, including portfolio management, self-audits of new and renewal business and well documented approvals of underwriting edits. Ensures compliance with standards and assigned underwriting authorities.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of exposures and key coverage issues. Makes underwriting decisions to accept, decline, or modify risks within the highest production underwriter authority levels. Implements underwriting decisions in compliance with state laws.
• Develops superior working relationships with producers to successfully promote achievement of mutual growth and profitability goals and to supply the appropriate products and services. From a sales perspective, has the ability to identify gaps in coverage and/or services, understands where the company can make a difference based on those gaps and uses that information to help retain or obtain a customer.
  
  Works closely with and establishes strong business partnerships with other departments, including claims, actuary, and risk control staff in an effort to better service producers and accounts.
• Regularly travels to key producers/accounts and remains highly visible in the marketplace. Anticipates the needs of the agency plant, analyzes trends, and implements proactive strategies that best position the business. Understands and communicates the company’s underwriting appetite and generates qualified business in support of that appetite. Monitors agency action plans and participates in agency planning and marketing meetings to best position the business for the future.
• Gathers and analyzes competitor information and producer specific reports on assigned producers’ new business flow, retention,…