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Job Location drjobs

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 90000 - 100000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Company Details

Berkley Select delivers professional liability insurance solutions to individuals businesses professional services firms and nonprofit organizations. As a Berkley company Berkley Select is staffed with a team of experts with a specific focus on Professional Liability. Berkley Select utilizes individual risk underwriting loss control and claims practices providing superior products and services to its customers.

Berkley Select is a Berkley Company. W. R. Berkley founded in 1967 is one of the nations premier commercial lines property casualty insurance providers. W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB).

Responsibilities

Evaluate (selection and pricing) and maintain (control) risk acceptability and profitability within the companys underwriting guidelines and procedures for professional liability with a focus on Lawyer Professional Liability. Manage maintain and develop good wholesale and brokerage relationships and/or program relationships when necessary.

Critically analyze risk characteristics to reach sound underwriting decisions. Meet and maintain the production profitability and service standards established for the company.

  • Work to achieve company goals to advance profitable written premium growth.
  • Adhere to underwriting authority level and guidelines in place.
  • Gather underwriting information to properly evaluate commercial risks for acceptability within company guidelines. Underwrite to acceptable profitability metrics
  • Meet/Exceed production profitability retention and service targets.
  • Ability to research and solve more complicated problems and make decisions.
  • Understand rate development and ability to price underwriting exposures correctly.
  • Determine final coverage and pricing for professional liability risks. Recommend policy form enhancements and endorsements to advance the business.
  • Knowledge of competitor form and coverages.
  • Work in both a collaborative team environment but also be able to work independently.
  • Review claims and loss information on individual risks. Use this information to identify and reevaluate accounts and develop a strategy for dealing with exposures and frequency issues.
  • As a team with the Manager manage the portfolio profitability and identify favorable and unfavorable classes of business.
  • Adhere to pricing metrics for sustained book performance and favorable loss history.
  • Maintain quality and performance standards as established such as turnaround and response time.
  • Be informed/knowledgeable of industry issues and activities through formal educational processes to develop underwriting skills. PLUS membership or involvement is preferred.
  • Identify and cultivate brokers with new business opportunities and build renewal relationships.
  • Regular and predictable attendance at meetings with willingness to occasionally travel.
  • Assist with training and educating junior level employees.
  • Regular and predictable attendance.
  • Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Four 4 year College Degree or equivalent proven product line experience. Insurance designations such as an RPLU are a plus.
  • Must be able to conceptualize and analyze financials at a college level as required by product line.
  • Must be able to analyze professional liability risk characteristics.
  • Good written and oral communications skills including the ability to compose various types of business correspondence.
  • Knowledge of E&O underwriting coverages and policy form terms and conditions. Must have prior experience
  • Must be able to manage multiple priorities have good analytical skills and the ability to exercise independent judgment.
  • Must be customer service oriented; a team player; willing to learn; organized; detail oriented and flexible.
  • Focus on building broker relationships and proven development of those relationships.
  • Working knowledge of PCs and other software programs (including Microsoft Word and Excel).
  • Knowledge of Accountants Professional Liability a plus.
  • Knowledge of P.L. programs a plus.

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 which for this role includes:

Base Salary Range: $90000 $100000.

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.

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary bonus program.

Benefits: Health Dental Vision Life Disability Wellness Paid Time Off 401(k) and ProfitSharing plans.

Sponsorship Details

Sponsorship not Offered for this Role

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