
Underwriter
- Colchester, Essex
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Determines the desirability of accepting or rejecting business risks. Prices exposures in accordance with filed and approved rate levels, discretionary pricing mechanisms, and business unit guidelines.
- Identifies the need, recommends and evaluates additional risk assessment information including inspection, financial reports and statements.
- Coordinates individual risk underwriting actions with other departments to assure the highest level of customer satisfaction while meeting production and business goals.
- Performs product development and marketing activities including identifying producer relationships within assigned market to optimize best solutions for distribution, identifies and suggests new and modified products, identifies producers for business/marketing programs, and analyses producers and market opportunities.
- Maintains ongoing liaison with producers to obtain supplemental underwriting information, evaluate risks, decline risks, analyse and interpret coverage, explain underwriting requirements and expectations, and present terms.
- Regularly interfaces with customers to provide service and to keep abreast of customer issues.
- Sets ceded reinsurance actions in accordance with Arch Insurance and business unit guidelines.
- Planning and product development
- Client relationship management
- Technical and analytical skills
- Regulatory & compliance awareness
- Problem solving, negotiation & decision making
- University degree and professional certification desired with 5-8 years
- Working knowledge and understanding of ISO rating and rules.
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience in an underwriting position in the Commercial Insurance Market.
- Demonstrated competence in maintaining broker/client relationships.