Executive Underwriter, Commercial Insurance Specialty

We are currently looking for a Commercial Lines Executive Underwriter in our Warren, NJ office.

Job Duties include:

• Fundamentals of coverage, terms and conditions. Ability to offer coverage, terms and conditions which generate a profit for the Company while meeting the needs of the customer.
• Risk Assessment. Ability to identify risk exposures, special or common hazards, and appropriate controls. Ability to select risk based on exposure and risk analysis. Ability to analyze claims and quantify losses.
• Financial proficiency. Understanding of financial statements and ratios used in risk analysis. Understanding of insurance financial fundamentals; impact of underwriting decisions on company assets. Ability to understand credit risk.
• Actuarial fundamentals. Ability to understand loss trends, loss triangles, and ratemaking. Ability to quantify risk based on experience history and forecasting methods.
• Marketing and communications. Ability to sell and negotiate to achieve bottom line profitability for the Company. Ability to make presentations and communicate articulately. Ability to base communications on strategic thinking. Ability to manage producer strategy.
• Systems and programs. Ability to use systems and software programs needed to conduct daily business.

Additional Position Responsibilities:

• Financial performance, including profit, rate, retention, and growth, of an approximate $10M to $15M book of mid-market multi-line Commercial business.
• Responsibilities include a new business goal of $1MM TO $2MM each year and an $10 to $15 million renewal book.
• Identifying opportunities for growth within new and existing production sources and developing and executing a new business growth strategy including developing prospects.
• Successful market penetration and agency management including building, maintaining and managing producer and customer relationships.
• Developing agency strategy and goals with continual monitoring of progress.
• Identifying cross sell opportunities within commercial products and services.
• Soliciting, selecting, and analyzing risk within Chubb Commercial Insurance guidelines and ensuring proper documentation.
• Developing and negotiating price, coverage, and terms and conditions for all new business and renewals and actively identifying account rounding opportunities.

• Solid knowledge of specialty commercial underwriting and insurance industry theories and practices.
• Demonstrated technical expertise and product specific knowledge with experience handling commercial insurance lines.
• Strong analytical skills including financial analysis.
• Demonstrated proficiency in sales, marketing and negotiation.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills. 
• Ability to effectively interact with all levels of internal and external business partners.
• Experience developing and executing on marketing plans and prospects.
• Ability to be creative and adaptable in a changing business environment.
• Sound, balanced and timely decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite as well as other business-related software.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5-7 years underwriting experience preferred. 

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.
At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination