Senior Cyber Underwriter-Los Angeles

Title:

Senior Cyber Underwriter-Los Angeles

Company:

Everest Insurance Company

Job Category:

Underwriting

Job Description:

About Everest

Everest is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in the Europe, Bermuda, Canada, Singapore, US, and other territories. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. But the most critical asset in this organization is our people. 

At Everest, we are committed to the development of our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. You will benefit from career development and learning opportunities that will let you set career goals and fulfill them, including:

•          Generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement

•          Mentoring opportunities

•          Flexible work arrangements

•          Talent development initiatives

•          Networking groups

Everest National is seeking experienced business professionals to join our Everest Specialty Underwriters LLC business unit as a Senior Underwriter in our Cyber Liability group.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Growing and managing a portfolio of profitable business focused on providing Cyber Liability & Technology Errors & Omissions coverage.
• Developing and cultivating new and existing broker and customer relationships in assigned zonal region.
• Working with brokers and clients to create customized insurance solutions.
• Perform all aspects of the underwriting process and due diligence including review and analysis of underwriting documents, third party vendor reports, current trends and individual risk factors.
• Negotiate deal terms and contract language.
• Source new business opportunities through a strong broker and client network.
• Collaborating with other related financial lines segments along with regional colleagues and internal/external business associates.
• Provide exceptional broker and customer service pursuant to industry leading guidelines.
• Strong adherence to internal and external compliance as well as file documentation.
• Collaborate with underwriting, claims, operations, marketing, and home office to achieve collective team goals.

Qualifications, Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, finance or economics with 4+ years or more of business or underwriting experience.
• Cyber underwriting experience required.
• Excellent analytical skills with a working knowledge of financial statement analysis.
• Strong interpersonal skills including strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective negotiation skills with the ability to find “win/win” solutions.
• Ability to stay organized in a fast paced and high intensity work environment with the ability to effectively prioritize tasks.
• Willing to take initiative, function independently and be entrepreneurial all with the highest standards of ethics and professionalism.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Commitment to customer service as a differentiator.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies: 

• Smart and flexible, with excellent analytical, strategic and negotiation skills.
• Results oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects and deals simultaneously.
• Comfortable with analyzing cyber & technology exposures across multiple industry segments.
• A strong individual as well as a team player, capable of building effective internal and external relationships through appealing personal skills.

What if I don’t meet every requirement? At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

Our Culture 

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and busin