Senior Underwriter, Environmental

The Region’s Environmental Senior Underwriter’s primary responsibility is to underwrite individual risks through a demonstration of the following skills and abilities:

• 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.
• Customer Service. Ability to provide first class customer service in a high paced environment setting. 

MAJOR DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Implements product line underwriting objectives by review, evaluation, selection and pricing insurance program.
• Generates new business revenues by developing prospects, visiting assigned producers, participating in direct presentations and negotiating programs and cross marketing within the Chubb organization
• Provides primary communication and direction for all processing requirements including policy issuance instruction, endorsement requests, billing requirements and audit review
• Maintains service standards by timely response to customers and broker requests and timely receipt of collateral and agreements in addition to meeting deadlines on submissions of quotations, certificates and/or policies
• Manage new business, lost business, rate and exposure to achieve growth goals.
• Coordinates as necessary with various departments, including Financial, Actuarial, Billing, CGRA and IT.
• Coordinate and respond to broker requests related to Chubb’s online Tanksafe system
• Assist with Tanksafe system testing, maintenance and functionality 
• Guides and mentors junior staff

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• 5-7 years underwriting experience
• Experience with multiple lines of insurance
• Bachelor’s degree

• Knowledge of insurance industry
• Knowledge of underwriting concepts, practices, and procedures
• Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Internet usage
• Oral and written communication skills
• Negotiation skills
• Marketing skills
• Basic leadership skills              

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 or harassment.