Berkley

Executive Underwriter

Location Name CT, West Hartford - 433 S Main Street Suite 200
ID
2025-12469
Date Posted
2 months ago(7/11/2025 12:33 PM)
Company
Berkley Healthcare Financial Lines
Primary Location
US-CT-West Hartford
Category
Underwriting

Company Details

Protecting Healthcare Organizations Against Financial Risks

 

Berkley Healthcare is a dynamic and growing insurance organization that values creativity, collaboration, and innovation. Backed by the strength of a Fortune 500 company, we operate with the agility of a forward-thinking team and the stability of an established enterprise. We believe in empowering individuals to share ideas, challenge norms, and help shape the future of insurance. If you're eager to gain hands-on experience in a company that values fresh perspectives and continuous improvement, we’d love to hear from you.

 

Company URL: www.berkleyhealthcare.com

 

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Responsibilities

Do you want to be part of a dynamic and growing organization that encourages creativity, collaboration, innovation and individual expression? Are you an insurance professional who wants to think “outside the box” in creating products, underwriting and servicing customers? Berkley Healthcare Financial Lines (BHFL) is a dynamic, start-up company that encourages a pioneering mindset with the financial backing of a Fortune 500 company.  At BHFL, everyone’s voice counts and we expect to hear from everyone. If you want to work in a unique insurance company like no other, come explore career options with us.

 

 

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Determine risk acceptability in accordance with underwriting risk appetite and guidelines
  • Prepare thorough underwriting analyses with detailed exposure analysis and independent underwriter assessment
  • Make pricing, coverage, terms and conditions determinations and recommendations within defined limits/authority and underwriting guidelines and authority parameters
  • Develop, grow and maintain a profitable, diversified book of business aligned with company goals
  • Ensure production and loss ratio goals are achieved for assigned book by reviewing, analyzing and evaluating information and taking appropriate action as necessary
  • Develop positive agency relationships within assigned territory while maintaining a good rapport through responsive levels of service
  • Coordinate marketing activities including travel in coordination with Distribution and Marketing Manager
  • Foster growth of less experienced staff in a positive and growth-oriented environment
  • Actively self-educate as to line of business, industry and insurance trends including exposures, claims, legal, legislative, healthcare, current events, self-improvement and innovation

At BHC, we expect employees not only to have the Required Technical Skills to perform their jobs, but also to exhibit Berkley Core Company Behaviors to Innovation, specifically:

 

  • Managing self (You know how to manage your emotions and apply critical thinking skills instead)
  • Courage (You aren’t afraid to speak up and have your opinion and voice heard; you do what is right)
  • Reflective Listening (You seek to understand before being understood)
  • Challenging status quo (You ask “why” or “why not”; you don’t accept, “just because”)
  • Evidenced-based decision making (You seek out the facts to make informed decisions)
  • Effective collaboration (You work well with others to accomplished team goals; you understand that individuals win when the team wins)
  • Resilience (you don’t let failures or mistakes set you back; you see mistakes as learning opportunities)

 

Additionally, to succeed in this role the following skills are essential:

 

  • Customer focus (You excel at relationship building and customer responsiveness)
  • Strong written and oral communication (i.e. Your communication style is flexible and adapts to the situation)
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and work daily in response to a dynamic work environment
  • Adept at shifting between tasks while managing a variety of responsibilities
  • Strong sense of accountability (You can work independently and manage to multiple deadlines)

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of current financial lines underwriting experience, healthcare-specific experience preferred
  • Healthcare financial lines underwriting experience highly preferred
  • Technical underwriting support skills including: submission in-take, new and renewal submission management, pricing preparation, risk analysis preparation, underwriting documentation expertise required
  • Demonstrated capability of managing all aspects of the underwriting analyst responsibilities
  • Knowledge of financial lines products, coverages and policy forms
  • Strong organizational skills required to successfully manage underwriting files and workflow process
  • Customer focused (You excel at relationship building and customer responsiveness)
  • Strong written and oral communication skills (i.e. Your communication style is flexible and adapts to the situation)
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and work on a daily basis in response to a dynamic work environment
  • Strong sense of accountability (You can work independently and manage to multiple deadlines)
  • The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. 

Education 

  • BA/BS/BBA degree from an accredited university or college

Additional Company Details

We do not accept any unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies or firms.

The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees which for this role include:
• Salary
• Eligible to participate in annual discretionary bonus.
• Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Wellness, Paid Time Off, 401(k) and Profit-Sharing plans.

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.

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