Participate in execution of the audit process including audit planning, control evaluation, issue resolution, due diligence and special projects.   Performs the assessment of internal controls over financial reporting and information systems to ensure compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ('SOX').   - Perform the SOX assessment of internal controls over financial reporting and IT processes within the business unit at various intervals throughout the year.  - Participate in execution of audits including definition of scope, control evaluation, test activities, audit reporting, and issue resolution of current business partners and prospective business partners.  - Assist the organization by identifying and evaluating significant exposures to risk and contributing to the improvement of risk management and control systems. - Analyze and evaluate opportunities to strengthen internal controls and improve business processes (financial and operational). - Identify issues and work in partnership with business partners to resolve issues satisfactorily and communicate audit results with timely follow-up to ensure identified issues are resolved. - Complete various ad hoc analysis as needed.

The preparation of various components of reinsurance administration based on US GAAP and Statutory requirements.  Accounting responsibilities include application of cash by treaty, reinsurance client reporting, balance sheet account reconciliations, month-end general ledger close procedures, and other reinsurance activities. - Responsible for entity reinsurance administration and reporting. - Prepares balance sheet account reconciliations, profit and loss statements, and other related financial reports. - Preparation and analysis of supporting schedules for journal entries in a controlled and timely manner. - Preparation of reinsurance client financial statements. - Compilation, preparation, and/or submission various state regulatory filings. - Other duties as assigned.

Primarily responsible to act as business leader selling commercial insurance products and developing relationships as a consultative adviser to our agency partners.  Design tactical sales plans that provide profitable growth of respective segments while delivering on Berkley North Pacific profit and revenue goals.  Leads and influences agents through creation of sales strategies and implementation of sales practices that further new sales and increase shelf space, profit, and customer retention. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Identifies opportunities by understanding market industries, including critical needs and buying habits; researching and analyzing sales options that differentiate Berkley North Pacific and its value proposition from competitors. - Develop annual business plan for assigned territory that matches market potential, customer base, competitive environment and organizations underwriting appetite - Motivates agents and drives performance to attain premium growth, profit, new business, and retention goals in the business plan. Leads and influences sales activities by building relationships with agencies, reinforcing sales strategies, and providing feedback. - Assists in the development of proposals for the point-of -sales; participates in and coordinates the sales presentation - Establish strong producer relationships through high visibility, clear knowledge of the company underwriting strategy and joint sales planning - Primary owner of the agency relationship within the territory. Cultivates relationships that enhance value to both the agency and BNP.  Maintains a responsive and visible presence to network and leverages relationships with center of influence. - Facilitate working relationship between our distribution plant and commercial underwriter team. - Owns the business development process and building of active pipeline of profitable new business and renewal retention - Uses available automation tools to support the sales process and identify opportunities for additional account rounding prospects - Works collaboratively with other business units to remove roadblocks and administrative obstacles to ensure that agents and brokers see Berkley North Pacific as easy to do business with - Prequalify accounts that meet underwriting & financial benchmarks - Recommends appointment of agencies. Makes recommendations to terminate agencies based upon results appropriate depending on contract. - Assess agency training needs, recommends, and sources ongoing training. Ensures that agents are aware and informed of BNP underwriting guidelines and that they have processes in place to operate within these guidelines. - Manage agency compensation programs for participating agencies (e.g. profit-sharing, new business overrides, etc.) - Actively participate in management of key producer relationships in the region, ensuring distribution channel alignment with business needs

Accepts, retains and prices agribusiness insurance risks of significant size or technical complexity in accordance with established underwriting guidelines and within delegated authority level.  Manages book of business to achieve profitable growth objectives by properly classifying and pricing risks; building strong internal and external business relationships; analyzing competitive marketing data, and developing, implementing and monitoring action plans as appropriate.  Serves as the point of contact for assigned agencies and is responsible for the agency relationship.  Serves as technical underwriting resource to staff and facilitates the placement of facultative reinsurances as needed.   - Assesses new commercial agribusiness insurance risks and determines accurate classification of business, policy contract forms and pricing of risk. Works within broad limits and authority on commercial underwriting accounts of significant size or high technical complexity.  Evaluates property (COPE) information, liability exposures, fleet and safety programs, loss history, financial reports, risk control reports, etc.  Accepts and prices risk in accordance with established underwriting guidelines and within delegated authority level.    - Reviews renewal accounts by examining business operations, classification, contract forms and loss activity. Determines if account is an acceptable risk or if it will be non-renewed.  Determines price in accordance with established underwriting guidelines and within delegated authority level.  Reviews accounts and endorsement requests exceeding Senior Underwriter, Underwriter or Underwriting Assistant’s authority level and takes appropriate procedural action.   - Develops, expands and/or enhances agency relationships to promote profitability and growth of new business and the retention of existing business. Travels and meets with agents and customers to enhance business relationships.  Educates agency staff on pricing, product set and risk selection philosophy.  Participates in the agency management process.  Assesses the strengths and weaknesses of agencies and assists them in achieving the mutual goal of sustained profitable growth.    - Identifies new business opportunities from the agency force to assess, quote, inspect and accept. Collaborates with Underwriting team, Risk Control, Claims, IT and Senior Management to create strong agency partnerships and build a profitable book of business.  Effectively manages book of business to achieve established profitability, growth and retention goals.    - Serves as a technical underwriting resource to underwriting staff and agents regarding products, coverages and rating procedures. Provides professional development knowledge and guidance to Senior Underwriters, Underwriters, Underwriting Assistants and other functional areas.    - Identifies and handles accounts that require placement of facultative reinsurance and facilitates placement through W.R. Berkley Corporation approved markets.

Job Summary Responsible for meeting growth and profitability goals within an assigned territory by developing strong agency relationships.  Determines acceptability and pricing of risks in accordance with established underwriting guidelines and within established authority level.    Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities - Calls on agents to build and enhance strong business relationships to promote profitability and growth of new business and the retention of existing business. - Underwrites new and renewal business within established authority by analyzing applications and various reports. Determines accurate classification of business, policy forms, and pricing of risks. Refers accounts exceeding authority level to appropriate staff. - Collaborates with specialty areas and others as needed to ensure prompt and professional underwriting service is provided. - Assigns work to others within the territory team and collaborates with specialty areas as needed to ensure prompt and professional underwriting service is provided. - Analyzes agency results, competitive marketing data and the operating environment of the assigned territory. Develops, implements and monitors action plans as appropriate. - Collaborates with Vice President Branch Operations to provide coaching, training, and constructive feedback to others within the territory team.  

Key Risk is looking for a Director of Litigation, Counsel    Principle Responsibilities - Keep abreast of all arising workers compensation case law, rules and regulations for our core jurisdictions   - Inform claims organization of case law which impact claims handling or has educational value. Provide synopsis, the case link and how it affects claims department policy and procedures. - Review claims to ensure appropriate referrals to approved defense counsel. - Schedule and attend stewardship meetings with defense counsel. - Manage Defense Council and conduct litigation reviews - Maintain Defense Counsel Guidelines. - Assist in the development of a counsel referral method that promotes effective outcomes and minimizes or controls litigation costs. - Maintain legal contracts. - Establish and maintain effective working relationships with claims staff, supervisors, providers, and other departments of Key Risk. - Develop training materials for litigations specialists and claim professionals

Join our team and love coming to work!  At Acadia, we value our employees, our customers and our communities.  Employees at Acadia are part of a progressive company where everyone can make a difference.  We promote an inclusive environment which encourages continuous learning and the chance to grow and develop.    Become a member of Acadia's claim department and have a direct impact on helping our customers throughout the Northeast.  We are searching for a Senior Claim Specialist with multi-state experience to work in our Major Case Unit. Successful candidates will be recognized as an expert in their field handling coverage, investigation, negotiations, and litigation associated with commercial general liability claims with significant exposure.   - Perform investigations in a timely and thorough manner to ensure accurate decisions on coverage, liability, and damage issues affecting claim resolutions. - Effectively negotiate with insureds and third-parties, listening carefully to their demands and using an objective approach to resolve the claim fairly. - Control file-related expenses through efficient utilization and monitoring of "outside" vendors. - Inform other departments of positive/negative conditions noted during investigations which may impact company results. - Manage existing workloads effectively to achieve quality and quantity production goals while providing superior customer service. - Participate in special account reviews and present agents and insureds with recommendations for improving their loss ratio and information on best practices. - Under general direction, handles the most complex cases and those involving the most complex questions of coverage, compensability, legal liability and damages.  - Handles most complex bodily injury, property damage and workers’ compensations cases utilizing experts and outside firms as required.  - Works closely with underwriting in developing and interpreting policy language and, in conjunction with loss control, assists in the analysis and recommendations on loss sensitive and special accounts.  - May serve as team leader or mentor in the training and development of less experienced staff and provides input in roundtable discussions.  - Attends settlement conferences, trials and mediations on a regular basis.

The Underwriting Assistant role with CWG offers the unique opportunity to learn and grow within Commercial Underwriting.   This role works directly with a dedicated underwriting team and offers contact with team members and agents allowing for the progression of commercial knowledge.    - Supports Underwriter by reviewing incoming correspondence and applications to determine proper procedural action.  Examines information provided in the application and related resources to determine if risk meets established eligibility guidelines. Consults agent or obtains reports for Underwriter when additional information is necessary.  Routes risk-involved matters that are beyond assigned authority level to Underwriter for evaluation. Maintains established department service and quality standards.  - Prepares quotes or accepts and prices new commercial property/casualty accounts that meet established risk selection criteria and are within the Underwriting Assistant’s assigned authority level.     - Evaluates renewal commercial property/casualty accounts and endorsements, within authority level, by reviewing updated account information, claims experience, loss control surveys, risk acceptability and pricing.  Consults agent for additional information when necessary.  Within authority, determines if account will be renewed or cancelled.    - Develops and maintains professional, productive working relationships with agency force to encourage profitability, growth and good understanding of our Company’s pricing and risk selection philosophy.  Assists agents with questions regarding account.

The Territory Sales Manager is primarily responsible for growth through the achievement of sales goals for a Profit Center, and is typically responsible for 25 to 50 agencies.  The incumbent serves as overall RELATIONSHIP MANAGER and focal point of contact for agencies for planning, premium production, compensation and incentives, retention of agency relationships, service and resolution of issues.  The Territory Sales Manager is responsible for the overall agency plant in a given territory, including proactive prospecting (representation and penetration), active marketing of products and services, and consistent agency performance management.   The incumbent works closely on assigned accountabilities with the Profit Center leader, underwriting staff and other departments.  Principal responsibilities include but are not limited to:   - Achievement of premium production goals for the Profit Center including both new business production and renewal retention. - Creates and maintains an approach that aligns Middle Market and Small Commercial to provide a seamless experience to agents. - Leads annual business planning with each agency; periodic reviews of agency performance against plan; closely works with agencies on performance-to-plan including corrective actions and commission adjustment when appropriate. Internally, leads the related agency review process for the Profit Center. - Leads agency incentive programs, profit-sharing, situational compensation, overrides, and all aspects of agency compensation and related communications. - Dynamically engaged in the Profit Center’s new business pipeline and related processes and meetings, triage of key accounts, complex or problematic renewals, re-underwriting and cross sell initiatives. - Serves as the positive and proactive voice of the company to agencies, communicating general messages, appetite, company news and developments, etc.in a timely fashion. - Delivers agency training and education on products, appetite, services, systems and technology. - Influences and builds relationships by planning and executing agency business sessions such as Agency Board of Advisor meetings and periodic promotional business and entertainment events. Assures agency engagement and value delivered. - Serves as the eyes and ears of the company for market intelligence, competitor information, and industry issues in the assigned territory. Proactively develops and shares meaningful insights on company position vis-à-vis competitors, including areas of competitive advantage and disadvantage, and serves as thought leader for addressing them. - Leads agency prospecting, appointments, rehabilitation and terminations; finds ways to ensure efficiency of sales operations, assuring the Profit Center has the agency plant necessary to meet production goals. - Identifies and executes book acquisition/rolls. - Produces and manages agency metrics for the Profit Center. - Responsible for the effective administration and effective usage of a CRM tool such as Salesforce or the BMAG proprietary platform APS.

- Conduct the necessary investigation, either by phone, or through independent adjusters, to determine coverage, liability and damages on various policies, including Pollution liability and Professional Liability Claims.  - Evaluate, negotiate, and settle assigned property damage or bodily injury claims within authority granted, or seek authority for those claims in excess of authority. - Obtain all required adjuster licenses within 180 days - Travel to attend trials, mediations, etc.

The role of the Application Support Analyst is to provide support for in house custom applications and systems so that end users can accomplish business tasks.  This is achieved through issue resolution with diagnostics and troubleshooting.  The Application Support Analyst receives, prioritizes, documents, and actively resolves end user issues and service requests related to custom business applications.   - Collaborate with other IT staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of applications and systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes. - Field incoming service requests from end users via both telephone and e-mail in a courteous manner, resolving issues presented. - Document all pertinent end user identification information, including name, contact information, and nature of problem or issue. - Build rapport and elicit problem details from customers. - Prioritize and schedule incoming issues. Escalate problems (when required) per the documented process after research and resolution attempts are exhausted or limited rights. - Identify and learn appropriate software and hardware used and supported by the organization. - Test fixes to ensure problems have been adequately resolved. - Perform post-resolution follow-ups to service requests. - Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations. - Other related tasks as directed by managemen

The Claims Superintendent will be responsible for determining and discharging the company's contractual obligations under its various policy contracts involving coverage analysis, investigation, legal defense, and loss and expense reserving.   Responsibilities:   - Incorporate all claims into company records and review for applicability of coverage.  - Present facts of claims, with recommendations, to committee as necessary. - Establish initial loss and expense reserves.  Maintain valid loss and expense reserves based on current investigation and legal discovery. - Supervise activities of Independent Adjusters, investigators and defense attorneys to ensure that all claims are appropriately handled.  - Attend and participate in mediations/trials as necessary. - Adhere to company procedures and guidelines as well as case law and statutory - requirements when coverage is in question, and/or when paying or denying claims. - Comply with reporting requirements of treaty and facultative reinsurers. - Maintain current understanding of various unfair claim practices statutes. - Prepare large loss reports where applicable. - Additional tasks as assigned.

The Claims Superintendent will be responsible for determining and discharging the company's contractual obligations under its various policy contracts involving coverage analysis, investigation, legal defense, and loss and expense reserving for the most complex commercial auto liability cases presented.   - Incorporate all claims into company records and review for applicability of coverage.  - Present facts of claims, with recommendations, to committee as necessary. - Establish initial loss and expense reserves.  Maintain valid loss and expense reserves based on current investigation and legal discovery. - Supervise activities of Independent Adjusters, investigators and defense attorneys to ensure that all claims are appropriately handled.  - Attend and participate in mediations/trials as necessary. - Adhere to company procedures and guidelines as well as case law and statutory - requirements when coverage is in question, and/or when paying or denying claims. - Comply with reporting requirements of treaty and facultative reinsurers. - Maintain current understanding of various unfair claim practices statutes. - Prepare large loss reports where applicable. - Additional tasks as assigned.

The Underwriter will work in a team setting generating, underwriting and analyzing accounts for development of new and renewal Casualty business   Responsibilities: - Compliance with underwriting documentation rules and guidelines. - Maintain an acceptable underwriting profit. - Adherence to Admiral underwriting guidelines and referral compliance. - Act as referral authority for Associate Underwriters. - Development and maintenance of key broker/agent relationships. - Management and development of new business and broker relationships. - Coordinate strategic marketing calls to key brokers (up to 25%). - Participates in all internal company training and continuing education. - Remains current on product releases as it pertains to Casualty. - Stay abreast and knowledgeable on market trends in terms of forms, coverage and appetite to maintain competitiveness.

The AVP and Operation Manager reports directly to the Chief Underwriting Officer and is responsible for the design, development and implementation of business practices to create the highest level of efficiency within Berkley Life Sciences and provide a level of service that exceeds customer expectations while adhering to all regulatory and compliance guidelines.  Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Development and implementation of a strategic plan for growth, through automation, process improvements, organization or other productivity measures while maintaining high quality standards, rapid response times, high reliability and cost effective operations. - Design or re-engineering of operational procedures to improve operational performance, reduce technical or operational difficulties, quickly identify solutions to problems, and make corrections in an efficient manner. - Coordinate with Product Development and IT to ensure appropriate systems are in place to achieve company and departmental goals. - Establish and maintain controls that verify the integrity of all systems, processes and data, and enhance the company's value. - Design and implement a continuous process improvement program - Participate in a wide variety of special projects as required - Hire, motivate, develop, and manage staff - Conform with and abide by all regulations, policies, work procedures and instructions. 

Berkley Prime Transportation is looking for an insurance professional who enjoys underwriting to join our creative, collaborative and hard-working team.  The successful candidate will be responsible for helping start up an organization poised to achieve and exceed profitability goals through proper risk selection and account management by utilizing data and analytics.   Principle Responsibilities - Review new and renewal commercial insurance risks and determine accurate classification of business, policy contract forms and pricing of risk; review and act upon pertinent risk information such as loss control reports, motor vehicle reports (MVRs), loss runs and financial statements - Responsible for book management of an assigned agency territory, including achieving predetermined premium goals and profitability objectives, conducting audits on agency business, effectively communicating the company underwriting philosophy and assuring compliance of underwriting best practices - Cultivate effective agency relationships; conduct agency visits, communicate expectations and make recommendations for agency action(s) when appropriate - Provide guidance to Assistant Underwriters in technical matters of underwriting including, but not limited to, such procedures as coverages, cancellations, exclusions, endorsements and non-renewal action - Assist in developing new products, coverage enhancements, and procedures that drive production and processing efficiency

Key Risk is looking for an enthusiastic individual who wants to learn account management and technical knowledge of workers compensation claims.    Principle Responsibilities - Interface with Underwriting, Risk Management, and clients in controlling costs and loss ratios - Conduct investigation of workers' compensation claims assigned - Handle all technical aspects of claims, including coverage, disability benefit management, medical management, litigation management, file management, subrogation, reserving and settlement - Maintain and demonstrate knowledge of the Workers' Compensation Act and Rules and Regulations in jurisdictions assigned - Immediately notify management of large exposures and comply with reinsurance reporting requirement - Monitor expenses and effectiveness of inside/outside vendors - Assume full responsibility for all phases of account management for accounts as assigned and inform management of any unfavorable trends - Actively work with mentor in monitoring loss ratio for accounts assigned - Participate in client meetings for training on claims issues and assist with claims service meetings for new accounts as requested

Berkley Accident and Health is seeking a full time Senior Stop Loss Underwriter for the EmCap Employer Group. This position is a great fit for an experienced ESL underwriter with a minimum of 10 years of experience. The selected candidate will underwrite, evaluate risk, make clinical evaluations in conjunction with clinical staff, and build and maintain profitability on an assigned block of new and renewal business in an assigned territory.  The role can be based in Hamilton New Jersey, Marlborough Mass, Souderton PA or be based REMOTE.   Specific duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Use knowledge of Stop Loss market to build and maintain a profitable book of business - Review, evaluate, underwrite and quote employer stop loss risks within assigned letter of authority - Conduct medical underwriting and claimant risk assessment - Drive sales and underwriting for specified territory while maintaining profitability - Mentor and train lesser experienced Underwriters - Work collaboratively with assigned sales representatives and account managers to develop and grow territory - Manage, maintain and handle territorial assignments - Accurately and thoroughly document files and record underwriting thought processesanage sold case preparation and issuance of applications

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Middle Market Underwriter to join our team.  The Middle Market Underwriter is responsible for building dynamic relationships, maintaining a strong distribution channel, growing direct written premium, maximizing renewal retention and delivering a high degree of customer satisfaction within our footprint of Independent Agencies.  Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Serves as trusted advisor to Independent agency model. - Establishes and maintains a new business pipeline. - Successfully sells the proposal. - Positively influences account retention to meet company goals. - Utilizes various underwriting tools to determine acceptable risk characteristics, determine accurate exposure classifications, set adequate property limits to accomplish appropriate insurance to value and rate and quote business to agents - Supports other underwriters as assigned when the other underwriter is travelling or out on vacation / sick time. - Orders and reviews inspections to confirm accounts written are consistent with preliminary underwriting information and takes action when the inspection reveals unacceptable risk characteristics. - Determines if facultative reinsurance is needed and if so, factors reinsurance cost in gross pricing, completes cession procedures; documents file, and follows established workflow procedure to ensure proper reporting / accounting. - Makes sound risk and pricing decisions that achieve profitable loss ratios. - Maintains underwriting quality score of 85% or greater.  - Documents underwriting file to support acceptability and pricing in accordance with company guidelines. - Strengthens relationships and educates agents within agency plant to maximize opportunities and achieve profitable growth. - Achieves new business premium, renewal premium retention and rate change objectives. - Within company guidelines and granted underwriting authority, evaluate new and renewal information to determine risk acceptability terms/conditions to be quoted, and priced. - Achieve service standards, including established objectives for: new business quote turnaround; renewal quotes; endorsement, cancellation, audits and other transactions and policy issuance - Provides detailed issuance instructions to ensure policy is delivered consistent with quoted terms and conditions and in accordance with established guidelines relative to policy construction.