Provides strategic direction and leadership for Underwriting Proactively participates with the CUO, senior management team and functional department staff in developing and executing strategic plans to meet business objectives and ensure operational effectiveness.  Establishes underwriting philosophies and guidelines to support the business plan goals of profitability, managed growth and enhanced competitive advantage.  Fosters a workplace environment consistent with the values and mission outlined by senior leadership. - Collaborates with the CUO and senior leadership to develop and execute tactical and strategic business plans including strategic underwriting objectives, underwriting strategies, and underwriting and workflow best practices.   Provides leadership in the development of product, pricing, business systems and workflow.  Oversees and ensures the successful execution of business operations initiatives to enhance profitability, productivity and efficiency. - Directs underwriting authority grants as well as audit practices to ensure underwriting controls and guideline adherence.  - Participates in developing, maintaining or enhancing customer relationships to promote profitability and growth and the retention of existing business. Includes physical & virtual partnership visits with select middle market accounts. - Ensures underwriting business unit staff has solid appreciation and understanding of Berkley Agribusiness risk appetite and market differentiators; business opportunities and targets; competitive threats; and emerging market trends. - Evaluates business unit’s underwriting performance by developing metrics and success criteria to measure and track key performance factors to achieve desired outcomes (i.e., growth, risk quality, profit, premium, policies in force, service standards, loss ratio, expenses, etc.). Develops and provides oversight for risk quality program including underwriting audit process. Provides results to staff and management team and develops plans to resolve issues. - Collaborates with Business Development and functional business units to identify and implement strategies and solutions to improve production efficiency and effectiveness to support the organization’s goals.  - Attracts, coaches and develops talent to ensure a staff capable of carrying out business strategies.  Contributes to company’s success by developing business unit and individual staff goals, measuring results, rewarding achievement or taking corrective action, as necessary. Mentors staff by providing frequent and specific constructive feedback.   Places emphasis on talent management and succession planning. - Duties may include accountability for, but is not limited to:  Premium Audit; Facultative Reinsurance relationships; ; liaison to other WRBC operating units, including close collaboration with BSS, BTS and the other Specialty WRBC operating units on the SSP shared platform as well as International Solutions liaison with WRBC international companies; Staff and Product Underwriting functions; and responsibility for cross functional / inter-department communication, workflows, and projects. - Plans, allocates and manages financial budget by anticipating expenditures, accurately forecasting resource needs/costs and properly accounting for expenses to meet requirements and achieve fiscal responsibility. - Leads or participates in various strategic initiatives and project teams as needed. Directly supervises Underwriting Managers and/or Underwriting Directors. 

Responsible for planning, directing and overseeing the Underwriting Audit department, including managing and supervising the Underwriting Audit Coordinators. Sets and achieves department goals to support the company’s key strategic objectives.  Oversees the completion of individual files audits, conducts quality control on completed audits, analysis of results and trends, scheduling and provides communication of findings to underwriting management. Develops new audits based on company goals and provides agency consulting services as needed.   - Manages the work and production of the Audit Coordinators. - Provides oversight of the completion of audits on new business, renewals and quotes to assess the quality of the risk and quality of the file handling from an underwriting, pricing and policy construction standpoints, as well as adherence to established underwriting procedures and authorities. - Works with Coordinators to provide feedback to Underwriting Management (based upon review findings) to identify strengths in Underwriting talents and to identify opportunities to improve various underwriting criteria and/or requirements as relates to Company underwriting standards. - Develops new underwriting audits to reflect changes in underwriting philosophies and strategies. - Shares high-level trends with management. - Creates, analyzes and interprets data from various reports. - Works as direct contact with Regulatory for SOX compliance testing.

We are seeking an Underwriting Assistant that will support our Excess & Surplus lines book of general/excess liability, garage and professional liability business. The Underwriting Assistant (UA) will be responsible for providing Underwriters with technical and clerical support with the information necessary to make prudent underwriting decisions on new business, renewals and endorsements. The UA will support the underwriting life cycle from pre- submission through policy issuance and renewal.   Key roles/responsibilities include: - Identifying key issues in the decision making process with the guidance from the underwriter - Identifying and use of appropriate resources that assist in the analytical process; this includes making formal recommendations to underwriters on account management needs - Ability to identify and evaluate exposures for each risk - Perform analysis utilizing appropriate information to consider endorsement/account acceptability - Issuance of premium and non-premium bearing endorsements - Demonstrates adherence to guidelines which include, Underwriting Guidelines and Service Level Agreements - Ability to follow-up with underwriters and brokers on outstanding information - Supports day-to-day transactions that support multiple underwriting team members and customers/agency partners - Develop, maintain and nurture positive working relationships with underwriters, customers, and other business partners to provide an enhanced customer experience (i.e., researches and resolves issues, responds to inquiries and questions) - Display a strong sense of urgency, recognizing customer needs - Ability to apply judgement and present negotiation on more complex accounts and processes - Quotes accounts within authority limits by reviewing exposures and experience rating, updating account information, rates and adjusts the price - Examines inspection reports, prior audits, and endorsements, and refer any issues to underwriters - Ability to effectively manage and balance multiple demands

Staff level position performing various duties related to the financial reporting process. Areas of responsibility include GAAP/Stat financial statement preparation and reporting, reinsurance accounting, reconciliations and monitoring cash flow. All functions focus on both accurate and timely completion based on the close schedule.    - Responsible for timely and accurate account reconciliations as assigned (including analysis and resolution of reconciling items). - Responsible for the accuracy of monthly journal entries - Monitor cash settlements from both Profit Centers and Reinsurers. - Assists in the support of internal and external audits/examinations. - Active pursuit of continuous process improvement and progress measurement (metrics)  

The Public Entity Underwriter will work closely with the Senior Underwriting team, and Chief Actuary, to analyze risk, exposure, loss and coverage information for group and individual risk accounts, to structure and price programs that are financially efficient for the insured and profitable for the company, and will Identify and utilize data-driven analyses to drive marketing efforts relative to customer acquisition and retention. The Underwriter will also work closely with the Senior Underwriting team to manage existing broker and client relationships. - Review new and renewal submissions for completeness and address any discrepancies with the broker. - Organize and aggregate loss and exposure information and input into pricing models. - Analyze and interpret risk data and complete an underwriting workbook for each eligible risk. - Work with actuarial to understand the key components of the pricing models. - Establish and maintain broker relationships though superior levels of service and direct broker engagement. - Attend industry client centric events. - Assist with the development of new products, services, process improvements, and marketing initiatives. - Attend marketing calls to brokers and clients, and when necessary, coordinate with Executive, Underwriting, and Claims. - Under direction of Management, work on ad hoc projects as needed. - Assist with the issuance of policies, endorsements and billing. - Process reinsurance transactions, where applicable. - When necessary, complete account transactions as required. - Process new business/renewals and endorsements for assigned accounts and perform underwriting analysis for some routine new and renewal business applications, as directed.

The Business Development Specialist is accountable for providing direction and leadership for their assigned territory.  Partners with management team to ensure effective marketing, planning and execution resulting in retention, growth and profitability of business.  Leads and influences agencies through creation and execution of sales strategies that drive an effective pipeline of new clients, profit and retention. Identifies new distribution opportunities and recommends agency appointments, while increasing relevancy in existing agencies.   -  Serves as primary relationship, sales and business development leader for the territory. Travels to enhance relationships with agencies and clients resulting in business retention and new business opportunities.  - Collaborates with agencies and leadership in establishing new customer relationships and to identify, research, and develop pipeline opportunities.  Drives the sales processes including prospect prioritization, initial contact and pursuit strategy, identification of opportunity, due diligence and overall management of new customer acquisition.  - Works with Underwriting and Underwriting Management to manage the territory book of business and identifies market opportunities by analyzing competitor intelligence, market and industry research, loss ratios, mix of business, policy count, premium growth, hit ratios and business retention. - Develops, maintains and enhances client relationship related to profit improvement and Risk Control compliance. Uses resources available to build pipeline of new customer leads in conjunction with key agency partners. Maximizes the agency segmentation process and associated resource commitments. - Ensures that tools, training and support are in place to positively impact success for the agencies and territory.  Identified and communicates training needs and opportunities.  Participates in program and product orientation meetings in conjunction with internal business partners including but is not limited to Underwriting, Risk Control, Actuary, Business Development, and Claims. - Participates in the company’s distribution and operational planning process where current-year objectives are reviewed and future-years' objectives are developed.  Aligns territory business objectives to support organizational goals of optimized profitability, managed growth and competitive advantage.  - Collaborates with Underwriting Management to establish and manage budgets and resources including explaining variances and related reporting.

The Underwriting Analyst position will be part of the Berkley Healthcare (BHC) medical malpractice group supporting Automobile Liability product and GL/PL when written with Auto. The Underwriting Analyst will assist the underwriters throughout the placement process for both new and renewal business from submission receipt to policy issuance. At Berkley Healthcare we are hiring for the future; career opportunities are not limited by your initial position.   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? BHC is a dynamic company that encourages a pioneering mindset with the financial backing of a Fortune 500 company.  At BHC, 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.   - Process underwriting submissions, perform account clearance and prepare underwriting worksheets for underwriting review - STAT (Salesforce) data and documentation input - Set up underwriting files and maintain proper and complete underwriting documentation - Assist underwriters with underwriting analysis, data preparation, rating and quoting, binding, and policy issuance - Maintaining accurate new business and renewal logs - Manage midterm endorsement requests - Responsible for the preparation of renewals, including the 60/90 day renewal notices

Looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to become part of a Corporate Financial Planning and Data Analysis team.  This role will be involved with strategic analysis and content evaluation related to various global financial applications.  The individual will work cross-functionally to translate & consolidate data from multiple Berkley operating units into a cohesive set of financial data which will be used to inform decisions regarding profitability and risk assessment.  The cross-functional nature of the project will require the coordination from various teams such as underwriting, marketing, claims, technology, actuarial, accounting and operations.  This role will focus on strategy & analysis of the integration of various financial data sets and applications in order to facilitate best practices and drive innovation for the future state of operating unit’s data.   Responsibilities:   - Perform self-initiated financial analysis to evaluate trends, model future behavior, support implementation decisions, and create insights to drive financial process efficiencies. - Determine and implement data reporting strategies to provide critical information to operating units, finance, and other key areas. - Partner with non-financial business managers and team members to perform strategic work - Assist with general business processes, accounting, audits, financial related issues, and other production related items associated with Peoplesoft, Vena, and the Berkley Data Warehouse (BDW). - Present work and engage in strategic discussions with senior management. - Work cross-functionally with multiple departments including Underwriting, Marketing, Claims, Accounting, etc. - Responsible for the development of reporting requirements and models to facilitate analyses supported by data metrics and analytics from various applications. - Conduct analysis of key business drivers, trends and performance indicators to provide value-added inputs. - Manage and complete monthly reconciliations for companies going through various implementations of financial systems. - Work extensively with both international and US based finance teams across the multiple projects. - Monitor and manage adherence to financial standards and governance implemented by the Corporate Finance organization and BDW steering committee.

Responsible for the handling, oversight and overall management of complex professional liability claims, primarily Medical Malpractice.  Experience with Employment Practices Liability (EPL) claims a plus. Recognized as a technical expert in the interpretation of complex or unusual claims-made policy coverages. Under limited management direction, will analyze, coordinate and resolve claims within assigned limits of broad authority.   In addition, the successful candidate may work directly with less senior claim handlers, providing mentoring and coaching support on claims, evaluating requests for monetary authority, providing guidance and direct oversight on more severe claims, assisting with trial and large loss reporting, and handling day-to-day claims questions.   - Manages highly complex investigations of professional liability claims including coverage issues, liability, compensability and damages. Determines if a major claim should be settled or litigated and implements an appropriate resolution strategy accordingly. Effectively manages loss costs and claim expenses. - Manages all types of investigative activity or litigation on major claims, including the posting of appropriate reserves in a timely manner. Coordinates discovery and litigation strategy with  panel attorneys and/or counsel retained by the insured. - Negotiates highly complex settlement packages, and authorizes payment within scope of authority, settling claims in the most cost effective manner and ensuring timely issuance of disbursements. - Makes recommendations on claims processes and resolution strategies to management. - Analyzes claim activities; prepares and presents reports to management and other internal business partners and clients. - Works with attorneys, account representatives, agents, and insureds regarding the handling and/or disposition of highly complex claims. - Provides guidance and assistance to less experienced claims staff and other functional areas. - Interaction and consultation with business partners including underwriting, agents and management regarding industry activity and trends. - Coordinate payment of attorney/vendor claim expenses and fees in a timely manner.

Manage an assigned underwriting territory to achieve profitable growth, including underwriting new business, renewals, endorsements and other transactions.  Identify new business opportunities and manage agency relationships.   Roles and Responsibilities  - Develop relationships and educate agents within agency plant to maximize opportunities and achieve profitable growth. - Initiate outbound calls to agencies to identify sales opportunities and collect agent intelligence. - Achieve new business premium, renewal premium retention and rate change objectives. - Within company guidelines and granted underwriting authority, evaluate new and renewal account information to determine risk acceptability, terms / conditions to be quoted, and pricing. - Make sound risk and pricing decisions that achieve profitable loss ratios. - Maintain underwriting quality score of 90% or greater. Document underwriting file to support acceptability and pricing in accordance with company guidelines. - Achieve customer service standards, including established objectives for: - New business quote turnaround - Renewal quotes - Endorsement, cancellation, audits and other transactions - Policy issuance - Provide detailed issuance instructions to ensure policy is delivered consistent with quoted terms and conditions and in accordance with established guidelines relative to policy construction. - Review mid-term endorsement requests for acceptability and provide instructions for processing. - Evaluate premium audit referrals to determine class acceptability and/or appropriateness of current exposure base. Adjust current term with acceptable changes to ensure company gets timely payment of adequate premium. - Order and review inspections to confirm accounts written are consistent with preliminary underwriting information and takes action when the inspection reveals unacceptable risk characteristics. - Assist with training, mentoring and coaching of less experienced team members. - Determine if facultative reinsurance is needed and if so, factor reinsurance cost in gross pricing, complete cession procedures; documentation file, and follow established workflow procedure to ensure proper reporting / accounting. - Utilize various underwriting tools to: - Determine acceptable risk characteristics - Determine accurate exposure classifications - Set adequate property limits to accomplish appropriate insurance to value - Rate and quote business to agents - Support other underwriters as assigned when the other underwriter is traveling or out on vacation / sick time.  

This position is part of the D&O underwriting segment for Berkley Select and supports the achievement of established departmental goals related to profitability, growth, and producer relations.  Evaluate risk characteristics to determine potential business opportunities in accordance with guidelines and philosophy. Develop and maintain assigned brokerage relationships.   Broker Management - Manage key and/or target broker relationships and expectations. - Manage the expectations of, and communicate underwriting decisions, requirements, and philosophies to brokerage community. - Maintain producer / agency contact log in electronic databases. - Quarterly travel required (when permitted by WR Berkley) Underwriting Duties - Assist in distributing business opportunities to underwriting team members to achieve efficient and effective underwriting (based on work flow, ability and priority). - Provide final approval and guidance on risk analysis presented by members of the underwriting department in accordance with authority levels. - Evaluate risk characteristics of submissions to determine business opportunities in accordance with guidelines and company philosophy. - Price, design and recommend policy format for quoted submissions. - Review underwriting documents for accuracy prior to their release to brokers and/or company clients. - Discuss, analyze and interpret Berkley Select policy forms and coverage issues. Product Development - Suggest and/or develop policy endorsements to improve Berkley Select’s competitive advantage in the market. - Provide research assistance in analyzing competitor forms. - Discuss, analyze and interpret changes to competitor forms and underwriting appetites. Leadership Duties - Assist with training junior members of the underwriting and/or support staff on underwriting procedures. - Provide assistance to management with training and education of the underwriting staff.

We are seeking a Senior Casualty Underwriter that will support our Excess & Surplus lines book of general liability and excess liability. As a Senior Casualty Underwriter, under minimal direction, you are responsible for underwriting risks in a book of business to achieve company premium and profit goals. The Senior UW is responsible for the overall management, business development, analysis and monitoring of a book of business. The UW should independently work within specific limits of authority on assignments utilizing underwriting policies and guidelines, rating manual rules and insurance laws and regulations as well as company policies and procedures. Maintains and develops broker relationships, including addressing opportunities and areas of concern. Participates in product line management including product enhancements as well as corrective actions.   Focus is maintained on their assigned brokers to foster growth, understand of our business, market our appetite and manage initiatives as well as serve as the key point person for resolution of service issues.   Key roles/responsibilities include the ability to:   - Demonstrate broad knowledge of the business, the marketplace and company goals, objectives and performance measures through the effective delivery of all products and services - Identify and coordinate customized coverage, service and product needs to specific clients - Act as a referral source on coverage and pricing - Achieve profitable growth through effective use of underwriting and business skills in assigned territory or book of business. This requires utilization of current data to initiate customized information to interpret pricing and exposure trends in the book. - Initiates appropriate actions to sustain profit which may include non-renewal, rate increases or applying pricing proposals utilizing advanced techniques - Assesses rate adequacy relative to exposure and identify and evaluate exposures for each risk - Assesses and prioritizes underwriting and service needs and the feasibility of their delivery - Provides input for written premium and expense budget planning - Share specialized knowledge of exposures for industry or market segments - Persuade customers in a preferred direction - Build and lead effective client teams - Negotiate advanced coverage issues - Solicit customer feedback and bring resolution to issues - Coach and develop staff on client management

The IT Service Desk Analyst is responsible for resolving and/or escalating incidents as well as the fulfillment of service requests within specified SLA’s.   Primary Duties & Responsibilities: - Assist WRB users with day to day troubleshooting that they receive via our Call Center and via self-service inquiries. These calls could range from password help, application setting changes and how-to inquiries. - Escalating with detailed information when unable to resolve. - Help process new access requests for WRB proprietary applications, Software Installs, Cisco Phones and Active Directory accounts. - Provide great customer focused support.

The Reserving Actuary is primarily responsible for the application of all standard actuarial functions, actuarial estimations, and providing overall support to the department. Specific functions include performing the quarterly reserve review function as well as all reserve reporting requirements to WRBC. General functions involve providing pricing guidance on class segments, administering and performing branch profitability studies, maintaining established actuarial databases, and responding to branch data/results requests.     - Provide quarterly analysis of loss and expense reserves. - Coordinate and provide documentation to WRBC regarding loss reserve estimates on a quarterly basis as well as for year-end Statement of Actuarial Opinion purposes. - Provide sound recommendations and summaries on reserving issues. - Provide concise analysis of segments of the business for claim trends/profitability. - Perform calculations and assist in responding to Branch requests on business results. - Responsible for the development/maintenance/distribution of actuarial reports and databases. - Interface with the business analysis unit in Finance for data requests and research. - Assist/support Finance Department in Schedule P preparation and other reserve areas. - Assist the Department in the planning/budget process preparation. - Perform other support duties as assigned.

This role resides in the Underwriting Product Innovation department and is integral to Nautilus' success as we grow our business profitably.  The Product Innovation department creates and manages underwriting guidelines, forms, filings, and underwriting tools that drive the business.  This role will be primarily responsible for delivering developed forms, but will be called on to assist many aspects of product implementation.  Knowledge of ISO products, form mapping processes, and use of vendors such as Vertafore, Embraco, Azure Dev Ops, Smart Communications, PPS will be helpful.  Successful candidates will be detail oriented and organized.  The role involves working on multiple tasks with high priority deadlines using system and product knowledge.     - Create and maintain documentation including user stories and form mapping workbooks. - Responsible for knowledge of assigned applications and systems. Execute and proof prepared eGuide changes and updates to underwriting guidelines. - Troubleshoot form related inquiries including research and documenting resolution - Draft notification of system and form updates and changes for use by internal and external customers. - Report out to other departments and agents resolution of individual issues and business process results. - Perform peer reviews and proofing of team member work. - Perform User Acceptance Testing and test case preparations. - Responsible for maintaining workflow check lists. - Create filing support documents such as memos and Department of Insurance filing objections. - Additional responsibilities as requested by unit Manager.  

The Stop Loss Underwriter will seek profitable growth of the company’s portfolio of business by analyzing and selecting risks based on qualified underwriting criteria that adhere to the company’s established underwriting guidelines. S/he works closely with more seasoned underwriting staff to develop more advanced underwriting acumen over time. Additionally, the Underwriter will be responsible for gaining a more thorough understanding of the Company’s clinical, actuarial, claims and distribution departments, all of which will advance the Underwriter’s experience and judgement levels. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Write and retain profitable stop loss cases adhering to the company’s guidelines and within assigned letter of authority. - Establish the basics of medical underwriting by training with and learning from the Company’s internal Clinical Underwriting staff. - Properly complete and clearly articulate thought process around risk selection and pricing for efficient reviews with underwriting management and clinical staff. - Become acquainted with target production sources as well as BAH Sales and Account Management teams and begin establishing his/her own relationships using effective forms of communication.  - Accurately document underwriting thought process and authority reviews through company journal and filing system.

The Berkley Crime Production Underwriter is assigned to a particular geographic territory or product category and expected to promote profitable written premium growth and favorable loss ratios in accordance with Berkley FinSecure and Berkley Crime Best Practices, Underwriting Guidelines, Line of Business risk appetite, and personal Underwriting Authority.  Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Evaluation, rating, and pricing of New Business and/or Renewal risks. - Preparation of Declination correspondence to broker (when required). - Completion/updating of data entry fields in BPMi Workflow Management System. - Completion of Rating/Review Documents. - Completion of necessary fields in BUS Underwriting System. - Adherence to Berkley FinSecure and Berkley Crime Best Practices, Underwriting Guidelines, Line of Business risk appetite, and personal Underwriting Authority. - Communication with and solicitation of additional information from brokers when needed. - Development, maintenance, and management of assigned agency/producer relationships through visitations and regular customer contact. - Evaluation of the performance of assigned agency/producer relationships to ensure company and agency goals are met. - Communication of corporate goals, programs, and underwriting policies and procedures. - Awareness and maintenance of personal production, hit ratios, renewal retention ratios, spread of risk, and other production and quality measures. - Coordination of Loss Control services as needed. - Act as a liaison with finance/accounting as needed. - Management of special projects or program business as needed. - Availability to aid in additional workflow processes when needed and subject to supervisor direction.

The Berkley Crime Production Underwriter is assigned to a particular geographic territory or product category and expected to promote profitable written premium growth and favorable loss ratios in accordance with Berkley FinSecure and Berkley Crime Best Practices, Underwriting Guidelines, Line of Business risk appetite, and personal Underwriting Authority.  Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Evaluation, rating, and pricing of New Business and/or Renewal risks. - Preparation of Declination correspondence to broker (when required). - Completion/updating of data entry fields in BPMi Workflow Management System. - Completion of Rating/Review Documents. - Completion of necessary fields in BUS Underwriting System. - Adherence to Berkley FinSecure and Berkley Crime Best Practices, Underwriting Guidelines, Line of Business risk appetite, and personal Underwriting Authority. - Communication with and solicitation of additional information from brokers when needed. - Development, maintenance, and management of assigned agency/producer relationships through visitations and regular customer contact. - Evaluation of the performance of assigned agency/producer relationships to ensure company and agency goals are met. - Communication of corporate goals, programs, and underwriting policies and procedures. - Awareness and maintenance of personal production, hit ratios, renewal retention ratios, spread of risk, and other production and quality measures. - Coordination of Loss Control services as needed. - Act as a liaison with finance/accounting as needed. - Management of special projects or program business as needed. - Availability to aid in additional workflow processes when needed and subject to supervisor direction.