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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

The Underwriting Product Analyst is a member of the workers’ compensation product team within the underwriting department and provides product line support to production/field underwriting team.  The position also collaborates closely with corporate, production/field underwriting and other product team members on underwriting projects, compliance and quality control. Position is responsible for performing research, analysis, documentation, and communication. The Underwriting Product Analyst provides California and multi-state support to underwriting staff by maintaining and updating underwriting tools, disseminating reference and learning material, and conducting training. The role participates as a subject matter expert in implementation of product expansions, workflow and system automation enhancements to achieve company’s strategic goals.   Responsibilities include but are not limited to:   - Provide California and national research, data analysis, and expertise on various subjects to support expansion of underwriting strategy, and development of underwriting guidelines, procedures, and system improvements. - Build and maintain underwriting databases such as training and reference material database, manuals database. - Develop and maintain underwriting tools such as Excel rating and quote templates, account analysis worksheets, and supplemental applications. - Perform research and documentation of new/current laws, statutes, and regulations and communicate with appropriate departments. - Assist in compliance projects and perform underwriting file reviews to ensure compliance with regulatory authorities, corporate and internal standards and procedures. - Under direction of Underwriting Technical leader, draft and file policy and company forms with appropriate regulatory organizations for approval, and coordinate implementation of forms in system. - Correspond with the DOI and other regulatory organizations regarding inquiries and other matters. - Initiate and provide subject matter expertise for system enhancements, rate and rule changes; may also perform and document testing. - Assist in developing underwriting training agendas and materials, and conduct training. - Perform duties, projects and assignments as deemed necessary.

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.  

Berkley Aspire has an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Underwriting Manager who is looking to make a major contribution to a fast growing surplus lines company. In this role, the Underwriting Manager will lead our production underwriting team to meet production and underwriting, profit and loss goals.  This individual will also coach and mentor their team in sales related, retail agency management, in order to seek out and secure opportunities that drive surplus lines insurance products.      Responsibilities - Responsible for all production and underwriting (profit/loss) results for the production underwriting team - Lead and coach the production underwriting team through an advanced understanding of underwriting guidelines, state regulations, facultative reinsurance placement and OFAC regulations - Conduct performance management duties including KPI analytics - Participate on projects and initiatives as assigned by leadership - Review claims activity, loss control survey, and inspection reports for compliance with existing policies, handling exceptions as required and recommending improvements - Provide support to ensure accurate and timely servicing of accounts - Collaborate with other departments to resolve issues - Lead delivery of appropriate customer service levels - Determine and lead delivery of training and development based on individual and unit needs - Coaches, develops and provides feedback to associates - Manage relationships with WR Berkley regional carriers and territory teams – Work to initiate and execute cross selling strategies - Assist the production underwriting team with development and execution of sound action plans to drive business from key agents - Monitor, track and analyze the effectiveness of agency partnerships to support course corrections and decision making

Manages the assigned Underwriting territories’ day-to-day operations of the underwriting functions to maximize production and underwriting results and ensures effective management of assigned territory by performing the following duties: - Manages their assigned underwriting territory. Responsible for production, profitability and relationships with agents within that territory.   - Develops and executes strategic initiatives that support profit, growth, retention and customer service objectives.  - Provides leadership, direction and management in the risk selection process beyond the capacity of underwriting staff.  - Assesses agency performance and recommends the appointment or cancellation of agents within the territory.  - Tracks and assesses impact of large losses including making recommendations to modify underwriting guidelines/profile as needed. - Provides assistance in underwriting of difficult, complex accounts and resolves issues beyond the authority level of underwriting staff. - Reviews and monitors underwriting policies and submissions to ensure underwriting standards and performance objectives are met. Takes corrective action when issues are discovered.  - Allocates underwriting authority for staff, establishing their ability to accept risks, determine pricing and coverages, and place reinsurance. - Creates, analyzes and interprets data from various reports.  - Plans regular agency contact and visits to agents.  - Works with other departments to develop and maintain state specific forms, rules and rates.   - Coordinates review of agency operational reviews and conducts the necessary follow up to assure timeliness of responses and monitor progress of opportunities identified.  - Represents the department, as requested by the VP/AVP, in internal or external meeting or events - Assists with the development, marketing and communication plan for agents in an assigned territory. - Assists other departments with customer complaints and develop recommendations as needed.  

 The Senior Software Developer is Responsible for the design, development, maintenance and enhancement of applications utilized by Admiral Insurance and its business partners.  Develop an application design that will satisfy the immediate requirement as well as provide opportunities for long-term expansion.  Possess an ability to effectively explain the design to members of IT management and staff in both verbal and written forms.  Complete research and development on new programming tools and third-party toolkits, and provide recommendations to IT Management regarding how to move forward with new technology.  Act as a lead reference to the users of applications developed and maintained by the IT Department.

Serving in the Federal Government Relations office, the Federal Government Relations Manager will provide business and administrative support for the Vice President of Federal Government Relations, including managing regulatory compliance activities for federal governmental relations, conducting research, assisting in the preparation of presentations and summaries of legislation and policy issues of importance to the company, tracking progress of key Federal issues, including tax policy, and facilitating support of the company’s political action committee (PAC).  The position also assists the Vice President of FGR in arranging and managing travel, preparation of documents for hearings, briefings, and coalition activities, and the management of administrative compliance matters including timesheets, office budget, and public disclosures.   - Oversee and mange process, assure timely filings of compliance reports such as the quarterly federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) and bi-yearly LD-203 Political Contributions report, including maintaining and updated Federal Government Affairs Budget. - Build and maintain external relationships to further company reputation and continued political contacts; facilitate interactions between senior management, Congressional members and staff, as well as other external affiliates; - Represent the company in legislative engagement activities and political activities and events. - Identify and track issues with potential impact on the company and work with company subject matter experts for analyses; work with external stakeholders - Research, analyze and prepare information and make recommendations as appropriate - Assist in development and maintenance of federal policy goals and reporting of the Federal Government Relations team - Assist in coordination of special events, meetings and other communications with Senior Management, Congressional delegations and staff as well as other external affiliates. - Answer incoming calls in an exceptional, positive, clear manner, schedule appointments, organize staff and coalition meetings, support setting travel itineraries, maintain office supplies, expenses, filing and scanning documents, data entry, and coordinate pick-ups and deliveries - Maintain confidentiality at the highest levels and protect sensitive data at all times. - Take personal initiative to prepare drafts of correspondence and other documents required on a timely basis. - Provide superior proof-reading expertise to members of Government Relations and related legal teams. - Assist Federal Government Relations with the corporate political contribution process including internal approval process and drafting PAC requests. - Demonstrate exceptional customer service and interacts effectively with all. Essential Functions: - Oversee and assure timely, accurate filings of compliance reports - Identify and track issues, work with key subject matter experts and external stakeholders. - Represent the company at external events. - Assists in coordination of special events. - Coordinate all Washington DC office administration. - Maintain the Federal office budget. - Assist federal PAC activity.

Primary responsibilities will be leading, designing and implementing security solutions (both technologies and processes) for W.R. Berkley companies, with the goal of maturing the company’s security frameworks and reference architectures. Work closely with infrastructure architecture / engineering / operations / compliance / business segment leads to identify risks to the business and drive solutions to mitigate those risks. Lead team of Security Architects and Consultants to partner with security and technology efforts across the firm.    The right candidate for this position will have an inherent curiosity and drive in the security space and will know how to work autonomously within the technical, project management, regulatory and stakeholder management responsibilities with an eye towards developing secure solutions through sound architecture and engineering practices. This position will require a roll-up your sleeves approach with someone that is not afraid to work hard and work in multiple different capacities across the technology, process and people aspects of the business and technology requirements while also leading a team of SMEs.

The Manager for the Security Operations program will interact with all levels of personnel, including executives, business operational heads and technical staff, to bring them together to implement controls that reflect business and operational needs balanced with legal and regulatory requirements and risks. This position is responsible for the Information Security Operations program that defines how information security technical controls are managed and measured. The responsibilities include developing programs such as vulnerability assessment and management, MSSP vendor management, security monitoring, security metrics and reporting and security incident response. This team implements tools and controls to measure and articulate current risk levels and ensures that they are understood by stakeholders as appropriate. They design response programs to react to risks from cyber threat sources. The leader will work jointly across the enterprise with the Legal, Technology, human Resources, Audit and others in the development and management of the Information Security Program.

This position is responsible for designing and developing new training courses and job aids for the Underwriting department. These courses and aids will encompass several different disciplines including but not limited to coverage knowledge, risk and loss assessment, quoting new and renewal accounts, business skills, and underwriting systems.  In addition, this individual will update and revise existing course material.  Courses will be primarily designed for on-site instructor led training. -  Identifies internal underwriting staff training needs (i.e. underwriting philosophy, procedures, technologies) through staff surveys and   assessments,  review of file audit results and feedback from underwriting management -  Designs training modules (including purpose, objectives, content, lesson plans, and evaluation tools) and related training materials. This includes   the development of leader and participant guides as well as job aids.  Determines instructional methods appropriate for each topic.    -  Works with subject matter experts and training facilitators to design, develop and implement course training programs. -  Completes the necessary administrative work for underwriting classes including copy work, collating, room reservations and other support work as  assigned. - Develops and administers testing and evaluation procedures to be used at the beginning or completion of training, communicates findings to underwriting management and assists in the monitoring of underwriter development. - Provides reports to management on monthly activities performed, employees training status and future training plans.      

The information security analyst will work as an integral component of the company’s Application Security team. The incumbent will focus on application penetration tests, automated ethical hacking, and static source code analysis within the SDLC. The candidate will be accountable for establishing consensus with stakeholders to reduce cyber risks while minimizing broader operational impact.

This position will be providing support of one or more applications to various member companies of the corporation. The position will involve developing, implementing, and supporting technical solutions for customers.

The Business Transformation Analyst provides strategic business analysis to address current business problems to include identifying solutions, process improvements, business transformation and/or system changes or additions.  This role would also assist in the analysis of potential new business opportunities.  The Business Tranformation Analyst role will partner with project owners of each system to ensure enhancement projects and ongoing maintenance projects are completed in a timely manner.  This role will also assist project owners with creating business requirements for system enhancements.    Responsibilities: - When needed, meet with assigned project stakeholders to perform an initial assessment of problematic situations or new business opportunities.  - Perform root cause analysis on business issues to identify weakness and problems. - Facilitate brainstorming sessions to review solution options that will address root cause issues. - Compile recommendations/solutions with attention to desires, capabilities and limitations. - Present findings and recommendations with detail support and documentation. - Assist business partners with business case creation and summarize what/if scenarios to assist in stakeholder agreement. - Outline recommended options for solutions or implementations with detailed data and documentation. - Determine impacts on enterprise-wide basis for resources, systems and/or processes. - Assess the effectiveness of changes to include tracking costs and the overall benefits of these changes. - Partner with appropriate resources to help outline ROI for proposed initiatives and/or projects. - Work collaboratively internally and with partners to deliver chosen solution(s). - Ensure continued alignment for all initiatives and projects with the strategic goals outlined by organization. - Serve as a liaison between IT/BTS and business to facilitate understanding of intent. - Monitor status of enhancement projects with clear communication to business partners.

The Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) is the senior executive responsible for the underwriting strategy of the Company. Reporting to the President, and working with both Field and Staff functional areas, the CUO designs, implements, and monitors the underwriting activities for all four of the Company’s customer segments: Construction, Specialty Casualty (Manufacturing, Products) and Professional Liability. Among other responsibilities, the Chief Underwriting Officer oversees: • New Product Development and product lifecycle maintenance: • Develop and implement best practices • Vetting new-product ideas from both internal and external sources • Underwriting appetite, guidelines, forms, forms usage, terms and conditions, training, and communications • Underwriting Liaison with IT, Operations, Actuary, Finance, Marketing and Claims • Implementation, performance monitoring and feedback loop • Creation and maintenance of Underwriting Guidelines for all customer segments • Quality and Compliance, including peer reviews, monthly management reviews, coordination of WRBC reviews, and development and implementation of automation support for the underwriting audit process  Referrals – highest-level underwriting authority for all four market segments, exercising sound judgment in risk selection, exposure analysis, pricing and coverage in evaluating and approving or rejecting individual-risk submissions from the field organization • Training – the CUO will design and implement underwriting training programs to ensure that field underwriting staff perform at the highest skill levels • Support Vela’s Field Management Team with their risk-selection strategies at both product-line and territorial levels • Underwriting Analysis of the Programs (Books) - Monitor and analyze underwriting performance and results for desired underwriting outcomes, including heavy collaboration with Finance, Actuarial and IT • Regulatory Issues - support, and coordinate with, Finance and Operations • Develop and/or strengthen interdepartmental relationships with: • Other disciplines • Other WRBC member companies. • Monitor and communicate emerging underwriting Issues that are relevant to Vela's current and future planned strategies, programs and processes. • Leading Change • Change Management • Underwriting Culture Change

Underwriters will be expected to promote profitable written premium growth and favorable loss ratios in accordance with BCIM Best Practices, Underwriting Guidelines, Line of Business risk appetite, and personal Underwriting Authority. Underwriters may also be required to oversee the efficiency and effectiveness of other Underwriters and Technical Assistants.

Binding Authority Brokers will be  expected to bind policies which have profitable written premium growth and favorable loss ratios in accordance with Binding Authority Broker Guidelines, Line of Business risk appetite, individual Binding Authority Restrictions, and Corporate Entity Binding Authority Agreement and related limited Binding Authority Conditions and Restrictions.  Binding Authority Brokers may also be required to oversee the efficiency and effectiveness of other Binding Authority Brokers and Technical Assistants. - Analysis, rating, and pricing of New Business and Renewal risks. - Preparation of Declination correspondence (when required). - Completion/updating of data entry fields in Workflow Management System. - Adherence Binding Authority Guidelines, Line of Business risk appetite, and personal Binding Authority. - Development, maintenance, and management of  producer relationships through visitations. - Solicitation of additional information when needed. - Evaluation of the performance of producer relationships to ensure Binding Authority Guidelines and goals are met. - Awareness and maintenance of personal analysis and quality measures. - Coordination of Loss Control services (as needed) - Act as liaison with finance/accounting as needed.