Associate Underwriter
Berkley Healthcare is a member company of W. R. Berkley Corporation, specializing in healthcare organization insurance. The Associate Underwriter will be responsible for submission generation, underwriting, and policy issuance for various liability insurances within the healthcare sector.
Responsibilities
- Determine risk acceptability in accordance with underwriting risk appetite and guidelines
- Prepare thorough underwriting analyses with detailed exposure analysis and independent underwriter assessment
- Make pricing, coverage, terms and conditions determinations and recommendations within defined limits/authority and underwriting guidelines and authority parameters
- Develop, grow and maintain a profitable, diversified book of business aligned with company goals
- Ensure production and loss ratio goals are achieved for assigned book by reviewing, analyzing and evaluating information and taking appropriate action as necessary
- Develop positive agency relationships within assigned territory while maintaining a good rapport through responsive levels of service
- Coordinate marketing activities including travel in coordination with Distribution and Marketing Manager
- Foster growth of less experienced staff in a positive and growth-oriented environment
- Actively self-educate as to line of business, industry and insurance trends including exposures, claims, legal, legislative, healthcare, current events, self-improvement and innovation
Skills
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college
- 1-2 years of current financial lines underwriting experience
- Healthcare financial lines underwriting experience highly preferred
- Healthcare-specific experience preferred
Benefits
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- Disability
- Wellness
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k)
- Profit-Sharing plans
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