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We are focused on building our Construction team!
Join our dedicated specialty underwriter group and own your territory!
Liberty Mutual National Insurance Specialty Construction handles Middle Market to National Account-sized Construction business sharing specialized knowledge of construction and risk management with our agents and brokers.
We foster underwriter judgment and emphasize local decision making.
It’s an excellent opportunity for a talented commercial insurance underwriter with construction expertise, confidence and deal orientation.
Responsibilities:* Develop and maintain highly effective business relationships with assigned agents and brokers in order to attract, develop/grow and retain profitable business in your assigned territory.
* Evaluates a prospect’s/renewal’s financial standing, operational strategy, and industry trends to determine whether to proceed with the account, and if so, under what terms and conditions.
* Performs a hazard analysis by combining knowledge and experience with available information on the prospect’s/renewal’s and its industry, and where appropriate, collaborates with experienced underwriters and other departments to evaluate a prospect’s/renewal’s potential exposure to loss.
* Applies understanding of insurance with the hazards identified for the customer to assess the customer/broker request and determine acceptable coverage grants by line of business that address the customer’s critical insurance and service needs.
* Using assessments of the prospect’s/renewal’s operations and anticipated hazards, losses (primary & excess), and expenses (service requirements), applies knowledge of pricing tools, manual rates, rating plans, and reinsurance, develops a price for each coverage and rating plan option under consideration that meets or exceeds target returns, and has accountability and ownership of account pricing recommendations.
* Given the customer/broker request, the hazard, coverage, and loss analyses, and the competitive situation, recommends program structures (coverage, limits/retention, rating plan/pricing, and billing combinations) achieving desired Business Unit goals, including long term profitability.
* Completes all required steps on documentation and account management.Communicate and collaborate across the organization
– such as Claims, Product Management, Loss Control, Legal, Credit, Distribution, and Production
– to provide solutions/recommendations and achieve organizational success.
Qualifications * The ideal candidate is a highly knowledgeable and disciplined underwriter with experience managing construction risks and a track record of growing a book of business that performs well over the long term.* Excellent knowledge of commercial insurance coverages, contracts and underwriting guidelines as normally acquired and a related bachelors degree eight to ten years of commercial lines underwriting experience preferred* Ability to make good business decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment.* Strong communication and influencing skills to build immediate credibility, both internally and externally; an ability to present effectively to a wide range of audiences* Ability to negotiate skillfully in tough situations; gains trust of others and has a good sense of timing* Insurance specific designations (e.g.
CPCU, CRIS) desired Bachelor’s Degree16