Senior Underwriter, E&S Casualty

Job Opportunity At Arch Insurance Group

With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise, and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors, and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, we enable possibility.

Responsibilities And Accountabilities

Work independently to underwrite primary, umbrella, and excess policies for highly complex risks.

Establish and maintain strong relationships with assigned brokers in order to successfully maintain our business which will require travel to producer location.

Provide input on strategies and actions that can maximize product line underwriting results and competitive advantages while being mindful of the organizational goals of returning desired ROE for the unit's underwriting results.

Review large losses to identify any trends or training issues and provide post loss analysis when requested.

Personally participate in marketplace initiatives to expand the overall Arch brand and the specific reputation through interface with regional customers, brokers, and other industry professionals.

Complete special projects as assigned by the RVP.

Work independently as a member of a team while building a profitable book of business.

Regularly meet with key brokers and agents, industry groups, and insureds to present and represent Arch's interest in the region.

Ensure that underwriting applications and practices within their book are in accordance with appropriate regulatory requirements.

Assist finance, claims, legal, marketing, IT, and compliance as needed.

Participate in industry conferences as required.

Required Skills And Abilities

Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills as evidenced by extensive successful external experience in dealing with brokers, agents, policyholders, and industry groups and internal experience in dealing with peers, support staff, and management.

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to understand and interpret various sources of information to make informed decisions.

Strong customer-service focus with the ability to effectively multi-task with limited direction.

Proficiency in prioritizing work, meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.

Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Education And Experience

BA or BS undergraduate degree, with exposure to Economics, Mathematics, Business admin or Finance preferred (professional CPCU certification and / or MBA desired).

Minimum of 4+ years of P&C production underwriting experience, including a progression to more senior underwriting roles with dedicated underwriting authority.