Underwriting Affairs Manager Boston, MA

A strategic and trusted insurance partner, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), provides a broad range of commercial property, casualty and specialty insurance coverages and outstanding service to customers and brokers around the world.

Part of Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance operations, we bring our solutions to market with our stellar brand name, top-rated balance sheet, and the expertise of our global team of professionals, who exude excellent capabilities and strong character.

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We are a values-based organization where respect, integrity, excellence, collaboration, and passion define who we are and how we do business.

We value diversity of backgrounds, experience, and perspectives and strive to foster an inclusive environment that enables all our team members to bring their best selves to work.

We are one team committed to building a culture where every teammate has the opportunity to contribute and be recognized.

Want to be part of the team building the finest property, casualty, and specialty lines insurance company in the world?

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has an exciting opportunity for a Boston based Underwriting Affairs Manager.

In this dynamic role, you will serve as the global point-of-contact and subject matter expert for Underwriting processes with a focus to promote, align and deliver underwriting workflows that are as consistent as possible across our multiple product lines.

Specific responsibilities are outlined below.

Duties & Responsibilities :

• Liaise between Underwriting, Operations, and IT teams to drive underwriting business needs throughout the organization’s underwriting process and systems including product and regional expansions development and testing of product expansion.
• Work with stakeholders across all functions to ensure process alignment with the rest of the organization.
• Identify and promote transition of tasks from underwriting to our external partner to improve operations efficiencies.
• Engage with Operations to implement and communicate appropriate underwriting process changes resulting from system changes.
• Partner with the enterprise reporting team to identify and implement reporting efficiencies.
• Lead the team that assists in the vetting of new underwriting initiatives, products, and process differences with the Chief Underwriting teams, Lines of Business and Underwriters.
• Maintain and enhance the Forms Library across all product lines.
• Point of contact for Internal Audit.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience :

• 5+ year experience in the global property casualty insurance industry, preferably in underwriting or operations.
• 2+ year of management experience required.
• Excellent project management skills to prioritize and manage resources for multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task while balancing diverse priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact professionally with a diverse group of stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Adept at rapidly responding to changes in priorities and deadlines.

BHSI Offers :

• A competitive package and exciting growth opportunities for career-oriented teammates.
• A dynamic, action oriented, and thoughtful environment centered on always doing the right thing for our customers, teammates, and our other stakeholders.
• A purposely non-bureaucratic organization that embraces simplicity over complexity and emphasizes individual excellence in a team framework.

NOTE : Compensation will be commensurate with experience. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Team Member may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

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