This job has expired, please see additional jobs below
Underwriter
Everest Re Group
Boston, MA, United States
Job Details - this job has expired, please see similar jobs below
Job Description
Everest Insurance, a member of Everest Re Group, Ltd., has an opportunity, due to growth, for a Life Sciences Underwriter in our Boston office. This is a high profile position and the focal point for underwriting expertise in terms of Medical Product and Collateral Lines of business and the overall quality of risk selection, price adequacy and compliance. The position is structured to handle both new and renewal business.
The Life Sciences Multi-line Underwriter will have the discipline, expertise, freedom, and responsibility to make tough calls when necessary in order to preserve Everest’s profitability. The successful candidate will develop a flow of business from a diverse group of distributors.
Responsibilities will include:
• Routinely identifying new opportunities of profitable production from existing and new sources; Capitalizing on marketing opportunities as outlined in the Life Sciences Business and Marketing Plan
• Increasing the hit rate on quoted business through aggressive solicitation, a good understanding of profitable business while knowing when to walk away tactfully
• Finding ways to improve profitability while growing the book of business.
• Developing expertise in Medical Product and Professional Liability, Property, Workers’ Compensation and Auto lines of business. This includes garnering a keen sense of what Life Sciences segments offer the greatest profitable growth potential, the competitiveness of their territories and deep knowledge of our Underwriting Guidelines.
• Serving as the key source for addressing the account rounding and cross-marketing of the book of business
Qualifications:
• A Bachelor’s degree
• A minimum of four years of experience underwriting and marketing Medical Product Liability and Property, Workers’ Compensation and Auto
• Strong interpersonal, analytical and time management skills
• Self-motivated with the desire to grow and develop professionally
• Computer skills including MS Office products