Professional Liability Underwriter

As an Executive Protection Underwriter in Chubb’s Chicago Branch you are accountable for: •Financial performance, including profit, rate, retention, and growth, of a $6 million book of specialty commercial business consisting of D&O, EPL, Crime and Fiduciary lines •Identifying opportunities for growth within new and existing production sources and developing and executing a new business growth strategy including developing prospects •Successful market penetration and agency management including building, maintaining and managing producer and customer relationships (may include travel) •Developing agency strategy and goals with continual monitoring of progress •Identifying cross sell opportunities within commercial products and services •Soliciting, selecting and analyzing risk within Chubb Specialty Insurance guidelines and ensuring proper documentation •Developing and negotiating price, coverage, and terms and conditions for all new business and renewals and actively identifying account rounding opportunities •Meeting with producers and new and renewal customers to make sales presentations including product education and new product roll out •Collaborating with underwriters, operations, claims, marketing and home office product management •Consistently meeting service standards •Collecting and sharing industry intelligence with team, including industry trending and development
REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge, skills and abilities: •Solid knowledge of specialty commercial underwriting and insurance industry theories and practices •Demonstrated technical expertise and product specific knowledge with experience handling professional lines coverages •Strong analytical skills including financial analysis •Demonstrated proficiency in sales, marketing and negotiation •Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. Ability to effectively interact with all levels of internal and external business partners. •Experience developing and executing on marketing plans and prospects •Ability to be creative and adaptable in a changing business environment •Sound, balanced, and timely decision making skills •Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite as well as other business-related software Education and Experience: •Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience •Minimum two years of experience underwriting professional coverages For fastest consideration, qualified candidates should apply online via www.chubb.com.