VP, Excess Casualty Territory Underwriting Manager

The primary responsibilities of the Excess Casualty Territory Underwriting Manager include:

 

Accountable for achieving key performance metrics for a $290M ($125M Monoline) book of Umbrella and Excess  business for select branches of the New York and Midwest Regions within Chubb’s North America Commercial Insurance Division that include; growth, profit, rate, new business, exposure and retention Responsible for managing and monitoring new and renewal business within the territory, including assisting the branches with pipeline management and key account retention. Primary referral channel for items that are outside branch level authority, and confident in utilizing a home office level underwriting authority grant Works closely with Excess Casualty TUMs who have overall responsibility for the New York and Midwest Regions. Assists Line of Business leader with Excess Umbrella broker panels including: results monitoring, prospect targeting and regular checkpoints with panel broker leadership (AJG, MMA, WTW, etc). Collaborate with Industry Practice, Line of Business, CI Regional Manager and the local branch offices to develop local tactics and objectives to attract and retain business while executing CI underwriting strategies and initiatives Building underwriting acumen of field staff through training and development opportunities within the territory Provide recommendations on underwriting authority of field staff as well as developing and cultivating underwriting specialists Relationship building with both internal and external stakeholders that will require regular customer and agency/broker visitation Ability to effectively work in a team environment with Industry Practices, Line of Business, Claims, Operations and CI Field to achieve desirable outcomes Position requires regular travel (35%+ of time) to the local branch offices within the assigned territory Career or band level is commensurate upon candidate's experience and skills.

Reporting Relationship:   

This job reports to H. Bennett Himes, EVP, CI Casualty Manager. 

Skills:

The candidate must have at least 15 years of property and casualty underwriting experience and demonstrated in-depth expertise in handling complex accounts. Experience handling complex monoline Excess Casualty business preferred. Advanced knowledge of commercial underwriting and insurance industry theories and practices. The candidate must demonstrate advanced proficiency for salary grade and universal competencies including a track record of results achievement, customer development, collaboration, teamwork, problem solving, and communication and marketing/negotiation skills. The candidate must have strong interpersonal, analytical and negotiation skills and the ability to effectively interact with all levels of internal and external business partners.
 

Position Location:

Open (based on where selected individual resides)

Education:

Four-year bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university