Assistant Vice President, Underwriting - Berkley

Company Details:

 

From middle market to Fortune 500 companies, at Berkley Custom our Excess Casualty team is committed to providing excellent service and a consistent approach to meet the needs of our brokers and their customers.

 

We seek to outperform our competitors with a focus on understanding client’s priorities and developing creative risk solutions to meet their long-term needs. Our key differentiators include the following:

 

EXCLUSIVE WHOLESALE MARKET – We are committed to the wholesale brokerage community and continually build upon long established relationships with a passion for superior service for our appointed producers.

 

OUR PROFESSIONALS – We attract and retain professionals with significant excess insurance experience, many over 25 years, with a culture that promotes integrity, excellence and respect.

 

LONG-TERM APPROACH TO ACCOUNTS – We continually seek partners for the long term who share our values and our risk management discipline.

 

Long-term relationships have been our management’s trademark in over 30 years of serving customers in the Excess & Surplus marketplace. Our team is dedicated to serving the varied casualty exposure needs of our brokers and their customers. By truly understanding your risk exposures in a constantly changing global environment, we can better work with you to keep risk placement recommendations current and responsive.

Responsibilities:

Berkely Custom Insurance Managers is seeking an experienced excess and umbrella underwriter to join their New York City based team as an Assistant Vice President.  

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for analyses of potential and existing customers by gathering and reviewing information on the companies’ financial condition, loss and exposure history, and other relevant information to determine underwriting acceptability.      
• Assess risk, set rate and coverage levels. 
• Establish, support, and maintain effective relationships with peers, customers, and brokers/agents.
• Be responsible for broker management and participate in agency visitations with underwriters, claims representatives or loss control representatives to develop and maintain industry contacts.

 

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Qualifications:

• 10+ years of underwriting experience that included umbrella and excess products.
• Deep understanding of the market and a history of strong industry relationships.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must. 
• Must be able to manage multiple priorities and possess the ability to make independent judgments.
• Must be a team player, willing and eager to learn, organized, detailed and flexible.
• Position requires occasional travel, including overnight trips.
• Bachelor’s degree with a major in Insurance or related field.

Additional Company Details:We do not accept any unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms.The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees including:• Base Salary Range: $150,000-$215,000• Eligible to participate in annual discretionary bonus• Benefits include: Health, dental, vision, dental, life, disability, wellness, paid time off, 401(k) and profit-sharing plansThe actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.Sponsorship Details:Sponsorship not Offered for this RoleJob Description:

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