Zurich North America · 13 hours ago
Underwriting Specialist OR Executive Underwriter - Excess Casualty
Minneapolis, MN
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$75K/yr - $165K/yr
3+ years expZurich North America is a leading provider of commercial property-casualty insurance solutions. They are seeking an experienced Executive Underwriter – Excess Casualty to join their growing Construction team, responsible for underwriting and maintaining profitable business relationships with brokers and customers.
CommercialFinancial ServicesInsurance
No H1B
Hiring Manager
Jim Rizzo
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain relationships with broker partners and customers in the Construction industry in support of business objectives
Leverage casualty underwriting acumen across risk assessment, exposure evaluation and pricing to generate and maintain a profitable book of new and renewal business
Work collaboratively across business units including but not limited to; claims, finance, risk engineering, actuary, and technical underwriting while gaining extensive knowledge in a growing and innovative industry
Empowered to use market facing, negotiation and interpersonal skills to grow and develop relationships with preferred distribution partners in an assigned territory
Underwriting and pricing a solid renewal book
Identifying and analyzing new growth opportunities
Ensuring that accounts are qualified, meet with the organization's appetite and are balanced with sound business opportunity
Making agent/broker/customer and on-sight calls with a planned and well-prepared purpose
Overseeing negotiations of Terms & Conditions and closing deals
Ensuring cross-sell within areas of responsibility to increase product density with the Zurich customer
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent and 3 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area
High School Diploma or Equivalent and 6 or more years of experience in the Claims or Underwriting Support area
Zurich Certified Insurance Apprentice including an Associate Degree and 1 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area
Zurich Certified Insurance Apprentice including an Associate Degree and 4 or more years of experience in the Claims or Underwriting Support area
Knowledge of line/s of business and the legal and regulatory guidelines
Knowledge of time restraints for quotes on new and renewal business
Experience with Microsoft Office
High School Diploma or Equivalent and 5 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area
High School Diploma or Equivalent and 10 or more years of experience in the Claims or Underwriting Support area
Zurich Certified Insurance Apprentice including an Associate Degree and 3 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area
Zurich Certified Insurance Apprentice including an Associate Degree and 8 or more years of experience in the Claims or Underwriting Support area
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Benefits
Short-term incentive bonuses
Merit increases
Comprehensive employee benefits package
Company
Zurich North America
Zurich American Insurance is an international commercial property-casualty insurance provider. It is a sub-organization of Zurich Insurance Group.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
James Bracken
Chief Financial Officer
Ann Chai
Chief Risk Officer
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