PRIMARY PURPOSE: To provide third-party underwriting services and be responsible for performing captive underwriting comprised of property/casualty including workers’ compensation lines of business with account premiums ranging from $25,000 - $2,000,000 in premium.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS And RESPONSIBILITIES
Maintains strong relationships with agents, brokers, carrier contacts and internal department personnel.
Evaluates the risks and exposures associated with underwriting a book of business including developing new and renewal business quote proposals, developing loss picks, maintaining logs, preparing premium finance agreements, reviewing audits, working with internal accounting and captive management teams for billing and collections of premiums, providing summaries and projections of payroll reports provided by clients, accurately performing exposure based analysis using carrier rating models, submitting documents, communicating and negotiating pricing and coverages with carrier underwriters and communicating and supporting those decisions to brokers, carrier underwriters and ARS Management.
Works with claims and risk control teams to assist in any program service issues.
Assists in the development and administration of complex underwriting rules and guidelines.
Analyzes quantitative and qualitative data to improve risk selection.
Acts as a technical resource for property and casualty coverage lines of business.
Develops and maintains strong external/internal customer relationships by identifying, anticipating business needs and by delivering timely responses to captive customers, brokers and ARS managers; assists business development with marketing information, presentations and related activities.
Mentors underwriting staff.
Participates in special projects as assigned.
Meets underwriting department KPI’s (key performance indicators) established by ARS Management.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS And RESPONSIBILITIES
Performs other duties as assigned.
Supports the organization's quality program(s).
Travels as required.
Qualifications
Education & Licensing
Bachelor's degree in insurance or finance from an accredited college or university preferred. Property Casualty License a plus. Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Associate in Captive Insurance (ACI), Certificate in Captive Insurance (CCI) and/or Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) courses and/or designations preferred.
Experience
Six (6) years of commercial insurance experience in the underwriting areas with an emphasis on program underwriting or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Supervisory experience a plus.
Skills & Knowledge
Ability to maintain positive underwriting results while improving the end product
Ability to solve problems
Solid math skills including the ability to calculate figures accurately and efficiently
Strong analytical skills
Understanding of Captive Pricing Models and Captive Program Structures including Excess of Aggregate and A Fund / B Fund Captive Structures
Ability to work independently, accurately without direct daily supervision
Strong understanding of premium pricing, developing loss picks and utilizing Risk/Loss Forecaster third party software
Captive management ? understanding the intracacies and structure of trust accounts, premium cessions, reinsurance agreements, program agreements, captive financials and LLC Operating Agreements and how they influence underwriting
Ability to create, maintain and follow formal captive processes and best practices
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
PC literate, including Microsoft Office products
Strong organizational skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent negotiating skills
Ability to create and complete comprehensive, accurate and constructive written reports
Ability to work in a team environment
Ability to meet or exceed Performance Competencies
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Finance and Sales
Industries
Staffing and Recruiting
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