Commercial Lines Underwriter

Burns & Wilcox; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading specialty insurance company as a Senior Recruiter. This role involves managing client relationships, underwriting, and developing marketing strategies. Enjoy a competitive compensation package with flexible working options and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Health benefits

401K with employer match

Employer paid continuing education courses

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of commercial lines underwriting experience required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in sales and marketing.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and grow a book of business.
• Manage agency relationships and serve as lead client contact.
• Create and execute marketing plan to increase new and renewal business.

Skills

Sales

Marketing

Organization

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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Senior Recruiter at H.W. Kaufman Group/Burns & Wilcox

When someone needs coverage for the unique, the unusual, or the unconventional, they come to Burns & Wilcox. Burns & Wilcox offers unparalleled resources and exposure for those looking to excel in the specialty insurance industry. Interested? Join our team!

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and grow a book of business
• Manage agency relationships and serve as lead client contact
• Create and execute marketing plan to increase new and renewal business
• Rate, quote and bind each risk to determine acceptability, coverage, and pricing for large or complex renewals as well as new business
• Develop and submit underwriting referrals to company brokerage facilities and Burns & Wilcox management
• Monitor key metrics to formulate corrective action impacting new business hit, renewal retention, premium growth, and loss ratio
• Lead, train, and develop Assistant and Associate Underwriters

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum 3 years of commercial lines underwriting experience required, excess & surplus experience preferred
• Demonstrated proficiency in sales and marketing
• Proven organization skills and ability with a strong attention to detail
• Interest in continued education and professional development

Compensation Package

• Base compensation from $75k-$115k
• Flexible, hybrid & remote options
• Health benefits & 401K with employer match
• Employer paid continuing education courses and designations
• Many opportunities for career advancement

About our Company

Burns & Wilcox, the flagship organization of H.W. Kaufman Group, is North America’s leading wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager. Burns & Wilcox offers wide ranging and comprehensive solutions to serve retail insurance brokers and agents of all sizes, from the large houses to the more than 30,000 independent brokers and agents worldwide. Fueled by its freedom from Wall Street and private equity, Burns & Wilcox is a privately owned company whose standards of service, depth of market relationships and outstanding talent are unsurpassed in the specialty insurance sector.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The H.W. Kaufman Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other status or condition protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales, Business Development, and General Business

• Industries

  Insurance

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid paternity leave

Paid maternity leave

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