Insurance Coverage Policy Wording Specialist

GenStar Insurance Services, LLC; Stamford (CT); Hybride; USD 106 000 - 178 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

GenStar Insurance Services, LLC is seeking an analytical, self-motivated Insurance Coverage Specialist to draft reinsurance contracts, policies, and endorsements to support corporate goals. The role offers Stamford, CT base with potential for NY or home-based time, full-time.

The ideal candidate will manage a broad spectrum of P&C wordings, collaborate with underwriting and regulatory teams, and provide expert guidance on coverage terms, while advancing their career within the GenStar family.

Qualifications

• Sustained track record in an Insurance Coverage Specialist or similar role.
• Five years of coverage experience welcomed for consideration.
• Knowledge of surplus lines and admitted insurance standards.
• Strong ability to optimize policy wording and features.

Responsabilités

• Drafts P&C policy forms and endorsements (ISO, admitted, surplus lines, manuscript).
• Collaborates with underwriting, regulatory, and legal teams on wording decisions.
• Provides guidance to underwriters and management on wording changes.
• Keeps current on policy wording developments and ISO research.
• Develops and implements admitted form filings with underwriting and regulatory units.
• Manages time and deadlines while prioritizing workload.

Connaissances

Analytical skills

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Independent work & cross-department

Outils

Word

Adobe

Excel

SharePoint

Outlook

AI/LLM experience

Description du poste

GenStar Insurance Services, LLC is a premier provider of excess, surplus, and specialty property and casualty insurance written on General Star Indemnity Company (non-admitted) and General Star National Insurance Company (admitted) paper (collectively, the GenStar companies). The GenStar companies conduct business through a select group of wholesale brokers, managing general underwriters (MGUs), and program administrators in the United States. The GenStar companies are members of the Berkshire Hathaway Family of Companies .

We are seeking an analytical, self-motivated Coverage Specialist to play a pivotal role in drafting reinsurance contracts, insurance policies and endorsements to optimize corporate goals. This role is ideal for an experienced individual seeking to advance their career.

GenStar currently offers an excellent opportunity for an Insurance Coverage Specialist, reporting into our Stamford, CT office. The position may work full-time in Stamford, CT, New York City or divide time between a home-based office and our Stamford office.

Role Description

The Insurance Coverage Specialist is responsible for a broad spectrum of P&C policy forms, including bureau (mostly ISO), admitted, surplus lines, company specific and manuscript wordings. The priority is drafting commercial lines policies and endorsements – primary casualty, excess liability, umbrella, professional liability, property, first-party insurance, and specialty lines.

• Provides expert advice on the research, creation and maintenance of coverage language.
• Works collaboratively with the underwriting divisions on coverages for product development, competitive analysis, line of business initiatives and emerging issues.
• Aligns coverage with profitability, growth and retention objectives of the company.
• Identifies coverage that deviates from current standard forms or common industry practices, or that does not reflect the underwriting intent.
• Furnishes constructive wording alternatives for company use.
• Delivers guidance to underwriters, senior management and others involved in policy wording decisions.
• Viewed as a mentor on policy wording issues for underwriters.

Additional Responsibilities

• Keeps current on insurance policy wording developments, ISO’s research, emerging issues and competitors’ forms to communicate to underwriters and senior management the importance and impact of proposed wording changes.
• Continually develops specialized knowledge of P&C lines of business to identify wording solutions for the policy structures that meet the business needs.
• Collaborates with other Insurance Coverage Specialists, Reinsurance Contracts Specialists, Underwriters, Claims, Regulatory Specialists and Legal colleagues to improve wordings.
• Prioritizes, organizes and optimizes workloads to promote cost-effective delivery and support for coverage documents.
• Develops and implements Admitted Form Filings with the underwriting divisions and regulatory unit.
• Sets challenging goals and works to meet them.
• Effectively manages time and meets deadlines.

Role Qualifications and Experience

• Sustained track record in an Insurance Coverage Specialist, Insurance Policy Analyst, Insurance Product Analyst or similar position. Underwriters, Claims/ Legal Professionals with at least five years of coverage experience may also be considered.
• Extensive knowledge of surplus lines and admitted insurance standards, practices and principles.
• Strong knowledge of optimizing insurance policy wording and features to lines of business.
• Reinsurance contract wording experience a plus.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with colleagues within and across departments.
• Excellent technology skills, including Word, Adobe, Excel, SharePoint and Outlook. Use of AI or LLM a plus.
• Additional consideration may be given for being an active contributor to ISO’s Panels or an insurance trade association’s committee.

Salary Range

106,000.00 - 178,000.00 USD

Base pay is one component of our total compensation package. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a retirement plan, paid time off, sick leave, holidays, and bonus or incentive compensation, where applicable. The actual rate of pay offered will depend on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, skills, experience, education, certifications, geographic location, and business needs. The compensation range listed reflects the range the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of posting.

400 Atlantic Street, 9th Floor

Stamford, CT 06901 (US)

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