Life Sciences Underwriter — Growth & Renewal Expert

W. R. Berkley Corporation; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation plan

Robust benefits package

Job summary

W.R. Berkley Corporation is seeking a Life Sciences Underwriter to lead new business production, renewals and service for a select group of producers and underwriters in a collaborative, compliant environment.

You will work with multiple teams to ensure pricing, risk selection, and coverage meet underwriting guidelines while delivering exceptional service to clients and brokers in the life sciences market.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of associate underwriting experience including products or property, workers compensation and automobile.
• Life Sciences experience a plus.
• Claims made experience a plus.
• Products Liability experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with internal and external customers and colleagues to meet or exceed financial goals including growth, profit, retention, and new business.
• Demonstrate the ability to negotiate and strategize and make sound underwriting decisions within authority.
• Review all new line/endorsement submissions and stay within applicable binding authority
• Drive renewal process, review upcoming renewals, work with producers to obtain and evaluate all underwriting information, prepare for renewal for the Life Sciences Specialist
• Manage assigned book to achieve budgeted rate, retention and new business goals
• Execute proper pricing components and rating methodologies.
• Responsible for account solicitation, risk selection, research and analysis including the corresponding documentation and pricing, and marketing of Berkley Life Sciences products and services for new and existing customers.
• Analyze, assess and select risks in accordance with BLS for account rounding goals.
• Responds to coverage inquiries from producers.
• Stay current with all compliance, procedural and workflow changes.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with underwriters, operations, legal, home office underwriting and claims

Skills

Calm under pressure

Accountability

Building client relationships

Customer service orientation

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

W.R. Berkley Corporation is seeking a Life Sciences Underwriter to lead new business production, renewals and service for a select group of producers and underwriters in a collaborative, compliant environment.

You will work with multiple teams to ensure pricing, risk selection, and coverage meet underwriting guidelines while delivering exceptional service to clients and brokers in the life sciences market.