Personal Lines Underwriter

Burns & Wilcox; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base compensation

Sales incentive bonus plan

Health benefits & 401K with employer match

Employer paid continuing education courses

Job summary

A leading insurance brokerage in Jacksonville, FL is looking for a Mid-Senior level Underwriter. This role involves developing marketing plans, evaluating risks, and mentoring assistant underwriters. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree and 3+ years of underwriting experience. Competitive compensation and career advancement opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of multi-line underwriting experience, excess & surplus experience preferred.
• Strong sales and marketing skills are a must.
• Interest in continued education and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute marketing plans for new and renewal business.
• Evaluate and classify risks for acceptability, coverage, and pricing.
• Monitor key metrics and formulate corrective actions when necessary.
• Monitor metrics like new business hit ratio, renewal retention, premium growth, and loss ratio; take corrective actions as needed.
• Mentor and train Assistant Underwriters as needed.

Skills

Sales and marketing skills

Business acumen

Mentoring and training

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

Mid-Senior level, full-time Underwriter role with Burns & Wilcox in Jacksonville, FL or surrounding cities. Responsibilities include developing and executing marketing plans to drive new and renewal business, evaluating risk to determine acceptability, coverage, and pricing, developing underwriting referrals, monitoring key metrics, and mentoring Assistant Underwriters.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute marketing plan to drive new and renewal business, including in-person visits, telemarketing and distribution of marketing materials for insurance company partners


• Evaluate, classify, and rate each risk to determine acceptability, coverage, and pricing


• Develop and submit underwriting referrals, where required, to company brokerage facilities and Burns & Wilcox management


• Monitor key metrics, such as, new business hit ratio, renewal retention ratio, premium growth, and loss ratio, formulating corrective action where necessary


• Mentor and train Assistant Underwriters as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience


• Minimum 3 years of multi-line underwriting experience, excess & surplus experience preferred


• Strong sales and marketing skills a must, business acumen, interest in continued education and professional development


• Required to be in Jacksonville, FL or surrounding cities

Compensation Package

• Competitive base compensation & highly lucrative sales incentive bonus plan


• 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.

Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level


• Employment type: Full-time


• Job function: Finance and Sales


• Industries: Insurance