Personal Lines Underwriter — Grow Your Book & Impact

Burns & Wilcox; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

401K with employer match

Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays

Kaufman Wellness Program

Incentive bonus plan

Continuing education via Kaufman

Job summary

Burns & Wilcox, a leader in wholesale insurance, seeks a Personal Lines Underwriter in St. Louis to grow a book of business by cultivating client relationships and writing new business.

You will manage agency relationships, lead client contacts, and execute targeted marketing plans to increase both new and renewal business. The role emphasizes pricing, quoting, and binding for large or complex renewals and directs underwriting referrals to our Kaufman network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of personal lines underwriting experience required, excess & surplus experience preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency in sales and marketing.
• Interest in continued education and professional development.

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 Associate Underwriters.

Skills

Sales & marketing

Client relationships

Underwriting

Continued education

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Job description

Burns & Wilcox, a leader in wholesale insurance, seeks a Personal Lines Underwriter in St. Louis to grow a book of business by cultivating client relationships and writing new business.

You will manage agency relationships, lead client contacts, and execute targeted marketing plans to increase both new and renewal business. The role emphasizes pricing, quoting, and binding for large or complex renewals and directs underwriting referrals to our Kaufman network.