Senior Inland Marine Underwriter — Growth & Partnerships

Berkley Fire & Marine (a Berkley Company); San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkley Fire & Marine Underwriters seeks a Senior Sales Underwriter to build and maintain relationships within an assigned territory, drive written premium growth, and achieve renewal retention and profitability goals.

The role requires advanced underwriting, sales, and distribution management skills and an ability to engage agency partners to drive profitable submissions across diverse industries.

Qualifications

• College degree or equivalent job-related experience.
• 5-7 years of inland marine insurance underwriting experience.
• Ability to work independently in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Advanced-level underwriting analysis, coverage, and pricing skills.
• Advanced-level underwriting process and compliance skills.
• Advanced-level distribution management skills.
• Advanced-level sales acumen.
• Advanced-level skills in collaboration, customer focus, personal growth, innovation, critical thinking, and accountability.
• Intermediate-level skills in coaching and mentoring others.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced-level underwriting analysis, coverage, and pricing skills to evaluate complex risks.
• Assess intricate risks across various industries using data and trends to support decisions and pricing.
• Interpret financial data to guide risk assessments and pricing strategies.
• Collaborate with risk engineering to devise loss prevention and mitigation solutions.
• Develop policies balancing coverage with pricing, using endorsements and coverage options.
• Align coverages with terms, limits, and pricing based on coverage components.
• Ensure policies meet legal and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate tasks with internal and external stakeholders to deliver optimal outcomes.
• Suggest process improvements to increase efficiency.
• Provide guidance on insurance law and regulations as needed.
• Create detailed documentation of underwriting decisions.
• Support account service, management, cross-selling, and agency relationships.

Skills

Underwriting analysis

Coverage & pricing

Sales acumen

Distribution management

Collaboration

Customer focus

Innovation

Critical thinking

Coaching

Mentoring

Education

College degree or equivalent job-related experience

Job description

Berkley Fire & Marine Underwriters seeks a Senior Sales Underwriter to build and maintain relationships within an assigned territory, drive written premium growth, and achieve renewal retention and profitability goals.

The role requires advanced underwriting, sales, and distribution management skills and an ability to engage agency partners to drive profitable submissions across diverse industries.