Senior Personal Lines Underwriter | Grow Your Book (Hybrid)

Burns & Wilcox; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

401K with employer match

Flexible and hybrid work options

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

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. The role focuses on building a strong book of business and managing agency relationships to drive growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 3 years of Personal lines underwriting or brokerage experience required, excess & surplus experience preferred.
• Insurance license, CPCU, CIC or comparable designations preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency in sales and marketing.
• Proven organization skills and strong attention to detail.

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 Assistant and Associate Underwriters.

Skills

Sales & marketing

Relationship management

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

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. The role focuses on building a strong book of business and managing agency relationships to drive growth.