Senior Underwriter

Starr Insurance; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Starr Insurance is seeking a Senior Underwriter to expand and manage the Wrap-Up book for the Primary Construction book. The role involves underwriting analysis, indications/quotations/binders, marketing, and mentoring staff, with a focus on growth and profitability of the portfolio.

The position requires 5-7 years of construction underwriting experience, strong broker relationships, and solid communication skills. Travel to key markets is expected, with cross-marketing across Starr products.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years construction underwriting experience, including Wrap-Ups.
• Proven track record in managing an insurance portfolio.
• Developed relationships with wholesale and retail brokers.
• Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Focus on new business production and account management.
• Drive growth and profitability for the book of business.
• Technical casualty underwriting responsibilities.
• Producer development and management.
• Budgeting and rate movement tracking.
• Pipeline tracking and market visibility.

Skills

7+ years construction underwriting

Wrap-Ups experience

Portfolio management

Broker relationships

Presentations

Relationship building

Excel/Word/Outlook

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Join Starr, a global leader in commercial insurance with over a century of expertise. We empower our employees to innovate, make impactful decisions, and build lasting client relationships worldwide. At Starr, you’ll work in an entrepreneurial culture alongside accessible leaders, leveraging our financial strength and vast industry experience to deliver solutions for our clients, no matter how complex. Grow your career with a rapidly growing company that invests in its people and their ability to drive real progress.

The Senior Underwriter will be responsible for continued development and growth of the Wrap-Up book of business within Primary Construction. Senior Underwriter will be responsible for all aspects of portfolio management, including: solicitation of submissions, underwriting analysis, preparing and issuing indications/quotations/binders, marketing, mentoring and training staff, and developing and tracking a pipeline of business.

Essential Job Functions

This position has clear and distinct accountability for business results for an assigned book of business and:

• Focuses on new business production and account management
• Manages components of development, growth and profitability for book of business and/or assigned territory and drives accountability for underwriting production goals
• Technical Casualty Underwriting
• Producer development and management
• Budgeting
• Tracking rate movements within portfolio
• Tracking loss activity within portfolio
• Pipeline tracking
• Travels to key markets/accounts and remains highly visible in the marketplace
• Cross marketing with other Starr products

Requirements

• 5-7 years construction underwriting experience, including experience in Wrap-Ups.
• Proven track record in managing an insurance portfolio
• Developed relationships with whole-sale and retail brokers

Other Skills/Abilities

• Presentations
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Excel, Word, Outlook

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.