Senior Underwriter

W. R. Berkley; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

Health insurance

401(k) + profit sharing

Paid time off

Job summary

Acadia Insurance, a regional property and casualty insurer, seeks a Senior Underwriter to strengthen agency relationships, drive premium growth, and maintain renewal retention across our Northeast footprint. You will assess new and renewal risks within authority, price appropriately, and guide agents using underwriting tools and inspections.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree, 5–7 years in underwriting, and travel in the assigned territory. A CPCU/AU or equivalent coursework is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university with 5–7 years related experience.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build positive relationships.
• Willingness to collaborate with colleagues and influence others.
• Analytical thinker who can propose solutions.
• Entrepreneurial, high-energy self-starter who delivers results.

Responsibilities

• Strengthens relationships and educates agents within agency plan to maximize opportunities and profitable growth.
• Achieves new business premium, renewal premium retention and rate-change objectives.
• Evaluates new and renewal information to determine risk acceptability, terms, and pricing.
• Uses underwriting tools to determine risk characteristics, classifications, and exposure.
• Orders and reviews inspections to verify consistency with underwriting information.

Skills

Communication skills

Relationship building

Analytical thinking

Travel ability

Underwriting experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

CPCU or AU

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Email

Online underwriting tools

Job description

Company Details

Acadia Insurance is a regional property casualty insurer with offices throughout the Northeast. As a member of W.R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB), one of the largest property casualty insurance holding companies in the United States, our financial strength and integrity are two of the main reasons why Independent Agents place business with us. Acadia is rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best, with an A+ claim paying ability rating by Standard & Poor’s.

At Acadia, we value our employees, our customers and our communities. Employees at Acadia are part of a progressive company where everyone can make a difference. We promote an inclusive environment which encourages continuous learning and the chance to grow and develop.

Company URL: https://www.acadiainsurance.com/

Responsibilities

The Senior Underwriter builds dynamic relationships, maintains a strong distribution channel, drives written premium growth, and maximizes renewal retention while delivering a high degree of customer satisfaction within our footprint of Independent Agencies.

Key functions will include but are not limited to:

• Strengthens relationships and educates agents within agency plan to maximize opportunities and achieve profitable growth.
• Achieves new business premium, renewal premium retention and rate change objectives.
• Within company guidelines and granted underwriting authority, evaluates new and renewal information to determines risk acceptability terms/conditions to be quoted, and priced.
• Utilizes various underwriting tools to: determine acceptable risk characteristics; determine accurate exposure classifications; set adequate property limits to accomplish appropriate insurance to value and rate and quote business to agents.
• Orders and reviews inspections to confirm accounts written are consistent with preliminary underwriting information and acts when the inspection reveals unacceptable risk characteristics.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university and 5-7 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, including listening for solutions.
• Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining positive relationships.
• Demonstrates a willingness to collaborate with colleagues and present in a way that influences others.,
• An ability to think analytically about business problems, make recommendations and propose solutions.
• High energy self-starter, who is resilient and has an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Ability to sell and influence others.
• Goal-oriented achiever who delivers results.
• Basic knowledge of computer programs in a windows environment, including Word, Excel and Email is mandatory.
• Prior experience working with on-line underwriting tools is preferred (e.g., Silver Plume, and Reference Connect).
• Advanced professional insurance coursework (i.e., CPCU or AU) or completion of other insurance related classes is preferred.
• BA/BS degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience working as an Underwriter in Commercial Property & Casualty
• Valid driver’s license required
• Ability to travel in assigned territory

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Additional Company Details

The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees including:

• Base Salary Range: $115k-$125k
• Eligible to participate in annual discretionary bonus
• Benefits include: Health, dental, vision, dental, life, disability, wellness, paid time off, 401(k) and profit-sharing plans

Sponsorship Details

Sponsorship not Offered for this Role