Senior Underwriting Strategist - Complex Risks

01460 Continental Casualty Company; United States; On-site; USD 72,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Continental Casualty Company seeks an experienced underwriter to manage a highly complex book of business. You will perform diagnostic analysis, develop endorsement language, and set pricing for top-tier risks with minimal supervision.

You will mentor junior underwriters, foster agency relationships, monitor regulatory changes, and contribute to underwriting policy. A Bachelor's degree and about eight years of underwriting experience are typical requirements; professional designations are a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Typically a minimum eight years underwriting experience.
• Professional designations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Works on highly complex underwriting risks employing diagnostic and systematic analysis to assess acceptability.
• Develops specialized endorsement language for highly complex risk.
• Determines appropriate pricing of complex risks for assigned book of business based on financial and competitive analysis in line with compliance requirements and with little oversight needed from superiors.
• Makes recommendations on underwriting policy and pricing strategy.
• Analyzes quality, quantity, and profitability of highly complex risks underwritten; prepares and presents reports to management.
• Markets products and services through agencies or through the brokerage community and makes field visits.
• Develops and maintains agency and/or broker relationships with large producers within the assigned territory to reach positive and profitable outcomes on complex, high-risk business.
• Keeps current on state/territory issues and regulations, industry activity and trends.
• May participate in industry trade groups.
• Mentors and guides less experienced underwriters and assists in the development of underwriting training.

Skills

Underwriting expertise

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

CNA systems

Job description

Continental Casualty Company seeks an experienced underwriter to manage a highly complex book of business. You will perform diagnostic analysis, develop endorsement language, and set pricing for top-tier risks with minimal supervision.

You will mentor junior underwriters, foster agency relationships, monitor regulatory changes, and contribute to underwriting policy. A Bachelor's degree and about eight years of underwriting experience are typical requirements; professional designations are a