Underwriting Specialist, Middle Market Excess

McNeil & Co.; Alpharetta (GA); Hybride; USD 90 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical plans

401k matching

PTO 20 days

Company holidays + Volunteer Time

Life and AD&D insurance

Parental Leave

Student Loan Assistance

Backup Child/Elder Care

Résumé du poste

Arch Capital Group Ltd. seeks an experienced underwriter to manage a portfolio of Umbrella and Excess Liability accounts, driving profitability and growth. The role involves risk assessment, pricing negotiations and ensuring contract certainty while maintaining broker and client relationships.

The selected candidate can sit in Alpharetta, GA, Dallas, TX, or Houston, TX, and will collaborate across global pricing tools and policy administration processes to deliver strong results.

Qualifications

• Assess risk inherent exposures relevant to Umbrella & Excess.
• Analyze pricing against benchmarks and market conditions.
• Draft and interpret consistent, robust policy wordings.
• Understand policy life cycle: issuance, bookings, credits, cancellations.

Responsabilités

• Grow and maintain profitability of broker portfolio within territory.
• Negotiate participation, pricing and terms for accounts.
• Develop strong broker and client relationships.
• Lead specialized technical work for Unsupported Umbrella & Excess Liability.
• Manage broker accounts to ensure profitable growth and efficient returns.
• Utilize global pricing tools for accurate quoting.
• Ensure accurate policy documentation is issued by producers.
• Maintain and file risk and transaction records.
• Handle complex referrals and re-underwrite when needed.
• Collaborate cross-regionally on Middle Market and related lines.

Connaissances

Risk assessment

Pricing

Contract drafting

Policy administration

Communication

Negotiation

Influencing

Analytics

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Economics/Finance/Insurance Mgmt/Business

Description du poste

With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility.

Position Summary

This position requires an experienced professional to underwrite and manage a portfolio of Umbrella and Excess Liability accounts to drive profitability and growth. The role involves assessing risks, negotiating pricing, and ensuring contract certainty while maintaining strong relationships with brokers, clients, and other stakeholders.

The selected candidate can sit in Alpharetta, GA, Dallas, or Houston, TX.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Responsible for growth and profitability of the Brokers within the Territory
• Ownership of accounts including negotiation of participation, pricing and terms and conditions
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with brokers and clients
• Specialized technical expertise / lead for Unsupported Umbrella & Excess Liability
• Manage assigned broker portfolio of accounts to achieve efficient returns of profitability and growth
• Ensure utilization of global pricing tools
• Ensure accurate policy documentation issued to producers or producers have issued documentation (where producer responsibility)
• File maintenance – ensure file is established (whether electronic or paper) and maintained for each risk and transaction handled
• Manage complex referrals from underwriters and re-underwrite complex business as appropriate
• Participate in cross regional activities as required / requested including and not limited to cross collaboration with Middle Market Package, Excess Construction, Excess National Accounts

Required Skills and Abilities

• Risk Assessment and Management: Ability to assess risk inherent exposures and natural hazards relevant to Umbrella & Excess.
• Pricing and Market Management: Analyze current performance against benchmarks applying how the market operates and functions, the business needs and customer needs
• Contract Drafting and Interpretation: Design, develop and implement consistent, robust wordings
• Policy Management: Robust understanding of policy administration life cycle, information collection, policy issuance, premium bookings, credit control, cancellation.
• Communication skills: Clearly and effectively express ideas and messages via speech or writing with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to "sell" an improvised or prepared audience winning story.
• Possesses strong negotiation skills.
• Influencing skills: Ability to persuade and motivate others to act, without executive authority
• Analytical Skills: Ability to effectively absorb information from various sources, then analyze, study or examine data in detail, and draw appropriate conclusions.

Education and Experience

• 4+ years of experience in Underwriting profitable business in Umbrella & Excess.
• Specialized expert understanding of Umbrella and Excess Liability.
• Recognized relationships with brokers at peer group level and well established within marketplace.
• Experience working in complex, global matrix organization.
• Preferably degree in Economics, Finance, Insurance Mgmt, or Business Administration.

Benefits

• multiple medical plans plus dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• a competitive 401k with generous matching
• PTO beginning at 20 days per year
• up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Offer
• basic Life and AD&D Insurance as well as Short and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave of up to 10 weeks
• Student Loan Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
• Backup Child and Elder Care

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14400 Arch Insurance Group Inc. Arch Capital Group Ltd. is a Bermuda-based specialty insurer that provides insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance on a worldwide basis. With a 20+-year track record of delivering results and a coveted position on the S&P 500 index, Arch is a great place to grow your career.