P&C Excess Casualty Underwriter

$94,240 - $141,360/Yr

The Hartford - Walnut Creek, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Walnut Creek, CA

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

As a P&C Excess Casualty Underwriter, you will play a crucial role in our mission to provide exceptional insurance solutions that go beyond traditional coverages and policies. This position is centered around helping clients protect what matters most to them, and you will be part of a team that is recognized throughout the industry for its commitment to delivering tailored coverage options. Your work will involve collaboration with other underwriters and leaders, allowing you to contribute your creative insights and innovative thinking to the underwriting process. You will have the opportunity to engage with key decision-makers and influence the direction of your career within the organization. The Hartford's Umbrella and Excess team specializes in providing risk management tools that assist midsize and large businesses in navigating significant liability claims that exceed their primary coverage limits. Our team is dedicated to delivering specialized umbrella and excess solutions across various industries, ensuring that our clients receive the best possible underwriting, claims, and risk engineering capabilities. As part of this team, you will be responsible for providing technical underwriting expertise, managing accounts, and executing strategies for both new and renewal accounts. Your role will involve identifying opportunities that align with our risk appetite and ensuring that we maintain a strong account pipeline. In this position, you will be expected to deliver excellent account management service by tailoring service plans to meet the unique needs of each client. You will also have the responsibility of influencing final account pricing and terms, ensuring that our offerings are competitive and aligned with market demands. Your ability to manage the sales process effectively, including planning and operational routines, will be essential to your success in this role. We are looking for a high-energy self-starter who is resilient, goal-oriented, and possesses superior technical knowledge in underwriting.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical underwriting expertise in the risk selection, pricing, administration and account management of the Umbrella and Excess book of business.
• Profitably write and balance the book.
• Identify appropriate opportunities consistent with risk appetite.
• Creates, drives and executes on strategies for new and renewal accounts.
• Consults and provides solutions.
• Effectively provides excellent account management service of an assigned territory through strategic planning and operational excellence.
• Positively impacts and influences final account pricing and terms.
• Establishes and maintains a strong account pipeline.
• Manages the sales process including planning, operating routines, and monitoring.
• Is well versed about every aspect of The Hartford's Value proposition to best position us for success.
• Being professionally demanding and holding internal and external customers accountable.

Requirements

• 3+ years of P&C Carrier Umbrella, Excess and/or Casualty Underwriting is required.
• Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining solid relationships with all internal and external business partners.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• 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.
• Demonstration of solid time, organizational, and desk management skills.
• Goal-oriented and delivers outcomes.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and strong desire to win.
• Superior technical knowledge and sound decision-making and analytical skills.

Benefits

• Short-term or annual bonuses
• Long-term incentives
• On-the-spot recognition