Strategic Distribution and Growth Lead at Zurich Canada focusing on broker and customer partnerships while supporting market expansion. Analyzing risks and enhancing client engagement for business growth.
About the role
- Field Underwriting Consultant providing specialized property and casualty underwriting consultation for Amerisure's teams. Enhancing underwriting expertise and ensuring alignment with profitability and premium goals.
Responsibilities
- Provides specialized property and casualty underwriting consultation to Amerisure’s underwriting teams
- Leads coaching, training, and quality initiatives to enhance underwriting expertise and decision-making
- Evaluate and recommend appropriate underwriting decisions across lines of business
- Provide coaching and guidance to field underwriters on complex exposures
- Conduct field quality audits as required
- Identify opportunities to enhance underwriting quality within the field
- Serve as a subject matter expert in underwriting training programs
- Collaborate with industry practices, product development, and risk management teams
- Collaborate with corporate underwriting team to assess business needs
- Manage a designated book of business as needed
- Evaluate and secure facultative reinsurance as needed
- Act as a key underwriting resource in cross-functional discussions
- Utilize underwriting analytics and emerging data sources to enhance risk selection, pricing, and portfolio management
- Provide insights and recommendations based on underwriting trends
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work-related experience
- 5 years commercial property and casualty underwriting experience
- Must have Construction underwriting expertise
- Desire to develop deep knowledge and demonstrate thought leadership in designated specialty AU, CIC, ARM, CRM, CRIS or CPCU designations preferred
- Proficient computer skills required, including Microsoft Office Suite
- Demonstrated successful ability to organize and prioritize work to ensure timely deadlines
- Strong interpersonal skills include the ability to effectively build relationships across all levels of the organization
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to deal with ambiguity
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact with internal and external customers
Benefits
- comprehensive health and welfare benefits
- 401(k) savings plan with profit sharing
- generous paid time off programs
- flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance
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