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Travelers Insurance
Casualty Underwriting Officer Commercial Accounts
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A Property or Casualty Underwriter is an insurance agent who initially inspects homes or rental properties (or other property to be insured) for conditions such as physical deterioration that pose a risk to the carrier.
$98,630 / year median in Texas
+10% projected growth
Job Description
Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it. Compensation Overview The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards. Salary Range $146,400.00 - $241,600.00 Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? Commercial Accounts offers a wide array of guaranteed-cost products to mid-size businesses. Total account solutions include General Liability, Property, Automobile, Workers' Compensation, and Umbrella. As an Underwriting Officer, Commercial Accounts, you are an underwriting subject matter expert and integral member of a field leadership team. By leveraging your expertise to educate underwriters, lead Collaborative Underwriting Review Evaluations (CUREs), and drive the development and successful execution of underwriting strategies, you will influence the overall profitability, growth, and retention of business for an assigned group. What Will You Do? As an underwriting subject matter expert, assess, design, implement, and/or lead underwriting strategies and practices in support of profit and growth objectives for assigned group. Oversee and influence underwriting execution through individual risk and/or portfolio CUREs as well as through the evaluation of underwriter proficiency and underwriting quality. Drive the development of key underwriting capabilities and best practices through coaching and trainings while educating underwriters on strategy and guidelines to enhance efficiency and effectiveness for assigned group. Monitor trends, emerging issues, and underwriting results for assigned book of business and partner with underwriting leadership to take action, as needed. Perform other duties as assigned. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? Bachelor's degree. Eight or more years of commercial underwriting experience with experience in commercial accounts. Expert level knowledge of risk appetite and risk selection, commercial accounts products, as well as the regulatory environment and local insurance marketplace. Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to proactively identify underwriting and financial challenges and analyze available information to make timely decisions in alignment with risk appetite. Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead and influence others. What is a Must Have? Six years of commercial underwriting experience. What Is in It for You?