Consultant, Brokerage Excess (E&S/Specialty)

Location: Remote within any of the lower 48 U.S. states; preference for the Central Time Zone. Travel to broker offices is required as needed.

Salary: $104,000–$156,000 expected starting range; national range of $104,000–$194,000.

Company

A Fortune 100 insurance company providing property and casualty coverage, including Excess & Surplus and Specialty lines.

What you will do

• Underwrite complex Excess Casualty risks, evaluating exposures, pricing, coverage, terms, conditions, endorsements, and exclusions.
• Research and develop new classes of business, including market viability, forms, endorsements, rates, and reinsurance solutions.
• Manage broker relationships, assess submissions, monitor production and loss-ratio results, and resolve complex coverage issues.
• Review claims, loss-control reports, policy changes, and mid-term requests, taking appropriate action on accounts.
• Place treaty, semiautomatic, and facultative reinsurance according to department guidelines.
• Teach underwriting classes, mentor underwriters, and support department strategy and employee development.

Requirements

• Eight years of commercial lines underwriting experience handling large or complex accounts.
• Experience with Excess & Surplus lines is preferred.
• Knowledge of complex commercial underwriting, insurance law, rating methods, catastrophe management, pricing theory, and regulatory matters.
• Knowledge of treaty and facultative reinsurance, wholesale brokerage, market conditions, and insurance operations.
• An undergraduate degree is preferred; equivalent work experience may substitute.
• Completion of insurance courses or designations such as CPCU, CIC, AU, ARM, CPIW, CWIS, or ASLI is preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience with complex broker relationships and large commercial accounts.
• Insurance industry designations or coursework.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, team-oriented work in a fast-paced and changing specialty insurance environment.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and disability coverage.
• Paid time off, nine paid holidays, Lifetime paid time off, and Unity Day paid time off.
• 401(k) with company match and a company-paid pension plan.
• Normal office environment with occasional extended hours based on projects and customer deliverables.