Account Executive Officer/Sr. Underwriter, National Accounts (Insurance)

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States; regular in-person meetings with agents, brokers, and customers and travel required.

Annual base salary: $120,400–$198,700 USD, plus eligibility for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Company

hirify.global is a property and casualty insurer providing casualty coverage solutions for customers with significant risk.

What you will do

• Manage the profitability, growth, and retention of an assigned national accounts book of business.
• Underwrite and negotiate complex customer accounts involving Workers’ Compensation, General and Product Liability, and Commercial Automobile Liability.
• Build relationships with agents, brokers, customers, and internal partners to support sales and cross-selling plans.
• Identify new business opportunities through consultative marketing and sales, with sales cycles of six months to one year.
• Develop agency and regional sales plans with the Managing Director.
• Support training and mentoring for less experienced Account Executives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least four years of relevant experience in underwriting, claims, operations, risk assessment, actuarial work, sales, product, or finance.
• Six to eight years of relevant underwriting experience, including National Accounts experience, preferred for the role.
• Knowledge of loss-sensitive products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market.
• Strong financial acumen, critical thinking, communication, and negotiation skills.
• CPCU designation.

Culture & Benefits

• Health insurance for employees and eligible family members from the first day of employment.
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) matching on the first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum, plus a company-funded pension plan.
• At least 20 paid time-off days annually and nine paid company holidays.
• Wellness, caregiving, mental health counseling, and health coaching resources.
• Volunteer and charitable giving programs, including matching gifts and volunteer rewards.