H.W. Kaufman Group

Senior Personal Lines Underwriter

Location US-NY-New York
Category
Underwriting
Job Type
Regular Full-Time
Company
Burns & Wilcox
ID
2025-8546

Responsibilities

When someone needs coverage for the unique, the unusual, or the unconventional, they come to Burns & Wilcox. Burns & Wilcox offers unparalleled resources and exposure for those looking to excel in the specialty insurance industry. Interested? Join our team!

  • Build, maintain, and grow a book of business
  • Manage agency relationships and serve as lead client contact
  • Create and execute marketing plan to increase new and renewal business
  • Rate, quote and bind each risk to determine acceptability, coverage, and pricing for large or complex renewals as well as new business
  • Develop and submit underwriting referrals to company brokerage facilities and Burns & Wilcox management  
  • Monitor key metrics to formulate corrective action impacting new business hit, renewal retention, premium growth, and loss ratio
  • Lead, train, and develop Assistant and Associate Underwriters

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience  
  • Minimum 5 years of personal lines underwriting experience required, excess & surplus experience preferred
  • Demonstrated proficiency in sales and marketing
  • Proven organization skills and ability with a strong attention to detail
  • Interest in continued education and professional development 
  • Insurance license, CPCU, CIC or comparable designations preferred

Compensation Package

  • Base compensation from $130k-$150k annually & sales incentive bonus plan
  • Flexible, hybrid & remote options
  • Health benefits & 401K with employer match
  • Employer paid continuing education courses and designations
  • Many opportunities for career advancement

About Our Company

When someone needs insurance coverage for the unique, the unusual, or the unconventional, they come to Burns & Wilcox Canada. Burns & Wilcox Canada offers comprehensive solutions for retail insurance brokers and agents of all sizes. Burns & Wilcox Canada is a subsidiary of the H.W. Kaufman Group. No other specialty insurance organization can match the unique ability of the H.W. Kaufman Group to broker, write, insure and finance the most highly specialized risks in the world.

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