Executive Underwriter - Primary Construction

Job Description

Chubb Primary Construction is seeking an experienced Executive Underwriter to join our team in Dallas, TX. As a key member of our Primary Construction team, the Executive Underwriter will be responsible for underwriting and managing a diverse portfolio of primary construction accounts across the Midwest and Southwest regions. The core lines of business include Workers Compensation, General liability, and Auto Liability.

The Executive Underwriter will:

• Underwrite and manage a portfolio of large, complex, loss sensitive accounts within the construction industry. These include annual contractor practice programs, multi-year wrap-ups and project-specific programs.
• Evaluate construction risks, analyze exposures, and determine appropriate pricing, program structure, coverage, terms, and conditions, for both new and renewal business, ensuring adherence to underwriting guidelines and company standards.
• Drive growth and ensure retention of your assigned book of business.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with brokers and clients.
• Work closely with internal teams including claims, risk control, actuarial, credit, and other business units to create comprehensive solutions for our clients.
• Mentor and train junior underwriters, providing guidance and technical expertise.
• Maintain service standards by timely response to broker requests, submission of quotations, binders, policies, endorsements, file construction and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• At least 5+ years underwriting experience, including time spent in the primary casualty loss sensitive space. Background in construction industry is preferred, but not required.
• Local broker and insurance marketplace relationships
• Understanding and adherence to organizational and regulatory rules, and ability to adhere to underwriting authority.
• Understanding of Workers Compensation, General Liability, and Auto Liability Insurance coverage, terms, and conditions.
• Understanding of large deductible programs and the credit and collateral implications of such programs
• Ability to identify risk exposures, special or common hazards, and appropriate controls. Ability to select risk based on exposure and hazard analysis. Ability to analyze claims and loss trends.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills
• Strong negotiation, presentation, and public speaking skills

About Us

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally. At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment.