Underwriter - Wholesale Insurance

When retail agents and brokers have successful clients who require coverage for the unique, the unusual, or the unconventional, they come to the Private Client Practice at Burns & Wilcox. Our Underwriters have full underwriting authority to build and grow a profitable book of Private Client business across the US and Canada. Burns & Wilcox offers unparalleled resources and exposure for those looking to excel in the specialty insurance career. Responsibilities Build a growing book of profitable Private Client business

Manage agency relationships and serve as lead client contact

Provide a Best in Class customer service experience for our retail partners

Work within granted authority and program guidelines to underwrite submissions with a focus on creative solutions for complex insurance exposures

Develop and submit underwriting referrals to company brokerage facilities and Burns & Wilcox management

Lead, train, and develop Assistant and Associate Underwriters

Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Minimum 3 years of Personal insurance underwriting experience required, excess & surplus experience preferred

Previous experience with private client carriers and clients is beneficial

Demonstrated proficiency in customer service, sales and marketing

Insurance license, CPCU, CIC or comparable designations are beneficial

Flexible and hybrid options

Employer paid continuing education courses and designations

Kaufman Group, is North America’s leading wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager. Burns & Wilcox offers wide ranging and comprehensive solutions to serve retail insurance brokers and agents of all sizes, from the large houses to the more than 30,000 independent brokers and agents worldwide. Fueled by its freedom from Wall Street and private equity, Burns & Wilcox is a privately owned company whose standards of service, depth of market relationships and outstanding talent are unsurpassed in the specialty insurance sector.

All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other status or condition protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

In addition, Kaufman will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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