Senior Underwriting Practice Consultant, Middle Market Independent Agents Full Time

Summary:

The Senior Underwriting Practice Consultant at Liberty Mutual Insurance supports the Middle Market Independent Agents group, providing technical expertise for multiline underwriting. Founded in 1912, Liberty Mutual is a global insurer focused on comprehensive solutions and inclusivity, employing over 40,000 people across 29 countries.

Responsibilities:

• Provides expert technical underwriting assistance and formal referral approval for multiple lines of business in industries such as Manufacturing, Wholesale, Professional Services, Emerging Markets and Other Services.
• Interacts independently with field underwriters and directly with UW managers on all mandatory referral cases and voluntary consultation items.
• Supports Executive Underwriting Officer on transactions and serves as trusted advisor in the areas of exposure, coverage analysis, and key pricing/financial elements within their authority.
• Monitors frameworks for underwriting decisions (e.g., referrals, technical reviews) and recommends improvements, as needed.
• Evaluates portfolio performance regularly working with Underwriting Leaders to identify drivers of performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Drives UW technical excellence across Middle Market Independent Agent team, closely working with Underwriting Leaders to identify and resolve issues.
• Works with Underwriting Leaders to identify product and services enhancements, underwriter capability development opportunities (e.g., skills, tools), and elevates to Executive Underwriting Officer.
• Models effective collaboration within/across teams, stakeholders and partners (e.g., UW Support, Claims, Actuarial, NA Product Teams).

Requirements:

• Expert-level knowledge of all aspects of coverage forms, exclusions, and exposure.
• Pricing, structure, rating, rating plans, loss forecasting, credit risk, market knowledge, preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of and experience operating within multi-line multi-SICs books is needed.
• Experience with insurance operations; claims, finance and actuarial concepts; regulatory environment; loss control/risk engineering; reinsurance; account management; product development; and industry trends is preferred.
• Must be a skilled collaborator who is willing to assess all sides of an issue, bring in others with expertise, and independently execute and advance the collaboration model.
• Superior communication skills (written, verbal, presentation, listening).
• Approachability.
• Tact.
• Coaching/development.
• Analyzing and problem solving.
• Relationship and service driven.
• Clear solutions orientation and commitment to achieving segment operational and financial objectives.
• Negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to positively influence others both internally and externally (agents/brokers/customers) as required.
• Bachelor`s degree.
• 10 or more years of relevant experience that includes underwriting, claims, reinsurance, coaching/developing others, working with brokers/agents and currency with market trends and developments.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits that support your life and well-being.