Underwriting Team Leader, Construction

1 day ago


Los Angeles, California, United States Chubb Insurance Full time

This is a high-impact role in Chubb's Small & Lower Midmarket ("SLM") Construction Industry Practice ("IP"), which targets accounts up to $50M revenues. This position will report directly to the SLM Construction Leader and work closely with the North America Construction Industry Practice Lead to build out this business segment. The Team Lead role is a player/coach position and will have direct reports along with an individual production goal. This role is accountable for driving new business for their assigned territory and across that of their direct reports. This individual will support training and mentoring of the Construction UW team and be responsible for the underwriting quality of their direct reports.

Chubb's Small & Lower Midmarket Construction practice is a growing and expanding business unit and presents career growth opportunities for this individual.

Primary responsibilities:

The preferred candidate for this role must have demonstrated knowledge and experience in commercial lines new business underwriting of Construction risks. In addition, the following skills are required:

  • Multiline underwriting including Package, Umbrella, Workers Compensation, Auto, and ancillary lines while ensuring adherence to our established underwriting strategy and authority, as well as following a referral process to maintain compliance and audit standards.
  • Drive team new business production through multiple branches, regions, and distribution sources.
  • Approve deals within assigned authority limits, ensuring timely and accurate decision-making.
  • Manage underwriter productivity, including coaching and mentoring on desk-management skills for Construction underwriters.
  • Analyze production, profitability, business mix, and underwriter productivity across industries, lines, and branches and develop actions to improve results.
  • Collaborate with partners in Field Underwriting, Distribution and SLM Construction Leader to develop and implement local-market tactics and strategy
  • Collaborate with Distribution partners and drive execution of agency management, communications and strategy for assigned territory.
  • Ensure adherence to audit and compliance requirements, including executing self-audits.
  • Contribute to talent management for direct reports, including performance assessments and compensation planning.
  • Build and maintain superior relationships at all levels, both internal and external.
  • Travel as needed.
  • Make independent decisions and recommendations to the SLM Construction Leader on the process for acquiring new business.

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Master's degree and industry accreditation are a plus

  • Minimum 5 years commercial lines underwriting experience of construction risks.
  • Established marketplace presence and relationships preferred.
  • Demonstrated record of teamwork, leadership and integrity in building and sustaining internal and external relationships to achieve planned outcome.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Proven ability to use technical, analytical and underwriting decision-making skills to effectively coach others, solution-oriented individual.
  • Documented success in driving business results through producer and sales management skills.
  • Experience developing and executing business plans
  • Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills to ensure a clear, consistent message to customers, producers, employees and other stakeholders.
  • Ability to incorporate customer perspectives within business and profit strategies.
    Track record in driving profitable new business territory growth and building strong agency relationships.

The pay range for the role is $125,000 to $175,000. The specific offer will depend on an applicant's skills and other factors. This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program. Chubb offers a comprehensive benefits package, more details on which can be found on our careers website . The disclosed pay range estimate may be adjusted for the applicable geographic differential for the location in which the position is filled.

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.



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