JOB DESCRIPTION

The UWC Team Leader is responsible for leading a high-performing team of underwriters, driving profitable growth, and ensuring the achievement of underwriting profit and customer service goals for the Commercial Insurance Property & Casualty (P& C) book in the New York Region. This role combines leadership, technical underwriting expertise, and strategic relationship management to deliver superior results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership responsibility for staff performance coupled with the developing achieving underwriting profit, adhering to underwriting strategies, producing new revenue, exceeding customer service goals, and driving talent acquisition and retention.
• Work with the underwriting manager and drive profit and growth of the Commercial Insurance P& C book for the New York Region.
• Accountable for driving renewal business production and profitable portfolio management for a team of underwriters in specified customer groups.
• Utilize technical underwriting expertise as well as proven skills in strategically managing commercial property and casualty issues.
• Strong relationships with the Commercial Insurance Customer Group; WHS Line of Business TUMs, and the New York CI field underwriters, and leadership teams.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Proven ability to execute our Commercial product strategies through a deep understanding of the underwriting process by ensuring a profitable mix of business to grow and maintain this profitable portfolio.
• Assists the regional manager in maintenance of underwriting integrity through education and an effective self-audit process.
• Experience in developing, implementing, and continuously improving key underwriting processes to improve underwriting productivity and efficiency.

QUALIFICATIONS

• The ideal candidate should have 3 - 5 years of commercial underwriting experience
• 1-3 years prior experience managing staff
• Strong communication skills as well as the ability to develop and foster strong internal/external relationships.
• Effective training and coaching are important competencies for this position.
• Demonstrated knowledge of all principles and details of the casualty and/or property product line(s).
• Extensive knowledge of the local insurance environment a must.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills to maintain effective communications, both internally and in the marketplace.
• Ability to manage and produce profitable business, balanced between marketing and technical skills.
• Commitment to provide superior service to customers and clients.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to self-manage, organize, and prioritize work with limited direction.
• Must be familiar with MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Outlook)

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

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.