Commercial Ag Senior Underwriter

This position is located in Wilkes-Barre, PA office and is not a remote position.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Effectively assess risk and price business according to the company's underwriting and pricing guidelines and ensure time standards are met.
• Develop and maintain relationships with agents, monitor agency growth, profitability and quality of submissions; review loss activity (frequency and severity) for each agent in the assigned territory; consider mix of business, loss ratios by line of business, fit of business with company guidelines; identify problems or patterns that might predict problems and work with the agent to correct.
• Acquire reinsurance as needed.
• Effectively use all available systems, tools and resources in making sound underwriting decisions.
• Participate in development of new products and coverages.
• Participate in training for new underwriters.
• Assist underwriters in the handling of high hazard or more complex accounts.
• Assist Marketing staff in identifying new opportunities consistent with risk appetite.
• Visit agency plant to build and maintain strong working relationships.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Solid knowledge of commercial underwriting policies, practices and procedures.
• Strong underwriting aptitude and ability to make informed decisions.
• Ability to work with webinars.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong negotiation skills.
• Ability to advise agency plant on commercial contracts and procedures.
• Excellent time-management skills and ability to multi-task.

• BA or BS degree preferred.
• Knowledge in underwriting all commercial lines exposures for all lines of business.
• CPCU, AU or equivalent work experience.