About the Role
Everest is seeking a Property Facultative Underwriter to join their team. This role involves building and maintaining business relationships, cultivating opportunities, and underwriting and binding them at your discretion. The position supports Everest's established position as a leading facultative market in the United States.
Responsibilities
- New business production and renewal underwriting
- Adherence to underwriting rules and guidelines
- Developing strong customer relationships through providing top-notch service
- Work with all functional areas of the company including claims, accounting, and product management to support company objectives
- Ability to travel, expected to spend time on the road after initial training
- Marketing that includes travel monthly or as needed, to assigned markets and territory
- Build relationship with ceding companies and reinsurance intermediaries
- Maintain awareness of competitor capabilities and strategies, as well as the overall insurance marketplace
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience working as a Property Underwriter with various occupancies including large accounts
- Excellent marketing skills and established relationships with insurance companies
- Strong interpersonal and writing skills with the ability to flourish in a team environment
- The ability to interpret engineering reports
- The ability to interpret catastrophe modeling and actuarial methodologies and output
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint required
Skills
- Property Facultative experience preferred
- Experience with specialty business is also preferred (power generation, mid-stream production, refining/petrochemical, specialty chemicals, renewables, and mining)
- Prior Reinsurance experience a plus
- Experience working with catastrophe models a plus
Location
- New York, NY
- Chicago, IL - South Riverside
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Regular
- Full time
Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree required
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 - $145,000 annually
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Employee wellness program
- Life and disability insurance
- 401k match
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO)
About the Company
- Everest is a global leader in risk management with a 50+ year heritage.
- We are underwriters of risk, growth, progress and opportunity.
- We are a global team focused on disciplined capital allocation and long-term value creation.
- We care deeply about our impact on communities and the wider world.
- Everest has established itself as one of the foremost facultative markets in the United States.
- Our purpose is to provide the world with protection.
- We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve.
- We pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors.
- Our Values are: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Inclusion and Belonging.
- Our Colleague Behaviors: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.
Equal Opportunity
- Everest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, genetics, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- As part of this commitment, Everest will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.
- If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Everest Benefits at everestbenefits@everestglobal.com.
