Executive Underwriter - Healthcare

Position Summary:

Sapphire Blue is a managing general underwriter that draws on nearly 23 years of healthcare experience to provide tailor-made insurance coverage, superior claims handling services and customized risk management.

The primary role of an Executive Underwriter is focused on developing and maintaining a profitable book of business by building relationships with internal and external stakeholders. 

Essential Functions:

• Develop strong, long term relationships with the agents to add to and maintain a profitable book of business
• Communication of risk appetite and coverage to the agent.
• Maintain strong command of policy language
• Manage internal and external relationships that will contribute to a superior service experience for the agent and broker customer.
• Provide guidance and direction to junior underwriters and underwriting trainees and assistants.
• Solicit renewal information for existing customers and new business submission opportunities.
• Evaluate, prioritize, and select submissions and price risks that will develop an underwriting profit for the carrier; refer or decline risks that present excessive risk.
• Gather pertinent underwriting information and conduct due diligence for risk selection.
• Prepare and analyze pricing models.
• Construct insured-specific risk transfer programs.
• Liaise with resources for individual risk assessment.
• Collaborate with internal team on targeted, desirable accounts. 
• Approve underwriting within the scope of their own Underwriting Authority.
• Recognize and create cross sell opportunities for other products, work with agents to understand options that best meet insured needs.
• Negotiate terms and conditions with the agent or broker.
• Participate in identifying new product lines.
• Participate in form changes and development.

Education/Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of underwriting experience within the healthcare space, specific to professional and general liability coverage for a wide variety of healthcare facilities with a focus on senior living.
• Home state insurance producer’s license required.
• Strong analytical and negotiating skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to travel to agent and broker, carrier, and employer meetings.
• Ability to work in a highly automated, paperless environment, including specialized software packages.
• Basic computer skills including MS Office Suite.
• Ability to manage workload with minimal supervision.
• Critical attention to details.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office including, but not limited to Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Proven track record of being a team player.
• May be required to have and maintain a valid driver’s license.

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