Chubb & Son - Personal Lines Underwriter Job

Employer Name: Chubb & Son, a division of Federal Insurance Company	SpiderID: 2932010
Location: Chicago, Illinois	Date Posted: 10/23/2009
Wage:	Category: Insurance
Job Code: 7145

Job Description:
For more than 125 years, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has been delivering exceptional property and casualty insurance products and services to businesses and individuals around the world.

Today, we are the 11th largest property and casualty insurer in the United States and have a worldwide network of some 120 offices in 28 countries staffed by 10,600 employees. The Chubb Corporation reported $50.6 billion in assets and $14.1 billion in revenues in 2007. According to Fortune magazine, Chubb is the 176th largest U.S.-based corporation. The magazine also includes Chubb in its list of “ America ’s Most Admired Companies.” Forbes listed Chubb as one of America ’s 400 Best Big Companies.

Chubb has maintained its reputation and financial stability with underwriting expertise, unparalleled customer service, unique industry-specific specialization and a deep respect for all of our employees.

As a Personal Lines Underwriter in Chubb''s Chicago Personal Lines Underwriting Center you are accountable for:
• Financial performance, including profit, rate, retention, and growth
• Identifying opportunities for growth within new and existing production sources and developing and executing a new business growth strategy including developing prospects
• Successful market penetration and agency management including building, maintaining and managing producer and customer relationships (may include travel)
• Developing agency strategy and goals with continual monitoring of progress
Soliciting, selecting and analyzing risk within Chubb Personal Lines guidelines and ensuring proper documentation
• Developing and negotiating price, coverage, and terms and conditions for all new business and renewals and actively identifying account rounding opportunities
• Meeting with producers.
• Collaborating with underwriters, operations, claims, marketing and home office product management
• Consistently meeting service standards
• Collecting and sharing industry intelligence with team, including industry trending and development

Job Requirements:
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
• Solid knowledge of Personal Lines underwriting and insurance industry theories and practices
• Demonstrated technical expertise and product specific knowledge.
• Strong analytical skills including financial analysis
• Demonstrated proficiency in sales, marketing and negotiation
• Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. Ability to effectively interact with all levels of internal and external business partners.
• Experience developing and executing on marketing plans and prospects
• Ability to be creative and adaptable in a changing business environment
• Sound, balanced, and timely decision making skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite as well as other business-related software

Education and Experience:
• Bachelor''s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 1-3 years of underwriting experience

Chubb prides itself on the ability to provide all employees with an extraordinary work environment which promotes teamwork, diversity and incentives for those who exceed expectations. Chubb has been recognized as one of the top 50 companies for diversity by DiversityInc magazine, one of America ’s most admired companies by Forbes, and one of the top 100 companies to work for by Fortune.

Chubb offers the industries best benefits with programs that go above and beyond the normal standards. These programs include profit sharing, aggressive performance bonuses, pension plans and one of the best “promote from within” programs in the industry.

All interested applicants must apply online at http://www.chubb.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=7145&CurrentPage=1

Job Criteria:
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Position Type: Full-Time Permanent
Years of Experience Required: 1
Education Required: Bachelors
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Contact Information:

Contact Name: Chubb Support	Company Type:
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City: Chicago
State: Ohio
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