This is an Underwriting Team Lead position with Westchester, A Chubb Company which includes the management of an underwriting team to achieve profitable underwriting results through the growth, development, servicing and underwriting of Westchester's Environmental business.

MAJOR DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties may include but are not limited to:

* Personnel Management

* Staffing - responsible for the hiring and the development of staff

* Performance management -- Manages the performance management process for their staff.

* Individual Production/territory management related duties:

* Develops and executes on marketing plan for assigned producers and territories

* Negotiates pricing, terms and conditions for excess and surplus environmental accounts using assigned underwriting authority and company guidelines

* Risk Assessment/Identifying risk exposures, special or common hazards, and appropriate controls.

* Selecting risk based on exposure and risk analysis.

* Analyzing claims and quantifies losses.

* Financial and mathematical proficiency.

* Understanding of financial statements and ratios used in risk analysis.

* Understanding of insurance financial fundamentals; impact of underwriting decisions on company assets.

* Understanding credit risk.

* Actuarial fundamentals. Ability to understand loss trends, loss triangles, and ratemaking.

* Ability to quantify risk based on experience history and forecasting methods.

* Documents the underwriting files with account review, analysis and conclusions.

* Ability to rate/quote/bind coverage and has a command of underwriting systems.

* Marketing and Communications.

* Ability to sell and negotiate to achieve bottom line profitability for the Company.

* Ability to make presentations and communicate articulately.

* Ability to base communications on strategic thinking.

* Ability to manage producer strategy.