What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Surety Underwriter - Contract Transactional (Orange, CA) position at Liberty Mutual Insurance?
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Description
Liberty Mutual Surety is currently recruiting for a Senior Surety Underwriter to join our Orange, CA Contract Transactional team.
As a Senior Surety Underwriter you will develop and underwrite profitable surety business, and service independent agents, brokers, and Contract Transactional accounts within an assigned territory. Using your excellent relationship skills, you will build and maintain positive partnerships our agents, brokers, and accounts as a trusted advisor and underwriting resource for our producers and customers. You will also use yourbusiness and financial acumen to perform primary credit underwriting and financial / risk analysis, provide recommendations, and make decisions on new and existing accounts. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced andself-motivated surety professional looking to grow their career with a top surety company that focuses on its employees and customers first.
Liberty Mutual Surety, a business unit of Liberty Mutual Insurance, is the worlds largest globally Surety, including in the United States. Conducting business worldwide through fronting relationships and Liberty-owned subsidiaries, we provide bonds in over 60 countries for construction firms, manufacturers and suppliers, and commercial enterprises on an account and transactional basis. We are committed to building mutually profitable relationships by providing smart business solutions, ease of doing business, and consistent, responsive service. Liberty Mutual Surety is dedicated to the communities we serve and highly values a diverse workforce in more than 18 countries.
Responsibilities :
- Underwrite and negotiate accounts to maximize profitability whilst minimizing risk, which may include the most complex accounts based on level of role. Makes thorough evaluations and assessments of a customers financial, technical, organizational, and management capacities, including experience, desired objectives as well as a subjective judgment of character.
- Manage the profitability and retention of an assigned book of business while continue to develop the portfolio through strong relationships and active engagement with new and existing agents and brokers. May assist in developing the marketing plan.
- Performs analytical evaluations of financial statements on both a static and trend basis. Determines the present and historical financial position of accounts and monitors financial position of risk through analysis of quarterly statements and work in progress data as appropriate.
- Stay abreast of Liberty Mutual Surety and Global Risk Solutions product lines and identify / promote opportunities across with agents and brokers, leveraging domestic and global capabilities.
- Responsible for investigation, analyzing, and managing all necessary underwriting / accounting / workflow issues, within framework ofSurety policies and procedures.
- May assess and identify changes in all aspects of the business including, but not limited to, work program to financial strength criteria, nature of work performed (inherent risk), accuracy and timeliness of data flow, and exposure analyses. Coordinate and surface issues to Home Office Underwriters and Field Management.
- Assists in the evaluation of business continuity arrangements and funding mechanisms (such as adequacy of life insurance) to preclude financial drain of customer in the event of the demise of (an) owner or other insurable loss.
- May mentor more junior staff based on level.
- Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.
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