Regional Production Specialist, Excess & Surplus Lines

Regional Production Specialist, Excess & Surplus Lines

• Independently select, monitor, and price new and renewal business according to Company guidelines per Underwriter’s level of authority as outlined in individual “Authority Letter”.
• Evaluate and price risks according to guidelines.
• Develop strong, long term relationships with wholesale brokers and clients to profitably grow a book of business
• Negotiate pricing, terms and conditions, & deal structure with brokers
• Participate in special underwriting projects as needed
• Provide superior customer service to brokers and clients
• Market our products and services and travel accompanied to assigned agents as required.
• Communicate with agents regarding rating, underwriting and policy issuance issues.
• Train and mentor underwriting staff as well as review, and when necessary, approve underwriting decisions.
• Initiate, coordinate and implement projects to completion such as revised forms, new coverages/classes, research, and underwriting guide revisions.
• Assist in planning, coordinating, and implementing in-house education training or other company functions.
• Independently underwrite risks of any level of complexity.
• Implement work systems and procedures. Suggest improvements whenever necessary.
• Assist in the evaluation of agents and make recommendations to management.
• Use various underwriting tools available to you to gain a deeper understanding of your portfolio in order to predict and root out poor performing products and lines of business.
• Identify loss drivers and determine solutions to grow a profitable mix of business.
• Represent the company in a professional manner at industry functions, conventions, and corporate events.
• Advise, make recommendations to and generally assist the Line of Business leader in the development and administration of the company’s technical underwriting philosophies, objectives and product pricing.
• Collaborate with other functional divisions to improve service and process efficiencies.
• Make recommendation to Line of Business leader regarding analysis of statistical information provided by data processing and industry services to improve our underwriting and profitability.
• Assist underwriters with quotes, problems, workflow, projects, etc.

• An undergraduate bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 10 years of Commercial Insurance Company, Agency or Brokerage experience
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships
• Working knowledge of US Casualty lines of business including product features, forms, regulatory environments and risks etc, ideally in the Surplus lines or Excess Casualty space
• Demonstrated sales, marketing, and relationship building experience
• Ability to work in dynamic, rapidly changing environment, adapting to changing requirements and collaborating with a wide range of colleagues to quickly deliver solutions
• Willingness to be flexible, learn on the job, and maintain a can-do attitude
• Comfort with analytical tools and technology

• 401k matching
• Health insurance
• Flight privileges
• Total Rewards Program

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks.