Personal Lines Underwriter at Kaufman Financial Group

Scottsdale, AZ

About the Job

Responsibilities

Develop and execute marketing plan to drive new and renewal business, including in-person visits, telemarketing and distribution of marketing materials for insurance company partners
Evaluate, classify, and rate each risk to determine acceptability, coverage, and pricing
Develop and submit underwriting referrals, where required, to company brokerage facilities and Burns & Wilcox management
Monitor key metrics, such as, new business hit ratio, renewal retention ratio, premium growth, and loss ratio, formulating corrective action where necessary
Mentor and train Assistant Underwriters as needed

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum 3 years of multi-line underwriting experience, excess & surplus experience preferred
Strong sales and marketing skills a must, business acumen, interest in continued education and professional development
Insurance license, CPCU, CIC or comparable designations preferred

COMPENSATION PACKAGE:

Competitive base compensation & highly lucrative sales incentive bonus plan
Health benefits & 401K with employer match
Employer paid continuing education courses and designations
Many opportunities for career advancement

About Our Company

Burns & Wilcox is the nation’s largest independent wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager. In 1969, the late Herbert W. Kaufman recognized an opportunity to fill a void in the industry by establishing Burns & Wilcox as a wholesale brokerage and underwriting organization that would provide brokers and agents with unique access to a variety of insurance markets and help place their specialty risks. Today under the leadership of Mr. Kaufman’s son, Alan Jay Kaufman, that entrepreneurial spirit is thriving as Burns & Wilcox offers comprehensive solutions for retail insurance agents of all sizes, from the large alphabet houses to the more than 30,000 brokers and agent partners worldwide.

Job summary

About this company

Kaufman Financial Group

Internationally recognized for its and drive and expertise, Burns & Wilcox is the flagship company within H.W. Kaufman Financial Group and North America’s leading independently owned insurance wholesale broker and underwriting manager. Burns & Wilcox makes securing coverage for the hard-to-place easy, with proficiency across a broad range of disciplines supported by our unrivaled brokerage and underwriting experts. This is not your typical insurance company. Our employees do not get to work on the same thing day in and day out. When someone needs coverage for the unique, the unusual, or the unconventional, they come to us. Leave the mundane auto and life insurance programs to someone else. We’re specialists. Our employees deliver insurance for everything from kidnapping and ransom to high-speed racing boats, skyscrapers and professional athletes. We even insure extreme sporting events including world famous skiers and athletes performing mid-air twists and turns down a man-made snow hill in the warm streets of California. Our team can write, insure, and finance specialty insurance policies that other companies cannot handle. With over 40 offices across the US and Canada, we’re one of the largest independent wholesalers in North America.