As a K&R Underwriter you will be required to evaluate new and renewal policy applications and supporting documentation to classify and assess risks, communicate and build relationships with brokers and our Crisis Management Response firm, and create and maintain underwriting documentation according to grants of authority and departmental underwriting guidelines. Kidnap is part of the Hartford Professional team.

What you’ll be doing

What will your essential responsibilities include?

Be a contributing member of a collaborative, profit driven underwriting team

• Learn and understand market trends and profit drivers to maximize results
• Maintain knowledge of current global affairs including regional and key country trends.
• Continually develop and leverage your market knowledge to win business
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and brokers
• Conduct research and analysis of new and renewal business
• Manage a book of business profitably within a collaborative environment
• Develop strategies and recommendations for your individual accounts
• Conduct client and broker meetings to obtain underwriting information and share the team’s capabilities
• Use negotiating skills to create best possible outcomes for the K&R program
• Develop and maintain an understanding of Kidnap, Extortion, hijack, Wrongfule detention, hostage Crisis and other Security Risks globally
• Travel up to 15%.

What you will BRING

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to perform
• Outstanding collaborative skills in a fast-paced team-centric environment.
• Business development skills .
• Outstanding interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to demonstrate critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to travel a minimum of 15% of the time is anticipated.
• A bachelor’s degree is required.
• Continuing education or professional designations in insurance underwriting and information privacy

Who WE are

What we OFFER

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

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