Senior Underwriter

Summary

Join Argo Group, a specialty insurance leader, as a Senior Underwriter, Garage. This production underwriting role involves marketing, underwriting, and processing assigned lines of business, contributing to marketing initiatives, developing broker relations, participating in meetings, and building a submission pipeline. You will leverage market contacts, gather intelligence, and cross-sell products. The position requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, five years of underwriting experience, strong negotiation skills, and advanced computer skills. Argo offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, and a generous benefits package including health insurance, paid time off, flexible work policies, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university required or equivalent combination of experience and education
• A relentless desire to continually update your skill level through continuing education and self-development
• A minimum of five years underwriting experience with authority
• A genuine excitement to not only meet, but exceed, our customer’s expectation on each and every interaction with the customer
• Demonstrated robust and productive relationships with professional liability specialist brokers in the Central U.S., marketplace
• Demonstrated strong negotiation skills, achieving favorable outcomes in win/win negotiations
• Flexibility and the ability to thrive in change are important to be successful here
• A strong focus on execution in getting things done right
• Proven ability to consistently produce and deliver expected results
• Excellent ability to collect, gather, manipulate and analyze information in detail to draw conclusions on how to underwrite an account profitably
• Advanced knowledge of computer programs, including Excel, Outlook, and Word
• Ability to travel approximately 20% of the time

Responsibilities

• Underwrite and analyze new business and renewal submissions for our assigned area
• Ensure our marketing initiatives are achieved and that consistent communication of our products and services are provided to our retail and wholesale brokers
• Further develop existing broker relations as well as establish new relationships in targeted territories to attract business opportunities
• Actively participate in client and broker meetings
• Develop and maintain a submission pipeline sufficient to achieve overall production and business mix objectives
• Use market contacts to bring in business, gather and share market intelligence and cross sell other products
• Participate in special projects and mentoring less experienced staff

Preferred Qualifications

Previous insurance educational work, IIA and CPCU designations are strongly preferred

Benefits

• Annual bonus based on company and individual performance
• Generous benefits package
• Competitive compensation and merit driven profit sharing
• Flexible workplace policies that support employee well-being include compressed hours, flex-time, job-sharing, remote work, sabbatical leave, and holiday hours
• Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial planning options that employees can tailor to meet their personal and family needs.  In addition to traditional health and wellness plans, benefits include dental, disability, life insurance, medical, and vision insurance
• Matching 401(k) retirement savings
• Generous paid time off (21 days of PTO, 11 paid company holidays, 3 floating holidays and a paid voluntary day)
• Paid caregiver and parental leave
• Paid bereavement, jury duty/court appearances, and military (up to 14 days) leave
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• An array of voluntary benefits
• Argo Academy, a digital and instructor-led platform that offers continuous learning and professional development
• Argo encourages career mobility and continuing education to pursue and maintain professional and industry designations, in addition to traditional university and higher education programs
• An inclusive culture that develops and sponsors diverse teams, encourages cross-functional engagement and collaboration, builds community through employee resource groups (ERGs), and provides an environment that welcomes ongoing dialogue, creative innovation, professional and personal development
• Active community outreach and volunteer programs
• A generous Employee Referral program that results in approximately 25% of all new hires annually