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Role Description

This is a remote position with occasional travel for in-person agency visits. Ideal candidate will live and work remotely in the Central, Mountain or Pacific time zone. This is a ranged posting. Level offered will be based on candidate experience at manager discretion.

Great underwriters know how to balance data analytics with human intuition. If you like both quantitative and qualitative reasoning, enjoy the challenge and autonomy of managing your own accounts at a company that offers competitive compensation and benefits, then consider joining the underwriting department at Liberty Mutual. As a Farm Underwriter in property casualty insurance, you’ll develop, grow and maintain diversified books of business while working closely with agents and brokers to assess risks, determine premiums, set conditions and negotiate deals that maximize profitability and meet business goals.

• Strategic Account Manager: Ensure a profitable book of Farm and Ranch insurance by writing new accounts of all sizes and growing successful agent and broker relationships and pursuing renewals.
• Problem solver: Crunch the numbers and review the data to determine risk selection, premiums, policies and conditions, as well as identify opportunities for improved growth, profit and diversification.
• Clear communicator: Maintain and nurture successful relationships with agents and brokers, while presenting proposals, negotiating deals and obtaining approvals.
• Collaborative teammate: Contribute to overall team success, mentor underwriters in both a technical and professional capacity sharing best practices and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Conscientious professional: Document account reviews, state-compliant sign-offs and referrals, letters of authority and follow underwriting guidelines.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of commercial lines or farm and ranch experience
• Experience with multi-line insurance products
• Analytical, problem-solving capabilities
• Strong territory management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• An aptitude for building rewarding relationships with agents and brokers, peer underwriters, underwriting assistants, and junior underwriters
• Command of insurance finance and actuarial concepts
• Thorough knowledge of commercial insurance products, underwriting, risk selection, pricing and marketplaces, as well as regulatory issues in relevant territories
• Understanding of contract language, including regulatory and policy differences among applicable states
• Familiarity with continuous improvement processes and tools
• A bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Chartered Property Casual Underwriter or other professional insurance designation preferred (currently or in process) and/or AFIS Agribusiness and Farm Insurance Specialist

Benefits

At Liberty Mutual, our goal is to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and can thrive. We build an environment that welcomes a wide range of perspectives and experiences, with inclusion embedded in every aspect of our culture and reflected in everyday interactions. This comes to life through comprehensive benefits, workplace flexibility, professional development opportunities, and a host of opportunities provided through our Employee Resource Groups. Each employee plays a role in creating our inclusive culture, which supports every individual to do their best work. Together, we cultivate a community where everyone can make a meaningful impact for our business, our customers, and the communities we serve.

We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://LMI.co/Benefits

Company Description

Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.

Fair Chance Notices: California, Los Angeles Incorporated, Los Angeles Unincorporated, Philadelphia, San Francisco.