W. R. Berkley Corporation

General Counsel

• Active member of W. R. Berkley Corporation’s corporate legal team, focused on supporting the litigation function and providing continual legal counsel to business colleagues and senior management.
• Counsel and advise senior management on a broad range of general (non-insurance claims) litigation matters, including employment matters.
• Serve as a key member of a small, high-performing legal team, leading certain general (non-insurance claims) litigation matters.
• Work directly with senior members of the legal team and in partnership with business executives.
• Represent the Company when dealing with outside counsel and counterparties.
• Provide business-savvy legal advice and use impeccable judgment in decision-making.

Assistant Vice President, Counsel

Compliance

• Facilitate delivery of core services provided by the E&S Compliance Team of W.R. Berkley Corporation and report to the Manager of the E&S Compliance Team.
• Process intake of key communications concerning the businesses served and support or document compliance for businesses served by the Group Compliance Team.
• Appointments/Licensing: Assist with tracking continuing education credits, updating spreadsheets, and participate in agency licensing projects from an administrative standpoint.
• Maintain Department calendars in Teams.
• System Updates: Test system upgrades to BPMI to ensure updates have processed successfully to production site and suggest system updates as needed.
• Consumer Complaints: Assist with administration and filing of responses to various states; assist with document production and organization of file materials for responses.
• Mail Distribution & Telephone: Process all physical mail and answer phone calls Monday–Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. MST; respond to voicemails received into the department line.
• Economic Sanctions/OFAC: Process all OFAC reviews received into Lexis Nexis Bridger system for companies in Excess and Surplus Group Compliance Team; process manual OFAC alerts as needed.
• Medicare: Assist with processing spreadsheets as requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Regulatory Compliance Coordinator

Product Analyst

• Assigned lines of business focused on the creation, development, management and alignment of business insurance products on behalf of 6+ decentralized business units by the Product Manager.
• Provide commercial lines subject matter expertise and development activities with underwriting, actuary, regulatory filing, information technology and compliance stakeholders.
• Interact with external commercial lines entities, including Verisk and state bureaus and insurance departments.
• Review current forms and collaborate with product team to rewrite identified opportunities for alignment.
• Develop new products for the Regional Segment companies to maintain competitive edge.
• Collaborate to standardize proprietary forms with state specific complementary forms.
• Assess contingencies and dependencies between forms as part of the review and revision process.
• Rewrite forms for compliance with underwriting intent while reducing total number of forms where possible.
• Collaborate with Regional company stakeholders to ensure proposed form changes support needs of each regional company.
• Work results in products with common terminology across the Regional footprint to enhance customer experience, build efficiency of form maintenance and support compliance and system maintenance.

Operations

• Use data analysis to analyze trends and recommend and implement solutions to improve processes and operational efficiencies.
• Recommend data driven solutions to issues within the department and partner with business stakeholders on implementation, communication, and progress of projects.
• Partner cross functionally to focus on resource development and allocation for various projects.
• Embrace innovation to increase automation of tasks where a human touch does not add value.
• Create and deliver excellence where manual work adds value to the customer experience.
• Work with leadership to understand results of operations processes, and work with teams on training and quality assessments to drive process improvements.
• Leads or participate in cross functional project teams while maintaining communication on progress and results.
• May assist leadership team as needed in planning/budgeting.
• Identifies issues with processes and thoroughly vets the scope of the issue and offers solutions.
• Update, implement and maintain written operational procedures.
• Training and process oversight of third-party vendors as needed.
• Support system testing as needed.

Operations Analyst

Insurance

• Reviewing, processing, investigating, evaluating, negotiating and settling assigned property damage or bodily injury claims with authority up to $150,000
• Understanding and knowledge of litigation management in multiple jurisdictions
• Complete coverage analysis
• Conduct necessary investigation, by phone or through independent adjusters, to determine coverage, liability and damages
• Evaluate, negotiate, and settle assigned property damage or severe GL and/or complex bodily injury claims within authority granted, or seek authority for those claims in excess of authority
• Resolve coverage disputes with insureds and agents
• Prepare coverage opinion letters
• Some travel for mediations, settlement conferences, etc.

Senior Claims Specialist

• Working with strong technical expertise and limited supervision, the Senior Claim Specialist-Litigation effectively manages a caseload of Major Case General Liability, Commercial Auto (including UM/UIM), EPL and other Complex Claims through coverage analysis, investigation, damage evaluation, litigation management, reserving, and resolution.
• Develop positive business relationships with defense counsel and work with them closely to develop cost-effective litigation strategies and develop action plans to manage cases to an early conclusion. Ability to direct defense counsel to execute developed litigation strategies.
• Prepare and present large loss reports.
• Completion of decision trees to assist with detailed reserving analysis.
• Establish timely and accurate claim and expense reserves.
• Negotiate and convey claim settlements within authority limits.
• Attend mediations, settlement conferences and trials.
• Draft timely Reservation of Rights, Coverage Disclaimer, Tender Response Letters/Draft Tender Letters to others, along with other complex correspondence.
• Understand how to interpret sub-contract agreements.
• Maintain an effective diary system and document claim file activities in accordance with established procedures.
• Manage file inventory to ensure timely resolution of cases.
• Handle files in compliance with state regulations.
• Provide excellent customer service to meet the needs of the insured, agent and all other internal and external customers.
• Perform administrative functions such as document preparation, expense accounts, time off reporting, etc. as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Senior Claims Specialist – Litigation

Manager

• To manage and provide leadership to the Property and Casualty Claims Department.
• To provide efficient and effective administration of claims handled on behalf of client companies.
• Assign and manage claims on behalf of client companies.
• Hire, train, manage and maintain qualified staff.
• Develop and maintain work, service and claim handling standards for technical and support staff.
• Provide loss reporting to reinsurers, excess carriers and clients.
• Interact, assist and communicate with client personnel, the general public and internal department s to improve communication and service compatibilities in an effort to maintain and enhance Berkley Risk Administrators’ reputation.
• Assist in developing and maintaining claim/legal resources to include legal counsel, adjusters and expert witnesses.
• Maintain and keep staff apprised of current information with respect to legislation, case law and industry developments/program developments.
• Conduct claim audits of adjusters’ work product and monitor accuracy of loss data.
• Ability to work with independent auditors.
• May assist in sales/marketing functions.
• May assist in claim service contract development to include service pricing and billing.
• Assist in the development of claim management policy and philosophy.
• Assist in the development and utilization of claim information systems.
• Occasional travel, possibly out of town or overnight.
• Will immediately report all harassing or inappropriate behavior to Human Resources.
• May perform other functions as assigned

P&C Claims Manager

Business Analyst

• Assist the Business Analyst group as a liaison between stakeholders and technology partners to review, analyze and evaluate business systems, operational processes and customer needs
• Participate in tasks, projects or initiatives that involve data entry, analyzing data, collaborating with subject matter experts and research to identify problems, and propose solutions
• Administrative tasks involving issue submissions through Atlassian software
• User acceptance testing and guide creation
• Collaborate with end users and stakeholders to assist in development and translation of business requirements for project and supporting deliverables
• Suggest changes to business stakeholders using data and analytics to support recommendations
• Manage workload by balancing competing priorities
• Conduct meetings or presentations informing the business on progress within tasks/projects assigned
• Effectively communicate insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management
• Identify issues and investigate the scope of the issue
• Participate in cross functional project teams as determined by management

Business Analyst Intern

• Investigate, evaluate, negotiate, and resolve the highest complexity litigated and non-litigated claims across multiple lines of business
• Analyze and identify coverage issues, prepare coverage letters and collaborate with in-house coverage counsel
• Investigate, evaluate, document, and reserve, assessing liability and damages according to Best Practices
• Manage litigation by assigning counsel, establish litigation plan and budget, coordinate with defense counsel, and continuously review for potential resolution
• Establish timely reserves and continuously re-evaluate their adequacy upon receipt of new information
• Maintain timely and appropriate file documentation and written file notes
• Maintain an active diary and productive file inventory
• Timely completion of all required large loss reporting
• Negotiate settlements within authority, and attend mediations, mandatory settlement conferences, and/or Alternative Dispute Resolutions
• Identify and pursue opportunities for co-insurance, risk transfer and/or subrogation
• Recognize and investigate suspected fraudulent claims
• Comply with deductible/self-insured retention and recovery protocols
• Meet all State licensing requirements and adhere to statutory regulations and Unfair Claims Practices acts
• Serve as mentor and contributor for claims associates and assist management with projects and presentations as needed

Senior Complex Claims Specialist

Underwriter

• Assist and support underwriters with the administration of quoting, rating and issuance of new business, quotes, renewals and endorsements
• Policy rating (all states, multi-line)
• Obtain necessary information from Underwriters to complete tasks as needed
• Work within established guidelines for processing quotes and issuing policies in our policy issuance system
• Misc admin duties such as scanning documents, pulling posting notices and Proof of Coverage (POC) entry
• Responsible for the administration of policy issuance from quote through issuance
• Ensure that endorsements and policies are processed accurately and remitted back to the broker timely
• Clear accounts in Underwriting System
• Ensure electronic files are organized and setup for reviewing
• Solicit renewal applications from the broker
• Respond to Bureau Crits as necessary
• Pull from the system or from other sources Loss runs and MVR’s as necessary
• Process Audits
• Other Underwriting Assistant duties as deemed by the Environmental Regional VP

Underwriting Assistant

Accountant

• Apply accounting principles and procedures to analyze financial information, prepare accurate and timely financial reports and statements and ensure appropriate accounting control procedures
• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare financial statements including monthly and annual accounts
• Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures
• Ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met
• Prepare financial management reports
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year end close
• Establish and monitor the implementation and maintenance of accounting and control procedures
• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities
• Continuous support of budget and forecasted activities
• Financial audit preparation and coordination
• Ensure accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues/expenses
• Complete Account Reconciliations
• Assist with SOX Compliance
• Analyze and advise on business operations including revenue and expenditure trends
• Prepare monthly and quarterly exhibits and schedules, journal entries, reinsurance statistics and insurance regulatory reports
• Special projects as assigned

Senior Accountant

• Shared resource across Berkley Financial Specialists and Berkley Crime lines of business supporting VP of Business Operations
• Provide ownership of tactical operational support and collaborate on strategic projects
• User Acceptance Testing — rigorous functional and regression testing of policy administration, workflow, and other support systems
• Coordinate end-to-end testing for system changes impacting multiple systems or data warehouse repositories
• Frontline administration support as subject matter expert for policy administration, workflow, and support systems to troubleshoot user issues
• Maintain internal Workflow Handbook and Standard Operating Procedures for offshore resources
• Coordinate forms management including wording maintenance and testing/implementation in policy administration system
• Onboard new users: provide orientation and support hiring managers with IT set-up
• General IT troubleshooting (distribution lists, shared mailboxes, etc.)
• Participate in cross-functional innovation teams and assist in AI adoption use cases
• Support ad hoc projects and initiatives as directed by supervisor

Operations Specialist I

• Develop and execute underwriting strategy for Professional Liability division
• Build, train, and lead a high-performing team of underwriters
• Monitor emerging risks, market trends, and regulatory developments to change product as needed
• Work with Product and Forms Specialist to create coverage forms
• Work with actuarial to create pricing models
• Establish risk appetite guidelines and handle underwriting referrals
• Monitor portfolio performance and implement corrective actions to maintain profitability
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key distribution partners
• Lead initiatives to grow market share in target segments
• Ensure compliance with underwriting guidelines, regulatory requirements, and internal controls
• Partner with actuarial, claims, legal, and data teams to ensure a holistic view of risk and make an underwriting profit
• Report on key metrics and provide insights to executive leadership
• Responsible for training of staff and managing the Professional Liability team

Division Manager – Professional Liability

• Develop and execute underwriting strategy for Allied Healthcare division.
• Build, train, and lead a high-performing team of underwriters.
• Monitor emerging risks, market trends, and regulatory developments to change product as needed.
• Work with Product and Forms Specialist to create coverage forms.
• Work with actuarial to create pricing models.
• Establish risk appetite guidelines.
• Handle underwriting referrals.
• Monitor portfolio performance and implement corrective actions as needed to maintain profitability.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key distribution partners.
• Lead initiatives to grow market share in target segments.
• Ensure compliance with underwriting guidelines, regulatory requirements, and internal controls.
• Partner with actuarial, claims, legal, and data teams to ensure a holistic view of risk and make an underwriting profit.
• Report on key metrics and provide insights to executive leadership.
• Responsible for training of staff.

Allied Healthcare Division Manager

• Assist underwriters with reviewing and evaluating workers compensation insurance applications to determine acceptance or denial of risks to promote company profitability
• Communicate with agents, brokers and policyholders to provide service and solutions to their underwriting and policy inquiries
• Work closely with supervisor and trainers on assignments, and manage competing priorities to be accountable for delivering results
• Demonstrate ownership of assignments to complete them within expected timelines, and communicate any issues preventing completion with your team lead
• Participate in team or individual projects and seek cross-functional learning opportunities
• Complete technical underwriting training to gain authority and other responsibilities
• Use data analysis to identify opportunities for efficiencies in process and product
• Interface with customers via phone, instant messaging, or email
• Display initiative to generate solutions in both everyday work and projects

Underwriting Intern

Business Development Rep

• This position would be responsible for contributing to the development of the company strategy and implementation with specific responsibility for managing the distribution system.
• Implement formal prospecting plan and evaluate prospective agents and brokers; make recommendations based on Company goals and objectives
• Develop and expand both wholesale and retail agency distribution networks
• Recommend new programs, products and/or lines of business and evaluate for potential profitability
• Communicate preferred underwriting appetite as well as new products/services/coverages to agents and brokers
• Build long-term relationships with key agencies, insureds and industry associations
• Monitor agents and brokers against objectives relative to profitability, production, and service performance; consult with Underwriting and recommend appointments and terminations
• Maintain agency/broker contracts per guidelines
• Monitor competitor and industry landscape; provide reports on trends and activities in the marketplace
• Work closely with Underwriting to make informed, data driven decisions
• Create and distribute marketing material as appropriate
• Oversee all advertising and promotional endeavors on behalf of the Company; manage marketing/advertising budget
• Host visiting agents and brokers; set itineraries and ensure that respective Company personnel are involved as appropriate
• May perform other functions as assigned
• This role supports the Western region of the continental U.S.
• We welcome remote applicants currently residing in Texas, Colorado, Arizona, or Nevada.