Underwriter

• Underwriting risks in a book of business for Equipment Breakdown accounts
• Utilizing underwriting policies, rating manual rules, and insurance regulations
• Determining appropriate pricing of complex underwriting risks
• Analyzing profitability and quality of complex risks
• Marketing products and services through agencies and brokers
• Developing agency and broker relationships

Underwriting Specialist, Equipment Breakdown

• Under direct supervision, underwrites and assesses risk and makes recommendations for less complex accounts in a market segment.
• Establishes effective relationships with customers, agents and brokers.
• Develops consultative sales and marketing skills through their interaction with agents/brokers and via coaching from their manager.
• Develops negotiation skills through their interaction with agents/brokers and via coaching from their manager.
• Develops planning and organization skills necessary to effectively manage desk and assume a territory.
• Effectively collaborates with others on all aspects of job. Understands the need to seek enterprise-wide solutions to business problems.
• Takes initiative for personal development and seeks to learn through underwriting, marketing, and other related opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Underwriting Professional Development Program

• Underwrite and produce profitable business within the authority granted and consistent with company goals.
• Maintain agency relationships, develop new relationships and recognize without bias any need to cease a relationship and contribute where possible to the amicable accomplishment, as necessary.
• Adheres to company underwriting guidelines, processes and tools, an individual grant of authority, and appropriate regulatory and compliance requirements in the risk analysis and underwriting decision-making process.
• Examines information such as insurance applications, websites, inspection reports, loss information, financial data and third-party data in evaluating and making appropriate risk/reward decisions.
• Effectively express information and ideas clearly through spoken, written and electronic means.
• Demonstrates and effectively communicates an understanding of products and services.
• Provide prompt & courteous responses to both internal & external customers.
• Actively engages with distribution to market our capabilities, benefits, and features, and identify new opportunities.
• Effectively leverages metrics and data to improve territory performance.
• Understands market/industry issues, trends, and competitors.
• Perform other tasks as needed.

Excess Casualty Underwriting Specialist

• Own underwriting decisions within binding authority, including referral approvals, exception handling, and appetite framework maintenance
• Design and execute property insurance programs covering CAT strategy, reinsurance structures, portfolio pricing, and risk appetite
• Research, develop, and file new products and enhancements across ISO and proprietary forms, endorsements, and underwriting guidelines in multiple states
• Develop and maintain policy forms across all lines, including coverage carve-outs, enhancements, and protective language
• Work with capacity partners and reinsurers to set pricing strategy and risk assessment standards for programs and individual referrals
• Monitor production, rate adequacy, loss ratios, and risk quality, then recommend and implement adjustments to pricing and underwriting strategy
• Navigate ISO and other regulatory service organizations for form filings, rule updates, and multi-state compliance
• Build and maintain underwriting tooling including raters, eligibility engines, pricing worksheets, and AI triage, and QA new implementations
• Own E&S placement infrastructure including market relationships, placement workflows, and servicing processes
• Act as primary technical authority for carrier relationships, binder compliance, capacity expansion conversations, and competitive intelligence to recommend product solutions and appetite expansions

Manager, Product and Underwriting

• Lead and support a high-performing team responsible for underwriting and selling profitable Stop Loss business.
• Partner with Actuarial, Underwriting and Advanced Analytics leadership to design and execute strategies aligned with business goals.
• Build strong relationships with Sales and Distribution teams to support strategic growth and retention efforts.
• Hire, develop, and retain top underwriting talent; foster a culture of learning, performance, and accountability.
• Support in departmental and team projects.
• Serve as a technical expert and advisor on complex underwriting cases.
• Drive consistency and compliance in underwriting practices and procedures.
• Support broker meetings and client engagements to help deliver Sun Life’s value proposition.
• Continuously evaluate and improve underwriting approaches through training, quality reviews, and feedback loops.
• Champion a high-performance culture through clear goals, accountability, and recognition.

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Underwriting Specialist, Equipment Breakdown

Underwriting Professional Development Program

Excess Casualty Underwriting Specialist

Manager, Product and Underwriting

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