VP, Marine

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Position Summary

The Vice President of Arch Marine is responsible for the technical underwriting, account management, and profitability of that product line insurance portfolio.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Acting within the company guidelines and letter of authority will develop a profitable book of product specific Marine business.
• Create a new business plan in collaboration with our Strategy and Distribution division to achieve target production with our producer partners.
• Develop and maintain relationships with approved producers through marketing - preparing and delivering presentations, training, and introduction of new products.
• Assist with developing new relationships with producers who have the kind of profitable Marine business we are targeting.
• Maintain underwriting discipline through experience, product knowledge, exposure analysis, use of tools and resources in making sound underwriting judgements.
• Proactively manage renewals to ensure high retention levels while taking corrective measures on unprofitable business.
• Ability to multi-task, manage a high submission flow, evaluate, prioritize, expeditiously determine eligibility and deliver quotes in a timely manner to achieve a high bind to quote ratio.
• Mentor, offer support and guidance for our less experienced team underwriters. 
• Identify new business opportunities to differentiate the company.
• Support senior management in promoting department initiatives, goals, and objectives.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Extensive product knowledge of product specific marine insurance coverage forms, endorsements, and manuscript forms.
• Strong market presence and following with our target producer base and a respected lead among market competitors.
• Knowledge placing facultative reinsurance.
• Must have well developed active listening, problem solving mindset and interpersonal skills for developing and strengthening broker relationships.
• Strong communication skills, business writing and oral presentation skills must be excellent.
• Must have well developed business acumen to understand performance metrics, develop and implement profitable growth strategy within his/her dedicated territory.
• Must have strong organizational skills and ability to work independently.
• Sound technology capabilities in Microsoft products such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint and ability to use and manipulate data.
• Knowledge of CAT Modeling parameters (PML, AAL, data quality) to assess an account and a portfolio exposure and calculate a cat rate.
• Understand the key elements of risk selection and risk assessment, can develop loss estimates, develop and negotiate a risk mitigation plan based on survey reports and place facultative reinsurance when necessary.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree
• Additional industry-specific study or designations (such as CPCU & ARM) are a plus
• 10 years’ experience underwriting product specific Marine business.

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For individuals assigned or hired to work in the location(s) indicated below, the base salary range is provided. Range is as of the time of posting. Position is incentive eligible.

$225,000 - $275,000/year

• Total individual compensation (base salary, short & long-term incentives) offered will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to geographic location, scope & responsibilities of the role, qualifications, talent availability & specialization as well as business needs. The above pay range may be modified in the future.

• Arch is committed to helping employees succeed through our comprehensive benefits package that includes multiple medical plans plus dental, vision and prescription drug coverage; a competitive 401k with generous matching; PTO beginning at 20 days per year; up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Offer; basic Life and AD&D Insurance as well as Short and Long-Term Disability; Paid Parental Leave of up to 10 weeks; Student Loan Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement, Backup Child and Elder Care; and more. Click here to learn more on available benefits.

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