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W.R. Berkley Corporation is a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company is committed to delivering high‑quality insurance products and services to specialized markets worldwide. Our culture values innovation, creativity, and teamwork.

Company URL: https://berkleyls.com/

This role serves as a key contributor within the Berkley Life Sciences organization, responsible for developing and executing a strategic plan to build, launch and sustain a new territory office that supports long‑term profitable growth of all products within the assigned territory. It serves as a strategic connector between US field underwriting teams and the UK, ensuring alignment, consistency, and momentum across territories.

• Develop and execute a territory start‑up plan, including broker engagement, compliance and underwriting protocols, client acquisition strategies, and brand awareness initiatives.
• Build foundational relationships with local brokers, agents, and industry stakeholders to accelerate market entry and drive early business results.
• Monitor and report on territory performance metrics (growth, profit, retention, new business), adjusting strategies to address challenges and capitalize on opportunities.
• Devise strategies and protocols to grow profitably during all market cycles.
• Responsible for account solicitation, risk selection and analysis including documentation, pricing and marketing of Berkley Life Sciences products and services for new and existing customers.
• Identify opportunities for account rounding.
• Provide technical support to producers and insureds.
• Stay current with all compliance, procedural and workflow changes.
• Work collaboratively with underwriting associate, operations, legal, home office underwriting and claims.
• Build and expand the underwriting team, fostering professional development and continuous learning to ensure sustained expertise and growth.

• Entrepreneurial Leadership
• Relationship & Personal Leadership
• Technical & Job Effectiveness
• Innovation and Initiative

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of underwriting experience, including products, property, workers compensation and automobile; claims‑made experience a plus, product liability experience a plus.

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Calm under pressure with excellent organizational skills, integrity and strong follow‑through.
• Strong sense of accountability, fun and adventure.
• Proven track record of building and maintaining strong business relationships with insureds, agents and brokers.
• Strong customer‑service bias, super‑responsiveness, ability to say no while preserving relationships.
• Natural curiosity and love of learning how things work, seeking innovative improvements.
• Analytical mind with attention to pricing and coverage detail.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, including overnight travel.

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third‑party recruiting agencies or firms.

• Competitive base salary.
• Eligible to participate in annual discretionary bonus.
• Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, disability, wellness, paid time off, 401(k) and profit‑sharing plans.

Sponsorship not offered for this role.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Sales and Business Development

Financial Services and Insurance

The company is an equal employment opportunity employer.