Junior Underwriter, Property

Title:

Junior Underwriter, Property

Company:

Everest Insurance Chile

Job Category:

Underwriting

Job Description:

Everest is a leading global reinsurance and insurance organization with extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet and an innovative culture. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focus on creating long term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management.

At Everest, we believe that our future is determined by the actions we take today. Actions that go beyond business strategy and encompass the values important to our employees and the communities in which we operate. Everest’s value commitments include providing an inclusive work environment that offers employees the opportunity to further their development, supporting our communities through the donation of time and financial resources, maintaining our integrity across all aspects of the group, and being an industry innovator to solve global complex risks.

The primary purpose of this role is to partner in the development and execution of the Chile underwriting strategy and support to the Active Underwriter and the wider underwriting community across Everest Global Markets in its delivery.  

  

Core Responsibilities:  

• Produce, Underwrite and service accounts and to assist with property underwriting and departmental workflow systems, processes, and related issues as necessary.
• Expand the Property portfolio in line with controls, underwriting strategy, and guidelines, while always maintaining a focus on bottom line underwriting profit and delivery
• Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key brokers and clients. 
• Underwrite and price Property risks, including all forms of distribution, and determine the acceptability of risks for underwriting.
• Bind various coverages subject to authority level and answer inquiries from producers.
• Prepare quotations and formal proposals on new and renewal business.
• Ensure that documentation is completed timely and accurately according to standards.
• Assist Head of Property in addressing and resolving overdues, workflow, and various clerical issues as necessary
• Effectively communicate with management on all issues both within and outside the Unit as needed.
• Interact and coordinate activities with other departments.
• Liaise with other underwriting departments as necessary.
• Recommend new procedures and programs where warranted.
• Furnish intelligence on the Property market, including competitor strengths and weaknesses.
• Responsible for complying with proper internal controls as necessary to conduct job functions and / or carry out responsibilities and / or administrative activities.
• Develop business through execution of new ideas and strategies.

Qualifications:  

• University degree in Civil or Commercial Engineering
• 2-4 years of professional work experience
• Advanced English (required)
• Outstanding interpersonal relationship building, employee coaching, and development skills.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other relevant tools

  

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors.

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve.

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Chile

Additional Locations:

N/A