Senior Underwriting Manager, Middle Market Life Sciences

Senior Underwriting Manager, Middle Market Life Sciences

We are excited to announce that we are building our dedicated Life Sciences Underwriting team to launch Liberty Mutual's specialized Life Sciences Industry Practice within the Middle Market. Under the leadership of Tory Agnich, Chief Underwriting Officer, Middle Market Life Sciences, our vertical is committed to delivering comprehensive, integrated multi-line Property and Liability insurance solutions tailored to mid-sized companies (R&D stage through $2B insured product/service revenue) spanning biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, dietary supplements, analytical laboratories, digital health innovators, cellular and tissue-based products, and the broader ecosystem that supports these companies.

This is a unique opportunity for professionals with a genuine passion for the Life Sciences sector to join an innovative, forward-thinking practice, supported by the full breadth of Liberty Mutual's product and service capabilities. Our new underwriting team will collaborate closely with Liberty's seasoned Life Sciences Claims and Risk Control professionals to provide unparalleled expertise and service to the Life Sciences community.

As Liberty Mutual builds our new dedicated Life Sciences Underwriting team focused on the Middle Market, we are seeking a Senior Underwriting Manager to join us on the ground floor at a core level. This role offers a unique blend of hands-on underwriting responsibilities for an experienced underwriter to support the early-stage growth of this specialized practice, with future leadership expectations as needs expand.

Responsibilities include:

• Establishing a visible external profile and excellent relationships with external agents and brokers, partners, and stakeholders, leveraging these relationships to grow the Life Sciences Middle Market portfolio.
• Executing Go-To-Market Strategy and Strategic Distribution Plan for brand awareness, education of trading partners, and ensuring full appreciation of Liberty's product and services capabilities for Life Sciences risks.
• Leading pipeline development strategies for Life Sciences Industry Practice.
• Underwriting individual accounts (mostly new business underwriting) including risk selection, risk assessment, pricing, crafting of terms/conditions, quoting/binding, and servicing a book of business.
• Upholding and exemplifying Liberty's value-proposition across the business and the market. Servicing existing accounts and meeting with clients.
• Accountable for the performance of the growing Life Sciences portfolio. Assisting CUO with forecasting and planning.
• Leading or supporting projects and initiatives to help grow Liberty's Life Sciences Industry Practice, designed to drive underwriting and process excellence.
• Modeling effective collaboration across teams, stakeholders, and partners.
• Having strong knowledge of key legal cases, legislation, and regulation impacting area(s) of underwriting expertise and the Life Sciences industry.
• Readily sharing knowledge based on technical expertise, including providing external thought-leadership.
• Mentoring, coaching, and training other underwriters and internal partners.

Qualifications include:

• Degree in Business, Risk Management, or Scientific Field or equivalent typically required.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive underwriting experience, including a minimum of 2 years of proven underwriting management experience is preferred.
• CPCU or professional insurance designation preferred.
• Proven track record of developing and underwriting profitable business.
• Proven analytical ability to evaluate high impact underwriting exposures specific to all Property and Liability Lines of Business for Life Sciences risks.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex analyses and information in understandable written and/or oral directives to other persons in the organization for underwriting or training purposes.
• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills in dealing with internal and external stakeholders required.
• Demonstrated comprehension of the most complex technical underwriting issues and be capable of defining and implementing necessary underwriting and administrative processes/workflows to properly manage or administer those issues.
• Must possess the following skills, abilities, and attributes: Strong leadership skills, Development of people, Strategic thinking, Sustained, effective portfolio management and profitable growth, Communication skills, Decision-making skills, Results-orientation, Industrious, innovative, problem-solving skills, Coaching and mentoring skills, Negotiation skills.

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