London Territory Manager

Responsibilities

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

Specific Duties

• 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 (including growth, profit, retention, and new business), adjusting strategies to address challenges and capitalize on opportunities.
• Cycle management- devise strategies and protocols to grow profitably during all market cycles.
• Responsible for account solicitation, risk selection and analysis including the corresponding 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 and effectively 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.

Technical Skills and Competencies

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

Qualifications

Education

• 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.
• Products Liability experience a plus

Qualifications

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Your communication style is flexible to the situation. You communicate clearly and with a purpose
• Calm under pressure. You have excellent organizational skills, integrity, and great follow-through on tasks. You are comfortable challenging norms while working collaboratively with colleagues at all levels of the organization
• You have a strong sense of accountability, fun and adventure
• You have a proven track record of building and maintaining strong business relationships with insureds, agents & brokers.
• A strong customer service bias. You want to get to yes. You are known for your super responsiveness. You can say no and preserve your relationships.
• Natural curiosity. You love learning how things work and you are always looking for innovative improvements
• An analytical mind. You love to dive into the details of an account in order to craft pricing and coverage that meet underwriting guidelines, profitability models and customer needs
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, including overnight travel