Senior Underwriter, Life Sciences

Location: San Diego
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

Chubb is seeking a motivated Individual to join the Life Sciences practice for the Pacific South Region. The position can be based in Los Angeles (downtown), Irvine, San Diego or Phoenix. The ideal candidate is someone who’s an excited learner, strong self-starter, and willing to teach and collaborate with the team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in managing a book of commercial middle market business and make a significant impact on our success. Responsibilities: Underwrite and Thrive: Profitably underwrite new lines and renewals. Renewal book of $5M to $8, and a new business production goal of $1.5M annually. Drive Financial Performance: Maximize profit, growth, rate optimization, retention, and cross-sell opportunities for Life Science accounts. Be the Expert: Solicit accounts, analyze risks, price coverage, and sell industry-specific products and services to new and existing customers. Navigate Multiple Lines: Manage commercial package, product liability, automobile, umbrella, workers compensation, and international lines. Master the Craft: Demonstrate advanced knowledge of commercial underwriting with a keen ability to analyze risks, strategize underwriting approaches, prioritize data gathering, and communicate your well-thought-out plans effectively. Technical Expertise: Showcase your proficiency in handling Life Science business, backed by solid analytical skills and financial analysis capabilities. Relationship Wizard: Leverage your outstanding interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills to interact effectively at all levels – both internally and externally. Your ability to build strong relationships will drive meaningful results. Agility and Adaptability: Embrace change and demonstrate creativity and adaptability in a dynamic business environment. Your flexibility will contribute to our continued success. Sound Decision-Making: Exhibit excellent judgement and timely decision-making skills, ensuring well-balanced choices that align with our business objectives. Education and Experience: A Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (e.g. STEM, Biology, or Lab work is a plus) Multi-line or Life Sciences products underwriting experience is preferred The pay range for the role is $128,500 to $218,400. The specific offer will depend on an applicant’s skills and other factors. This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program. Chubb offers a comprehensive benefits package, more details on which can be found on our careers website . The disclosed pay range estimate may be adjusted for the applicable geographic differential for the location in which the position is filled. Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally. At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment.

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