What are the responsibilities and job description for the Life Sciences Underwriter - Products and Excess position at Berkley Life Sciences (a Berkley Company)?
Company Details
W.R. Berkley Corporation is a Fortune 500 Company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company is made up of dedicated and passionate people committed to delivering the highest quality insurance products and services to specialized markets worldwide.
Our culture is one of innovation, creativity and teamwork. Our team is highly motivated, passionate about our business, and deeply experienced in developing and delivering product and service solutions in the life science marketplace. You will join a highly respected team of experienced, successful professionals with deep expertise in this market as they build the company of the future.
At Berkley Life Sciences, we insure the future of life science innovators today. We do so by serving as a preferred market for the life science industry around the globe, offering a broad range of sophisticated property & casualty products and services designed to meet our customers’ individualized needs.
The company is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Berkley Life Sciences professionals cohesively respond to the unique challenges faced by our life science customers. We are looking for talented and dedicated professionals to join our team.
Company URL: https://berkleyls.com/
Responsibilities
This role, a key contributor within the Berkley Life Sciences organization, is responsible for the new business marketing and production, renewal underwriting and service of business for an assigned group of producers. Additionally, this position can grow to include direct management of other underwriters as well as responsibility for their results.
This opportunity is ideal for an underwriting professional who wants to build specialized expertise in life sciences product liability and excess lines and play a meaningful role in driving profitable growth in a fast‑evolving, innovative industry.
In Strategic Alliance With The VP, Underwriting Manager:
Qualifications/Experience
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting agencies or firms.
The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees including:
Job Description
Berkley Life Sciences
Life Science Specialist, Products
Business Title
(Include Officer Title if applicable)
Life Science Specialist, Products Liability
Supervisor Title
VP, US Field Underwriting Manager
Company(s)
Berkley Life Sciences
Functional Department
Underwriting
Location(s)
Ewing, NJ
Job Profile Assigned
Underwriter
Full-time or Part-time
Full-time
If Part-time include weekly hours
Exempt / Non- Exempt
FLSA Status
Exempt
If Exempt, include type of Exemption
Administrative
If Exempt, does salary range meet the threshold for Exemption Y/N
Yes
Date Job Description Updated
March 2026
Company URL: https://berkleyls.com/
Company Description
W. R. Berkley Corporation is a Fortune 500 Company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company is made up of dedicated and passionate people committed to delivering the highest quality insurance products and services to specialized markets worldwide.
Our culture is one of innovation, creativity and teamwork. Our team is highly motivated, passionate about our business, and deeply experienced in developing and delivering product and service solutions in the life science marketplace. You will join a highly respected team of experienced, successful professionals with deep expertise in this market as they build the company of the future.
At Berkley Life Sciences, we insure the future of life science innovators today. We do so by serving as a preferred market for the life science industry around the globe, offering a broad range of sophisticated property & casualty products and services designed to meet our customers’ individualized needs.
The company is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Berkley Life Sciences professionals cohesively respond to the unique challenges faced by our life science customers. We are looking for talented and dedicated professionals to join our team.
Job Description: Overall Position Summary/Purpose (Briefly describe the job’s primary purpose or contribution to the department or the organization)
This role, a key contributor within the Berkley Life Sciences organization, is responsible for the new business marketing and production, renewal underwriting and service of business for an assigned group of producers. Additionally, this position can grow to include direct management of other underwriters as well as responsibility for their results.
This opportunity is ideal for an underwriting professional who wants to build specialized expertise in life sciences product liability and excess lines and play a meaningful role in driving profitable growth in a fast‑evolving, innovative industry.
Key Functions/Duties of Position: Describe the overall job responsibilities (including any decision-making authority) for this position.
In Strategic Alliance With The VP, Underwriting Manager:
Qualifications/Experience
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be seated for sustained periods of time; be able to pick up, pinch, twist, or keyboard; must be able to communicate detailed or important information accurately; distinguish sounds at normal levels (with or without correction) and be able to receive detailed information orally. The employee is occasionally required to move about the office to accomplish tasks; ability to reach in any direction; raise or lower objects or move objects from place to place; and hold onto objects. Occasionally, the employee may need to move or exert force up to 10 pounds. The employee is regularly required to operate a computer and other office equipment (phone, copier printer).
W.R. Berkley Corporation is a Fortune 500 Company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company is made up of dedicated and passionate people committed to delivering the highest quality insurance products and services to specialized markets worldwide.
Our culture is one of innovation, creativity and teamwork. Our team is highly motivated, passionate about our business, and deeply experienced in developing and delivering product and service solutions in the life science marketplace. You will join a highly respected team of experienced, successful professionals with deep expertise in this market as they build the company of the future.
At Berkley Life Sciences, we insure the future of life science innovators today. We do so by serving as a preferred market for the life science industry around the globe, offering a broad range of sophisticated property & casualty products and services designed to meet our customers’ individualized needs.
The company is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Berkley Life Sciences professionals cohesively respond to the unique challenges faced by our life science customers. We are looking for talented and dedicated professionals to join our team.
Company URL: https://berkleyls.com/
Responsibilities
This role, a key contributor within the Berkley Life Sciences organization, is responsible for the new business marketing and production, renewal underwriting and service of business for an assigned group of producers. Additionally, this position can grow to include direct management of other underwriters as well as responsibility for their results.
This opportunity is ideal for an underwriting professional who wants to build specialized expertise in life sciences product liability and excess lines and play a meaningful role in driving profitable growth in a fast‑evolving, innovative industry.
In Strategic Alliance With The VP, Underwriting Manager:
- Build strong relationships with brokers to ensure you meet or exceed financial goals including growth, profit, retention, and new business.
- 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.
- Business development results for assigned territories
- 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
- Engage in innovation initiatives, product launches, marketing campaigns and short-term projects as appropriate to contribute positively towards success of the overall team and company.
Qualifications/Experience
- 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
- A minimum of 8 years of underwriting experience, with progressively increasing responsibilities.
- Claims made experience a plus.
- Life Science Products Liability experience
- Occasional travel requirements
- Advanced proficiency with the Microsoft suite of products
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting agencies or firms.
The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees including:
- Base Salary Range: 120k-$180k
- Eligible to participate in annual discretionary bonus
- Benefits include: Health, dental, vision, dental, life, disability, wellness, paid time off, 401(k) and profit-sharing plans
Job Description
Berkley Life Sciences
Life Science Specialist, Products
Business Title
(Include Officer Title if applicable)
Life Science Specialist, Products Liability
Supervisor Title
VP, US Field Underwriting Manager
Company(s)
Berkley Life Sciences
Functional Department
Underwriting
Location(s)
Ewing, NJ
Job Profile Assigned
Underwriter
Full-time or Part-time
Full-time
If Part-time include weekly hours
Exempt / Non- Exempt
FLSA Status
Exempt
If Exempt, include type of Exemption
Administrative
If Exempt, does salary range meet the threshold for Exemption Y/N
Yes
Date Job Description Updated
March 2026
Company URL: https://berkleyls.com/
Company Description
W. R. Berkley Corporation is a Fortune 500 Company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company is made up of dedicated and passionate people committed to delivering the highest quality insurance products and services to specialized markets worldwide.
Our culture is one of innovation, creativity and teamwork. Our team is highly motivated, passionate about our business, and deeply experienced in developing and delivering product and service solutions in the life science marketplace. You will join a highly respected team of experienced, successful professionals with deep expertise in this market as they build the company of the future.
At Berkley Life Sciences, we insure the future of life science innovators today. We do so by serving as a preferred market for the life science industry around the globe, offering a broad range of sophisticated property & casualty products and services designed to meet our customers’ individualized needs.
The company is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Berkley Life Sciences professionals cohesively respond to the unique challenges faced by our life science customers. We are looking for talented and dedicated professionals to join our team.
Job Description: Overall Position Summary/Purpose (Briefly describe the job’s primary purpose or contribution to the department or the organization)
This role, a key contributor within the Berkley Life Sciences organization, is responsible for the new business marketing and production, renewal underwriting and service of business for an assigned group of producers. Additionally, this position can grow to include direct management of other underwriters as well as responsibility for their results.
This opportunity is ideal for an underwriting professional who wants to build specialized expertise in life sciences product liability and excess lines and play a meaningful role in driving profitable growth in a fast‑evolving, innovative industry.
Key Functions/Duties of Position: Describe the overall job responsibilities (including any decision-making authority) for this position.
In Strategic Alliance With The VP, Underwriting Manager:
- Build strong relationships with brokers to ensure you meet or exceed financial goals including growth, profit, retention, and new business.
- 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.
- Business development results for assigned territories
- 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
- Engage in innovation initiatives, product launches, marketing campaigns and short-term projects as appropriate to contribute positively towards success of the overall team and company.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Qualifications/Experience
- 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
- A minimum of 8 years of underwriting experience, with progressively increasing responsibilities.
- Claims made experience a plus.
- Life Science Products Liability experience
- Occasional travel requirements
- Advanced proficiency with the Microsoft suite of products
- The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer
- Accountability
- Technical & Job Excellence
- Customer Focus & Teamwork
- Innovation and Initiative
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be seated for sustained periods of time; be able to pick up, pinch, twist, or keyboard; must be able to communicate detailed or important information accurately; distinguish sounds at normal levels (with or without correction) and be able to receive detailed information orally. The employee is occasionally required to move about the office to accomplish tasks; ability to reach in any direction; raise or lower objects or move objects from place to place; and hold onto objects. Occasionally, the employee may need to move or exert force up to 10 pounds. The employee is regularly required to operate a computer and other office equipment (phone, copier printer).
- The above job description is not intended to be an “all-inclusive” list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor is it intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, it is intended only to describe the general nature of the job.
Salary : $120,000 - $180,000