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Matthew Anthony

“My early career training included both classroom learning as well as field/branch assignments when back in the office working on live accounts. When it was complete, I felt confident and prepared to step into my role as an underwriter.”

Matthew Anthony | Vice President and Underwriting Manager Philadelphia, Pa.

Now Vice President and Underwriting Manager for Chubb Global Casualty, Matthew Anthony joined the company in 2009 as an underwriting trainee in the early career development program.

 

Training included both classroom learning and in-branch experience working on live accounts learning how other departments such as credit, actuarial, claims, finance and legal, impacted his chosen role.

 

According to Anthony, the program was organized, challenging, insightful — and sometimes scary. “We had to present to the President and most of the C-Suite for the division. While terrifying, this prepared me for broker client presentations which often include company CEOs, CFOs, treasurers, risk managers, etc.”

 

Now responsible for managing a book of business that includes 75 accounts representing $275 million in premium revenue, Anthony is also responsible for managing a team of 10 underwriters, three team leaders and a regional leader — and he continues to learn.

 

“Nowadays, in my role, continuous learning is 'on the job' learning.  There are new and emerging risks every year. As an underwriter, you need to educate yourself in order to properly assess certain exposures. For example, exposures like drones, vaping, CBD/marijuana were not significant concerns back just a few years ago — now these exposures are part of our standard underwriting review.”

 

Anthony attributes his career growth to both the formal and informal learning opportunities available at Chubb. After completing the early career development training, he volunteered to be an Ambassador for the program, helping transition new hires into the company and coaching some of the younger underwriters in his branch. Gaining informal supervisory knowledge helped him earn his first role as Team Lead/Manager. A dozen years later he’s still absorbing new information — and passing it on to others in his mentorship role: “I try to share my experiences, both good and bad, so that others can learn and make decisions based on what they may take from my experience.”

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