Associate Underwriter E&S Property
DUAL North America is a company that prioritizes its people and culture, seeking an Associate Underwriter for the E&S Property division. In this role, you will assist underwriters with the risk underwriting process, support broker relationships, and provide customer service throughout the underwriting lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Process submissions by providing account triage for Underwriters
- Provide backup support for Underwriters when traveling in the market
- Gather and compile information required to quote and/or bind an account
- Generate, edit, and send out a variety of correspondence on behalf of the Underwriters such as declination letters, quote follow ups and subjectivity reminders
- Demonstrate basic understanding of technical underwriting principles and risk underwriting characteristics
- Learn market dynamics, competitive landscape, and product differences (attend weekly underwriting meetings if applicable, ask questions) – need to understand what business is selling (understanding why deals are lost and adjusting accordingly)
- Provide customer service and underwriting support to help achieve new and renewal premium goals
- Build relationships with producers with supervision from more senior underwriters
- Fill in for other team members to ensure business continuity during peak periods and/or when team members are unavailable
- Assist Underwriters as requested
- Complete other related clerical and administrative duties as assigned
Skills
- 0–1 year underwriter or insurance experience
- Foundational knowledge of insurance principles
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Ability to follow policies and procedures
- Complete assigned tasks correctly, on time and able to learn quickly
- Self-motivated and demonstrating attention to detail
- Be able to work independently for extended periods
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as general business understanding
- Travel up to 10% with an underwriter to shadow and participate in interactions between Underwriters and brokers
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time, with occasional movement in the office to access cabinets and equipment
- Bachelor's degree in risk management, finance, business or a related field
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- A wide variety of wellbeing offers
- Competitive salary
- Unlimited PTO
- 401k with company match
- Paid volunteer days
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