This position will provide processing and technical support to the Underwriting Department. This position will be assessed based on productivity, accuracy and thoroughness, and ability to learn and apply new skills. Responsibilities: - Multi-line rating - Issuance of multi-line quotes and policies - Issue bind confirmations for new and renewal policies - Process policy changes which include endorsements, cancellations, non-renewals, and reinstatements - Resolve problems relating to processing and eliminate delays - Inspection ordering and recommendation letters - Responding to agent's and insured's requests for loss runs and copies of forms/endorsements. - Reinsurance entries and cargo filings. - Assist with submission and transaction set ups - Assisting in the quality control /peer review process for the Underwriting Services team.
The Underwriting Manager manages the day to day activities of production underwriters and coordinates their activities with internal and outside personnel. Operates within a letter of authority for referral underwriting and quality control. All job duties and responsibilities must be carried out in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Responsibilities - Supervises, coordinates, and monitors activities and results of the production underwriting team to obtain and ensure accurate, quality work while at the same time maintaining high production standards. - Monitors workflow of unit to ensure work is done in a timely fashion and deadlines are met. - Provides technical guidance and expertise to underwriters. Conducts agency visits as required by company standards and coaches production underwriters in successful agency interactions. Helps production underwriters analyze agency production progress and put together action plans for agency management. - Recommends procedural changes and plans, organizes and implements these changes. Keeps current on all changes effecting unit's work production and on changes within the insurance industry. - Responsible for the profitability and production of the team per annual goals and budgeting. - Arbitrates and solves issues between agents, insured's, or other departments. - Develops and utilizes management reports to assist in monitoring team and individual underwriter results. - May testify in court and/or participates in the taking of depositions as needed on claims or coverage issues. - Participates in pricing reviews. - Oversees training and development of staff. Evaluates and gives guidance to staff on an on-going basis as to their abilities and duties and makes personnel recommendations to ensure proper and optimum use of personnel.
Work with team to underwrite new business submissions and help service book of business and meet overall business objectives. Risk transactions include, but are not limited to new business underwriting, inspections, endorsements, renewal underwriting and audits. Responsibilities - Review and Underwrite new business submissions for acceptability according to authority granted. - Serve as the primary back up for the Territory Manager and the Underwriting team. - Review and underwrite fast track and non-fast track renewals as needed, based upon authority granted, achieving renewal premium retention and rate change objectives. - Make sound risk and pricing decisions that achieve profitable loss ratios. - Maintain underwriting quality score of 90% or greater. Document underwriting file to support acceptability and pricing in accordance with company guidelines. - Achieve designated customer service standards. - Provide detailed issuance instructions to ensure policy is delivered consistent with quoted terms and conditions and in accordance with established guidelines relative - to policy construction. - Review mid-term endorsement requests for acceptability up to the authority granted. - Review inspections to confirm accounts written are consistent with preliminary underwriting information and refer to underwriter when the inspection reveals - unacceptable risk characteristics. - Utilize various underwriting tools to determine acceptable risk characteristics, accurate classifications, insurance to value, calculate rates, etc. - Review audits and refer to underwriter based upon authority granted. - Assist with training, mentoring and coaching of less experienced team members.