Commercial Lines Underwriter Trainee

FCCI Insurance Group•Ridgeland, MS

18d•$25 - $38•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves training to underwrite risk, determining the selection/rejection of new and renewal commercial business. The trainee will gain an understanding of the underwriting thought process and learn to utilize underwriting guidelines, procedures, rating manual rules, and insurance laws/regulations. Additionally, the Trainee will learn the skills required to develop and maintain strong relationships with agents and insureds within an assigned territory. The trainee will participate in an extensive training program involving instruction and self-study combined with on-the-job shadowing. Upon successful mastery, the underwriter trainee will evaluate existing and new accounts and make underwriting recommendations within limited authority on assignments of moderate technical complexity. This position will be based at our Gulf Coast Regional Office in Ridgeland, MS. Regionally based individuals must be willing to travel to our corporate headquarters for periodic training purposes in addition to occasional travel in the territory. The CLU Trainee program starts in June, 2027.

Requirements

Self-motivated individual
Willing to travel to corporate headquarters for periodic training purposes
Willing to travel occasionally in the territory

Responsibilities

Train to underwrite risk that determines the selection/rejection of new and renewal commercial business.
Gain an understanding of the underwriting thought process.
Learn to utilize underwriting guidelines, procedures, rating manual rules and insurance laws/regulations.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with agents and insureds within assigned territory.
Evaluate existing and new accounts and make underwriting recommendations within limited authority on assignments of moderate technical complexity.