Commercial Lines Underwriter - Cranberry Township

Auto-Owners Insurance • Pittsburgh, PA

20h • Hybrid

About The Position

A career at Auto-Owners is challenging and rewarding. Our group of caring associates create financial security by helping individuals and businesses make a new start when a loss occurs. Auto-Owners Insurance, a top-rated insurance carrier, is seeking a motivated underwriting trainee to join our team. This job performs and applies insurance coverage, rules and guidelines to execute the underwriting decision-making process according to Company underwriting philosophy. This job includes training and development through completion of the Company’s underwriter training program for the assigned line of insurance. Auto-Owners Insurance is a mutual insurance company with a simple human sense approach to business. Established in 1916 and headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, we currently operate in 26 states. We partner with independent agencies to sell our products to the communities we serve, and we are consistently acknowledged for our superior customer service. We are proud to have been ranked among the Fortune 500 every year since 2002.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or direct equivalent experience with property/casualty underwriting
• Ability to organize data, multi-task and make decisions independently
• Above average communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to write reports and compose correspondence
• Ability to resolve complex issues
• Continually develop product knowledge through participation in approved educational programs
• Ability to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship is a requirement

Responsibilities

• Learn various insurance coverages and contracts along with company philosophy and procedures, in order to make underwriting decisions
• Read, interpret, and react to documents such as policies, manuals, forms, and endorsements to understand their meaning and use
• Assemble information, develop opinions, and clearly express decisions using sound reasoning and judgment
• Analyze loss experience, financial conditions and physical characteristics of risks
• Acquire a working knowledge of supporting sections of the underwriting department
• Effectively communicate with independent agents and other associates through verbal and/or written means
• Participate in and successfully complete the Company underwriter training program

Benefits

• merit-based work-from-home program
• structured training program
• employee mentoring
• excellent compensation/benefits package
• competitive base salary
• matched 401(k)
• fully-funded pension plan (once vested)
• bonus programs
• generous paid time off including holidays, vacation days, personal time, and sick leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees