Entry Level Underwriter - Commercial Lines Response Team

Auto-Owners Insurance • Lansing, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Auto-Owners Insurance is a top-rated insurance carrier seeking a motivated entry-level Underwriting professional. A career at Auto-Owners is challenging and rewarding, focused on creating financial security by helping individuals and businesses recover from losses. The company offers a merit-based work-from-home program, allowing this specific role the flexibility to work from home up to 3 days per week after initial in-person training. Auto-Owners Insurance is a mutual insurance company established in 1916 and headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, operating in 26 states. They partner with independent agencies and are consistently acknowledged for superior customer service, having been ranked among the Fortune 500 every year since 2002.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to organize data, multi-task and make decisions independently
• Above-average communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to resolve complex issues
• An interest in developing product knowledge through participation in approved educational programs
• Ability to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Learn various insurance coverages and contracts along with company philosophy and procedures, in order to make underwriting decisions.
• Become familiar with company policies, manuals, forms and endorsements in order to understand their meaning and use.
• 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 employees through verbal and/or written means.

Benefits

• Friendly work environment
• 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