Senior Crop Insurance Underwriter
About The Position
AgriSompo North America is a leading writer of Federal Crop Insurance, combining industry experience, resources, capital, and talent to deliver traditional and innovative crop insurance and productivity tools. The organization operates with a culture rooted in ethics, integrity, accountability, collaboration, and agility. AgriSompo North America is part of AgriSompo, Sompo International’s global agriculture platform, which provides integrated underwriting, technology, and distribution for innovative insurance and reinsurance solutions worldwide. Sompo International, the parent company, is a global organization focused on protection, driven by core values. AgriSompo North America has major offices in Lenexa, Kansas, and Des Moines, Iowa, with regional offices across the country. The company emphasizes integrity, accountability, collaboration, and agility, aiming to create exceptional value for clients and shareholders and be a desirable workplace. This specific role is for an experienced Crop Insurance Senior Underwriter on the Southeast team. The team is responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and inspecting insurance contracts, applications, production, and acreage reports, as well as processing, research, written agreements, scanning, policy reviews, and providing exceptional customer service. The position can be fully remote in Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, or North Carolina. The company fosters a collaborative work environment where employees can thrive and develop long-lasting careers.
Requirements
- Experience in crop insurance.
- Knowledge of the MPCI program and the applicable underwriting rules and procedures.
- Ability to learn and understand what information is needed to process insurance policies, FCIC rules and regulations, policy provision, etc.
- Ability to understand printed policy information, such as manuals, handbooks, and actuarial documents and to apply information to work tasks.
- Basic keyboarding skills, ten-key skills, and the ability to enter information rapidly and accurately into the computer.
- Ability to comprehend agents’ questions and concerns over the telephone and to provide correct, courteous answers.
- High school diploma or equivalent, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Nice To Haves
- 5+ years related experience preferred.
- Train other Underwriting team members
Responsibilities
- Obtain policy from agents.
- Verify acreage and production reports.
- Research agent questions.
- Meet agent deadlines established by Risk Management Agency (RMA) policy and procedure.
- Teach agents to use the system.
- Review applications for renewals.
- Data Entry including policy information, production data, acreage report data, etc. and updates records. Confirms accuracy of information.
- Obtain knowledge of a variety of crop insurance requirements.
- Confirm and verify policy forms in accordance with RMA guidelines and approve acceptance.
- Interpret FCIC policies.
- Work Policy Acceptance and Storage System (PASS) Errors and help train other Underwriters how to access and work errors.
- Submit and process RMA exceptions.
- Process production and acreage reports.
- Conduct policy Reviews including but not limited to, applications, production, acreage, and quality assurance.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution
- Pharmacy benefits with mail order options
- Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children
- Vision benefits
- Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children
- Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions
- Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays
- Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tax-Free Commuter Benefit
- Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
