Senior Underwriting Assistant, NAC
About The Position
The Senior Underwriting Assistant is responsible for contributing to the profitability and revenue goals of the department through delivery of individual account underwriting support and exceptional customer service. Their primary focus is to execute and manage the flow of work alongside the underwriter including submission review/information follow up, manual rating, creating and initial population of pricing models, billing transactions, policy and endorsement issuance and other post-bind tasks. Other duties include assisting the underwriter in the evaluation and pricing of individual accounts.
Requirements
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to effectively handle multiple assignments, prioritize work and meet deadlines in a dynamic and results oriented environment
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
- Highly motivated proactive approach to job responsibilities, anticipates renewal cycles, plans for the known
- Knowledge and working understanding of business and financial concepts
- Ability to work in a detail oriented environment where accuracy is critically important
- Strong customer service focus with the ability to effectively multi-task with limited direction
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Five plus years’ underwriting assistance experience
- High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
Nice To Haves
- College preferred
Responsibilities
- Review submissions, obtain pertinent underwriting information to enable or assist the underwriter to accurately identify and assess exposures and risk hazards
- Perform and/or coordinate completion of transactional underwriting duties with timeliness and accuracy including: preparation of proposals and binders; account invoicing; policy and endorsement issuance and processing of reinsurance transactions
- Complete other underwriting account support tasks with minimal supervision as per company guidelines
- Adhere to all service standards and respond with urgency to all internal and external customer requests
- In partnership with the underwriter, provide complete and detailed documentation of the underwriting file for all discussions and decisions
- Handle complex accounts and lead as a technical subject matter expert
- Work with IT to represent the needs of the user group including user acceptance testing
- May be responsible for onboarding/training/mentoring of new or less experienced UAs
- Willingness to lead, take charge and offer opinions and direction
Benefits
- Multiple medical plans plus dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Competitive 401k with generous matching
- PTO beginning at 20 days per year
- Up to 12 paid company holidays per year
- 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Offer
- Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave of up to 10 weeks
- Student Loan Assistance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Backup Child and Elder Care
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
