Underwriting Associate I (Trainee Program)
About The Position
Western National Insurance Group is a private mutual insurance company with over 120 years of experience serving policyholders' property-and-casualty insurance needs in the Midwestern, Northwestern, and Southwestern United States. Known as “The Relationship Company®,” we have always defined success as a measure of the relationships we’ve built over time. In everything that we do, we know that delivering a friendly and helpful interaction makes for a better experience for everyone involved. That’s the power of “nice”. At Western National, nice is something we work to bring to every person and organization with whom we partner and serve. Western National Insurance Company’s Commercial Lines Department has an exciting opportunity for an Underwriting Associate Trainee to join our team! This opportunity will allow you to work closely alongside our underwriters to assist them and our customers throughout the underwriting lifecycle. Western National provides a training program for those interested in the insurance industry. This training includes both classroom and hands-on opportunities designed to teach you the fundamentals of insurance and underwriting. Overall, this training will help prepare you to serve our customers. We anticipate the Associate/Trainee class to begin in February of 2026. As an Underwriting Associate in our Trainee Program, you will assist underwriting in profitable premium growth through policy processing and technical support for both new and renewal business.
Requirements
- Recent or upcoming college graduate with a Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent work experience.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail.
- Ability to follow established processes and procedures.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Intermediate experience with Word and Excel required.
- Ability to work onsite at our corporate office in Seattle, WA.
Responsibilities
- Assists underwriters in the daily underwriting and processing of new and renewal business and endorsements.
- Uses established practices, processes, and procedures to renew and write new policies based on underwriting authority.
- Reviews new and renewal business application documents and gathers additional information as needed to accurately underwrite policies.
- Makes decisions and recommendations for varied situations, applying judgment to interpret related information, policies, and procedures.
- Executes policies within established authority level or recommends solutions when outside of authority level.
- Communicates with assigned agencies and underwriters.
Benefits
- Medical insurance plan options and other standard employee benefits, including dental insurance, vision benefits, life insurance, disability insurance, and more!
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) Plan (participants are eligible for 100% matching on the first 6% of their contributions)
- Wellbeing Program, including onsite fitness studio
- Paid Time Off – including holiday, vacation, and volunteer
- 100% company-paid tuition reimbursement for approved job-relevant coursework and access to The Institutes (Risk and insurance education)
- Paid parental leave
- Bonus opportunities
- Western National believes in supporting balance between work and life by providing a flexible work environment, which includes a variety of hybrid and remote work arrangements designed to balance individual, job, department, and company needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
