Underwriting Support Assistant

PRO IS Inc

13h•Remote

About The Position

PRO IS, Inc. has an entry-level, remote Underwriting Support Assistant position available. This role is full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm EST, including a one-hour lunch break. Training will be conducted during EST business hours. PRO IS, Inc. is an insurance services provider with over 30 years in business, not an insurance company itself. This position supports insurance industry clients by performing tasks within the property and casualty insurance underwriting process. Duties vary based on client assignments and may include data entry, property location mapping, document verification and compilation, data sorting and filtering in Excel, analyzing and entering information, using advanced Excel functions like pivot tables and VLOOKUP for data standardization and correction, converting documents between formats (Word, PDF, Excel), and utilizing online tools like Google and Bing for business type identification, address verification, and geographical coordinates. Google Translate may also be used for international documentation.

Requirements

Strong Excel skills
Good decision-making skills
Attention to detail
Accuracy with work
Able to use Microsoft Word
Able to use Adobe
Organized
Able to meet deadlines while working with multiple assignments
Flexible to work in multiple systems at once
Able to work with people with different styles/work output preferences
Must have own reliable and secure high-speed internet access (no hot spots or satellite dishes)
Must live in and be able to work from home in the lower contiguous 48 states in the United States of America

Nice To Haves

Candidates do not need to be bi-lingual.

Responsibilities

Entering information about a potential policyholder into the client’s system.
Mapping the property location to the nearest body of water.
Verify that all the other parts of the process are completed and look correct and then combine documents for different parts of the policy to create the final policy document.
Sorting and filtering data in Excel such as states, types of vehicles, payroll, sale, and other information pertinent to obtaining proper insurance rates.
Analyzing and entering the needed information into the system.
Using advanced functions in Excel, such as pivot tables and VLOOKUP, to standardize the data in spreadsheets. This can include searching for and correcting addresses, so they are in the needed format (for example “123 W Main St” not “123 West Main Street”).
Converting Word and PDF documents into Excel.
Using Google, Google Maps, and Bing to help determine the type of business, finding street addresses, and latitude and longitude of the location.
Using Google Translate to translate documentation provided from our client’s international offices. These may include, but are not limited to, Spanish, Chinese, French, and Portuguese.