Insurance Underwriter Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Eight (8) plus years of property and casualty insurance experience preferred.
• Florida 20-44 license minimum requirement, with a preference towards Florida 2-20 license holders.
• CPCU preferred or actively seeking CPCU designation.
• Excellent client service skills and ability to critically think while utilizing resources to provide solutions.
• Exceptional ability to use risk-based underwriting judgment in the review of new business and renewal underwriting reviews.
• Experience with visiting and training agents on company products, services, and systems.
• Knowledge of underwriting policies, procedures and practices, and state statutes.
• Demonstrated technical expertise and product specific knowledge.
• Must have a strong understanding of the Florida insurance marketplace.
• Demonstrated ability to complete complex underwriting assignments while meeting deadlines and ensuring a high work accuracy.
• Ability to communicate exceptional listening, speaking and writing skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Insurance, Risk Management or other related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review complex property inspection reports and communicate decisions with agents.
• Provide definitive responses to agents on inquiries regarding underwriting guidelines, rules, and other correspondence as needed.
• Act as a subject matter expert in all lines of business and assist with training as needed.
• Provide superior underwriting and client service to agents and other company affiliates.
• Analyze technical situations involving rate changes, policy form language interpretation and other matters as needed.
• Assist with system testing.
• Work with claims department in the handling of risk alerts and other policy investigations.
• Review technical inspections including premier home inspections and sinkhole inspections.
• Collaborate with agency management and territory sales managers on new business issuance, underwriting matters and problem solving.
• Assisting the special projects team with the development of underwriting dashboards or others projects as needed.
• Identify trends within an assigned territory and recommend appropriate underwriting, pricing and product action to the leadership team.

Benefits

• Company picnics
• Charity events