Job Summary

Review applications for insurance and evaluate applications to determine whether to accept or decline coverage based on established underwriting guidelines. Determine the level of coverage to be offered and appropriate pricing based on the exposures presented and individual risk characteristics. Assess excessive risks and determine value of policy to ensure safe and profitable distribution of risks. Become familiar with various commercial insurance applications and industry terminology. This is a senior level position.  

Position Responsibilities

• Adhere to underwriting guidelines and execute underwriting and pricing strategies to maintain profitability goals. Use level of authority to accept, reject, or mitigate risk for applications.
• Approve or decline insurance applications within certain limits and issue coverage and prepare referral submission for risks exceeding individual authority.
• Review and analyze risk characteristics on insurance applications, renewals, and change requests.
• Ensure that underwriting activities comply with all industry and government regulations.  
• Documentation of Underwriting files including risk analysis and pricing justification in accordance with established underwriting standards.
• Offer recommendations to clients on insurance applications to reduce exposure to excessive risk.  
• Utilize underwriting guidelines, rules, standards, and levels of authority to accept, reject, or mitigate risk for applications and determine appropriate premiums, limits, and coverages.  
• Cultivate relationships with assigned producers to achieve production goals.
• Collaborate closely with the underwriting team to finalize insurance applications efficiently.
• Utilize multiple databases to gather and verify supplementary data for submissions and leverage specialized software to compare risks ensuring accurate policy pricing.
• Respond to customer needs, providing guidance and assistance tailored to their insurance needs.
• Process accounts from approved quotes through to policy issuance with accuracy and efficiency.
• Recommend ideas for program development and process improvement.
• Assist in the development of the Underwriting team through sharing knowledge and market intelligence, collaboration, and mentoring relationships.  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum 5 years of underwriting or related insurance experience required
• CPCU, CIC, CRIS, Property & Casualty Brokers License, etc. a plus
• Strong customer service experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and ability to quickly learn industry-specific software
• Ability to work collaboratively with team members and other departments
• Strong desire to learn, explore new ideas, and seeking out new knowledge
• Ability to be flexible, embrace change, and quickly pivot in response to shifting priorities  

Role Progression

The next role is Lead Underwriter.