Excess & Surplus Underwriting Technician
Excess & Surplus Underwriting Technician
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Job Description
Company Details
This role will be based in one of our offices:
- New York City (midtown)
- Morristown NJ
- Chicago IL
We offer a hybrid work schedule with 4 days in the office; and 1 day remote where it makes sense to do so.
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The company is an equal opportunity employer.
Responsibilities
As an Excess & Surplus Underwriting Technician youll be joining a small yet dynamic and rapidly growing team where youll play a key role in shaping a high-performing underwriting operation from the ground up. In this fast-paced environment youll support the underwriting process by conducting initial reviews of new business submissions. Your focus will be on identifying competitive opportunities gathering essential underwriting information and determining the appropriate next stepswhether thats responding directly to agents or escalating to an underwriter.
We offer a collaborative culture balance between support/autonomy and the chance to make a real contribution. If youre a critical thinker with a keen attention to detail growth mindset and a passion for excellence wed love to hear from you.
What you can expect:
- Culture of innovation teamwork supportive colleagues and leaders willing to invest in talent
- Internal mobility opportunities
- Visibility to senior leaders and partnership with cross functional teams
- Opportunity to impact change
- Benefits competitive compensation paid time off comprehensive wellness benefits and programs employer funded health savings account profit sharing 401k paid parental leave employee stock purchase plan tuition assistance and professional continuing education
Well count on you to:
- Manage accounts post issuance involving the Underwriter as needed
- Process new renewal and endorsement transactions within authority and engage underwriters with thoughtful reviews for items exceeding granted authority
- Oversee daily operations of the service email inbox including triaging messages assigning tasks to appropriate team members and ensuring all inquiries are addressed within established response timeframes.
- Support overall underwriting book ensuring timely processing of work and focus on retention of profitable accounts
- Other work and projects as assigned
Qualifications
What you need to have:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Minimum three to five years of high-net-worth personal lines administrative support experience preferred in the Excess and surplus lines space.
- Able to be a pro-active advocate for Berkley One customers and are passionate about their brand experience
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- A strong customer service bias with a goal to get to yes and responsiveness.
- An analytical mind a love for diving into the details of an account in order to craft pricing and coverage that meet underwriting guidelines profitability models and customer needs
- Proficiency with the Microsoft suite of products
What makes you stand out:
- Calm under pressure possessing excellent organizational skills integrity and follow-through on tasks able to challenge the norms while working collaboratively with colleagues at all levels of the organization
- A strong sense of accountability and ownership
- Natural curiosity a love of learning how things work and always on the lookout for innovative improvements
Additional Company Details
The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees which for this role include:
Base Salary Range: $60000 - $80000
Eligible to participate in annual discretionary bonus.
Benefits: Health Dental Vision Life Disability Wellness Paid Time Off 401(k) and Profit-Sharing plans.
The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the scope complexity and location of the role; the skills education training credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.
Sponsorship Details
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
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