The Underwriting Associate serves as the primary contact for our client's insurance agency clients and handles the placing of bond, crime, windstorm, flood, cyber and other insurance coverages in the standard insurance marketplace. The Underwriting Associate will also serve as the primary contact person for self-insured property/casualty and workers’ compensation clients handling their day-to-day customer service and basic underwriting needs.
Underwriting Associate Responsibilities
- Places miscellaneous ancillary lines policies (Bonds, Crime, Windstorm, Flood, Cyber
- Coverage, Pollution Liability, etc.) for Pools and stand-alone accounts
- Reviews/completes applications and submits to appropriate markets
- Processes policy change requests
- Maintains/Follow-ups on outstanding items needed from clients or insurance carriers
- Provides premium quotations to clients for new and renewal policies
- Creates and sends proposals
- Invoices all policies and endorsements
- Processes company and customer inquiries and incoming correspondence
- Reviews expirations and prepares policy renewal notices
- Processes preliminary claims notices between Insurance carriers and clients
- Maintains all work in AMS 360
- Files Surplus Lines taxes and Stamping Office fees and maintains the appropriate files and logs for annual tax filings
Experience
- Knowledge and understanding of Property and Casualty insurance principles and practices a plus.
- Insurance experience preferred
- Prior experience in an agency environment preferred (utilization of an agency system preferred)
- Commercial property/casualty customer service representative experience, preferably including workers’ compensation, liability and property within the standard market and public entity arena
- Previous experience with AMS 360 is preferred
Education
- High School Education or Equivalent, with some college preferred
Licensing
- Hold a General P/C agent license or willing to obtain within 6 months
About Insurance Placement Solutions
IPS is an insurance staffing and recruiting firm dedicated to the insurance industry, including claims jobs in the U.S. Our services are designed to be a resource for clients to gain access to high-caliber talent. Many of our clients do not have the dedicated manpower to quickly fill their temporary, temporary to hire or direct hire vacancies. That is where we come in. Our clients are able to utilize our services to maintain business as usual during unforeseen interruptions and fluctuating business needs. Plus, our candidates benefit from gaining backdoor access to highly sought-after positions with top companies in the industry.
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Pay: Up to $25.00 per hour
Location:
Work Location: Remote