What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Insurance Underwriter position at Amwins?
Amwins Program Underwriters (APU), an Amwins Group Company, is seeking an Associate Underwriter to join our team in Portsmouth. Our RecycleGuard Program is well established and is a unique opportunity for candidates to apply their passion for underwriting in order to provide the level of service and expertise our clients deserve.
As an Associate Underwriter, you will have the opportunity to grow your career with one of the largest independent wholesale insurance brokers and general agencies in the U.S. insurance industry, and work with industry leading carriers.
The successful candidate will demonstrate an eagerness to add their unique value and talents to the underwriting team. While working with the industry’s leading wholesalers and surplus lines carriers, our Associate Underwriters have the opportunity to learn our company from the ground up with exciting opportunities for accelerated advancement.
Associate Underwriter Requirements
As an Associate Underwriter, you will have the opportunity to grow your career with one of the largest independent wholesale insurance brokers and general agencies in the U.S. insurance industry, and work with industry leading carriers.
The successful candidate will demonstrate an eagerness to add their unique value and talents to the underwriting team. While working with the industry’s leading wholesalers and surplus lines carriers, our Associate Underwriters have the opportunity to learn our company from the ground up with exciting opportunities for accelerated advancement.
Associate Underwriter Requirements
- 1-3 years experience in an insurance support role
- High-level of motivation
- Innate organizational skills, willingness to take on challenges, and focus on personal responsibility
- Compensation includes a salary commensurate with experience
- Full benefit package including: Medical, Dental, Life, Disability and 401(k)
- Collaborative, continuing education focused work environment
- Opportunity for advancement
- Opportunity for formal sales and leadership training
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Evaluates what needs to be completed by the centralized team for renewals
- Provides direction to centralized team to do Pre-Underwriting “processing” type tasks
- Review of information from centralized team
- Review and completes more involved evaluations on renewals for underwriters
- Completes renewal checklist for underwriters
- Drafts renewal information request letters to agents
- Meets with underwriters on a weekly basis to review renewal accounts
- Releases notices and/or renewal information request letters to agents after underwriters approval
- Requests initial rating subsequent to meeting with underwriters
- Does follow ups for renewal information from agents
- Review of renewal applications
- Requests re-rating if needed based on renewal information
- Issues billing and binding acknowledgements on renewal and new business
- Requests policy issuance on renewal and new business
- Completes auto filings where needed
- Handles endorsement requests within authority and refers others outside authority
- Completes quarterly peer audits
- Mentors/trains others where needed
- Other duties as assigned
