What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Underwriter position at Berkley?
Company Details
Berkley Aspire is an excess & surplus lines insurer of commercial risks unable to find a home in the standard markets. We are an operating unit of WR Berkley, a publicly traded (NYSE “WRB”) global insurer founded in 1967.
We make excess & surplus lines easy – easy for our distribution partners, easy for the businesses they represent, and easy to navigate. The lines of coverage we underwrite include general liability, property, and excess liability. Our model is different than our competitors – we do the premium billing and do not add interest/ finance percentage, we offer enhanced commissions, and we handle the stamping, affidavit filings, and other behind-the-scenes paperwork.
Our company culture is entrepreneurial, employee centric, and focused on sustainable growth. Aspire teammates work either remotely or on a hybrid schedule from offices in Scottsdale, Cincinnati, and Richmond. If you are looking for a company that offers room for advancement, great benefits, and positive vibes, then Aspire may be the place for you!
www.berkleyaspire.com
Responsibilities
Located in Scottsdale, AZ, Westchester, OH or Glen Allen, VA, the Associate Underwriter works within a production underwriting team to produce commercial insurance products for selected retail agency partners. The products provided are Commercial General Liability, Commercial Property, Commercial Inland Marine, and Commercial Follow Form Excess. The Associate Underwriter has a primary responsibility for policy issuance and ensuring that service standards and compliance guidelines are met. The Associate Underwriter will analyze information and have the opportunity to connect with their assigned agency partners.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and three plus years related insurance experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum of three years of experience and/or training in insurance along with basic knowledge of insurance policy and premium transactions preferred.
- Must have strong customer service background in a professional environment.
- Excess and Surplus Lines background beneficial.
- Must have working knowledge of the rating process, including proper application policy issuance procedures.
- Strong customer focus and the ability to respond with a sense of urgency.
- Entrepreneurial qualities, such as trying innovative solutions, resiliency to change and recognizing what is most important to get done.
- Teamwork, providing and welcoming open, honest, respectful and constructive feedback.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills.
Berkley Core Competencies
- Accountability
- Communication
- Customer Focus and Teamwork
- Flexibility
- Innovation and Initiative
Additional Requirements
• Travel may be required on occasion. • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is typically required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is infrequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. • Specific vision abilities required by this job typically includes close vision, occasional use of depth perception, and infrequent need for distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. • Most functions of this position are completed while sitting at one’s desk and working on a computer.
