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Underwriter - Commercial Lines

Brown & Brown Insurance
Dallas, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 12/23/2024
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/19/2025
Built on meritocracy, our unique company culture rewards self-starters and those who are committed to doing what is best for our customers.
Our team is seeking an Underwriter- Commercial Lines to join our growing team in Dallas, TX.
The role involves reviewing applications, conducting risk assessments, analyzing financial information, and using industry knowledge to make informed decisions. The Underwriter ensures that policies comply with company guidelines, legal regulations, and risk management standards. They collaborate closely with brokers, agents, and other internal teams to assess risk levels and provide timely, accurate quotes for insurance coverage.
How You Will Contribute
  • Examines such documents as application forms, inspection reports, insurance maps, and medical reports to determine degree of risk from such factors as applicant financial standing, age, occupation, accident experience, and value and condition of property,
  • Reviews company records to determine amount of insurance in force on single risk or group of closely related risks, and evaluates possibility of losses due to catastrophe or excessive insurance,
  • Underwrite or broker risks, ensuring that all required information is obtained, proper applications are completed, quotes and binders are confirmed in writing, policies are issued promptly and accurately, state filings (where applicable) are made, and taxes paid in accordance with appropriate state laws. Secure payments on risks bound or written,
  • Review, analyze and underwrite risks submitted by Producers, rate submissions for premium and terms, analyze exposures for quotes for new and renewal business, issue written indications, quotes and binders; use inspection companies to obtain further information, quote rates, or explain company underwriting policies,
  • Markets and meets with retail agency customers to develop business and cultivate relationships to grow a book of business,
  • Understand and extend Company facilities, utilizing binding authorities or brokering risks when required to successfully negotiate a placement; be responsible for your underwriting results,
  • See that coding on specific required forms are completed and utilized,
  • Service and perpetuate existing business, produce new business, and have a keen awareness of priorities
  • Instruct and train processors and assistants, review indications, quotes, binders, submissions and policies for completeness and accuracy,
  • Provide guidance and training to the processors and assistants, to enable them to reduce the underwriters clerical workload, and to develop basic underwriting and brokering skills and techniques,
Licenses and Certifications:
  • P&C State licensed
Skills & Experience to Be Successful
  • Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year College or university is desired or five years insurance experience, two years of which is as an underwriting assistant.
  • Proficient with MS Office Suite and paperless environment
  • Experience with excess and surplus lines underwriting agency or company.
  • CIC or CPCU candidate, thorough familiarity with applicable ISO manuals, forms, rating plans, policy forms i.e. coverages, exclusions, conditions, and terms. (preferred)
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Teammate Benefits & Total Well-Being
We go beyond standard benefits, focusing on the total well-being of our teammates, including:
  • Health Benefits: Medical/Rx, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
  • Financial Benefits: ESPP; 401k; Student Loan Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement
  • Mental Health & Wellness: Free Mental Health & Enhanced Advocacy Services
  • Beyond Benefits: Paid Time Off, Holidays, Preferred Partner Discounts and more.
Not reflective of all benefits. Enrollment waiting periods or eligibility criteria may apply to certain benefits. Benefit details and offerings may vary for subsidiary entities or in specific geographic locations.
The Power To Be Yourself
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment comprised of people from all backgrounds, with a variety of experiences and perspectives, guided by our Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DIB) motto, “The Power to Be Yourself”.

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