What are the responsibilities and job description for the Underwriting Technician (Early Talent) - Medical Professional Liability position at ProAssurance?
An exciting opportunity exists to join the ProAssurance family of companies!
Our mission is powerful and simple : We protect others. Choosing a place to apply your talents is an important decision for anyone. You have plenty of options. Why choose ProAssurance?
At ProAssurance, we sell a pledge, and that pledge is delivered by our team members. We are seeking individuals who value integrity, leadership, relationships, and enthusiasm-and want to build their career with a great company where they can be their authentic self and feel valued, recognized, and rewarded for their contributions. ProAssurance specializes in healthcare professional liability, products liability for medical technology and life sciences, legal professional liability, and workers' compensation insurance. We are an industry-leading specialty insurer operating in all 50 states, with in-office, hybrid, and remote job opportunities around the country.
This position supports our medical professional liability line of business. This position can be hybrid, based in Birmingham AL, or we will also consider fully remote in the CST or EST time zones.
Job Summary :
The Underwriting Technician will assist and support their underwriter(s) in providing exceptional customer services levels for policyholders, agents / producers and internal customers. Under general supervision, handle policy processing for new business, renewals and ongoing account maintenance. This position should also demonstrate strong analytical and interpersonal skills in addition to outstanding customer service skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
40% - Support the development, growth and maintenance of an assigned book of business working directly with UW staff.
- Works pro-actively with underwriter(s) in support of our new and renewal client base.
- Responsible for providing the highest level of accuracy and support to the underwriter(s) throughout the new business lifecycle and ongoing renewal account maintenance.
- Provide exceptional customer service by processing binders, policy issuance and midterm service requests within established timeframes.
- Works with underwriter(s) to coordinate and solicit renewal submissions in accordance with established timeframes.
- Performs initial review, triage and processing of new business and renewal submissions.
- Sets up underwriting files pulling together information from disparate sources into a cohesive format for underwriter(s) and territories.
- Perform specialized rating functions as they relate to assigned product line (e.g. quotations for large submissions, Hospital and Facility rating, initial set-up of Loss Analysis Tool, etc.)
- Coordination of documentation for underwriting files.
- Processes system transactions relative to assigned product line ensuring the highest level of precision.
- Prepares non-automated policy forms, letters, documents and sends to appropriate clients.
- Reviews binders and policies for accuracy.
25% - Maintain and develop strong technical Skills including both product and system knowledge.
20% - Support Underwriting efforts to develop, cultivate and strengthen relationships with our Agency / Broker partners.
10% - Maintain strong relationships internally to support underwriting team efforts as well as cross departmental and cross office.
Secondary Responsibilities :
5% - Other duties / responsibilities as directed by management.
Qualifications :
LI-Remote
We are committed to providing a dynamic and inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work and grow personally and professionally.
For that reason, we partner with The Predictive Index (PI) - an organization equally committed to improving the working lives of people, to help us hire the best talent by providing additional insight about one's work style.
The position you applied to requires completion of two assessments prior to being scheduled to interview with a hiring manager. Completion of the assessments is not required in order for your application to be reviewed and to speak with a Talent Acquisition team member. These assessments are Behavioral and Cognitive (internal candidates will only receive the Behavioral assessment), and each assessment takes less than 12 minutes to complete.
After submitting your application, you will receive two emails from The Predictive Index inviting you to complete each of these assessments (please check your SPAM or Junk email folder if you do not see these emails in your inbox).
Position Salary Range
19.05 - $31.43The salary range displayed represents the entirety of the pay grade for this position. Most candidates will start in the bottom half of the range. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have, your location and comparison to other team members already in this role.
Build your career with us and enjoy access to a best-in-class benefits program.
Salary : $19 - $31
