What are the responsibilities and job description for the Underwriting Assistant, E&S Transportation position at Sompo?
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Sompo has a unique opportunity for an Underwriting Assistant, E&S Transportation. The position is in our Alpharetta office, reporting into the SVP, E&S Casualty, Transportation.
Our seasoned U.S. Excess Casualty – E&S team applies significant expertise and creativity to complete placements. Leveraging our relationships with appointed wholesale brokers, we provide meaningful capacity, a consistent underwriting approach and timely coverage and claims responses.
Our Business, Your Impact, Our Opportunity
What you’ll be doing:
Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.
Summary
We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents. Below is a summary of our current comprehensive U.S. benefit programs:
Ethics and integrity are the foundation of delivering on our commitment to you. We believe that core values drive success, and that when relationships are held in the highest regard, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished. At Sompo, our ring is more than a logo, it is a symbol of our promise. Click here to learn more about life at Sompo.
Sompo is an equal opportunity employer and we intentionally value inclusion and diversity. Above all, we want you to work in an environment that respects everyone’s unique contributions – we are passionately committed to equal opportunities. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex orientation, national origin, or age.
Sompo has a unique opportunity for an Underwriting Assistant, E&S Transportation. The position is in our Alpharetta office, reporting into the SVP, E&S Casualty, Transportation.
Our seasoned U.S. Excess Casualty – E&S team applies significant expertise and creativity to complete placements. Leveraging our relationships with appointed wholesale brokers, we provide meaningful capacity, a consistent underwriting approach and timely coverage and claims responses.
Our Business, Your Impact, Our Opportunity
What you’ll be doing:
- Assist underwriters with quote, binder, endorsement, and policy issuance workflows and data entry into Guidewire Policy Center
- Participate in the creation and development of the team’s underwriting workflows and processes through direction and sharing of best practices
- Provide thorough analysis of submission data and present in a clear format through our provided Underwriting Rating sheet on request
- Work with and follow up with assigned producers for any outstanding information
- Prepare and chase renewal policy information in a timely manner as required
- Code, bill, register, process and distribute insurance binders and polices within processing standards established by management
- Prepare all policies in accordance with final binders inclusive of review by underwriting staff
- Implement and maintain a field service reputation that is recognized as superior in the industry
- To review and analyze facultative reinsurance certificates as determined by management
- The return of call and e-mails promptly and in all cases, within 24 hours of receipt
- Liaise with Operations, Submission Clearance, and Central Underwriting Services department on various activities they assist our team with.
- 3 years as either an Underwriting Assistant or Technical Assistant, preferably within the Excess Casualty E&S space
- Knowledge of the underwriting process and of casualty coverage and required forms/endorsements. Rating skills a plus
- Strong computer skills including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat
- Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities
- Ability to demonstrate planning and organizational skills
Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.
Summary
We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents. Below is a summary of our current comprehensive U.S. benefit programs:
- Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution
- Pharmacy benefits with mail order options
- Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children
- Vision benefits
- Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children
- Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions
- Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays
- Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tax-Free Commuter Benefit
- Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits
Ethics and integrity are the foundation of delivering on our commitment to you. We believe that core values drive success, and that when relationships are held in the highest regard, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished. At Sompo, our ring is more than a logo, it is a symbol of our promise. Click here to learn more about life at Sompo.
Sompo is an equal opportunity employer and we intentionally value inclusion and diversity. Above all, we want you to work in an environment that respects everyone’s unique contributions – we are passionately committed to equal opportunities. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex orientation, national origin, or age.
