Skyward Specialty Insurance · 3 days ago
Field Assistant Underwriter, Commercial Surety - South Central Region
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
$65K/yr - $80K/yr
2+ years expSkyward Specialty Insurance is seeking a Field Assistant Underwriter for their South Central Commercial Surety Team. This role involves providing underwriting and administrative support, including preparing documents, pulling credit, and interacting with various teams to ensure high service levels.
InsuranceLife InsuranceProperty Insurance
Responsibilities
Prepare GIA’s in Docusign, or manually when necessary
Pull credit in the Experian and Lexis/Nexis systems for individuals and businesses
Save documents to the electronic underwriting files and ensure they are up to date (eSurety/IR)
Prepare financial statements either from emails, share drive or Image Right for ingestion into SkyVue
Ingest financials and WIP/CC’s for analysis in SkyVue
Engage directly with our agent bond CSR’s for bid/final bond info, and assist underwriters when they’re traveling, to keep our service level high
Interact with our Billings team and Producer Services for internal issues/discrepancies on premium billing, AP/RPs and changing agent contracts
Send supply and job references as requested
Obtain and submit information as needed for agency appointments to Producer Services
Update bid logs and bid results
Assist underwriters with information gathering through secretary of state and other on-line services
Participating on special projects and key initiative teams
Account & file maintenance as required (annual, biannual, quarterly, etc.)
Qualification
Required
2+ years' Surety experience required
Ability to work primarily in Central time zone hours
Oral and written communication skills
Organizational and planning skills
Analytical and detail oriented
Ability to interact with a wide variety of people daily, in person, via telephone and email
Accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail are essential
Proficiency and experience using Microsoft Office Package (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Ability to independently multi-task and respond to changing business priorities
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work independently in a collaborative environment
Outgoing, driven, high attention to detail and results focused mentality
Learns quickly and demonstrates an open attitude when facing new problems, processes, or procedures, and takes advantage of diverse sources of information to solve problems
Able to work effectively in a diverse team environment as well as independently
Able to complete tasks and assignments in a high-volume work environment
Benefits
Health and welfare benefits
Tuition and professional certification assistance
401k savings
Elective participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Child bonding leave
Other employee assistance
Company
Skyward Specialty Insurance
Skyward Specialty is a rapidly growing and innovative specialty insurance company, delivering commercial P&C products and solutions on a non-admitted and admitted basis.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$375.65M2024-05-06Post Ipo Secondary· $177.3M
2023-11-13Post Ipo Secondary· $22.88M
2023-11-13Post Ipo Equity· $86.92M
Leadership Team
Andrew Robinson
CEO
Christopher Zitzmann
President - Inland Marine and Transactional Property
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