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Berkley Aspire (a Berkley Company) · 7 hours ago

Associate Underwriter

Berkley Aspire is focused on simplifying excess and surplus lines business through innovative technology and services. The Associate Underwriter will work within a production underwriting team to produce commercial insurance products, ensuring compliance and service standards while analyzing information and connecting with agency partners.

CommercialCommercial InsuranceFinancial ServicesInsurance

Responsibilities

Under general direction, analyze renewal data, set up pricing using provided renewal pricing tools and issue renewal quotes and/or renewal policies as the guidelines dictate
Assist other underwriters on assigned team with handling the issuance of binders, endorsements, cancellations, and, reinstatements for assigned agents within the service standard guidelines
Ensure underwriting files, service standards and compliance guidelines are adhered to and underwriting authority letter is followed at all times
Rapidly evaluate, prioritize, and select most important tasks to handle for the assigned underwriting team. This includes but is not limited to:
Handling of assigned team’s general email inbox
Rating multi-location, multi-state accounts as needed for other underwriters on assigned team(s)
Ordering Loss Control reports from third party vendors when requested
Enter reinsurance cessions into reinsurance accounting system for payment reconciliation

Qualification

Insurance experiencePolicy issuance knowledgeCustomer service skillsExcessSurplus LinesInnovationTeamworkCommunication skillsFlexibility

Required

Bachelor's degree and three plus years related insurance experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
Must have strong customer service background in a professional environment
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

Preferred

Minimum of three years of experience and/or training in insurance along with basic knowledge of insurance policy and premium transactions preferred
Excess and Surplus Lines background beneficial

Benefits

Health
Dental
Vision
Life
Disability
Wellness
Paid Time Off
401(k)
Profit-Sharing plans

Company

Berkley Aspire (a Berkley Company)

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Surplus Lines Made Easy! Who we are: Berkley Aspire provides commercial excess and surplus line solutions exclusively for retail agents and their clients.

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
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