Underwriter - Commercial Lines
- Employer
- Continental Western Group
- Location
- Urbandale office-suburb of Des Moines
- Salary
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Posted
- May 26, 2016
- Closes
- Jul 25, 2016
- Ref
- Specialty
- Category
- Underwriting
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
Continental Western Group (CWG) is seeking an experienced underwriter to provide underwriting expertise to our State Directors and agents who are responsible for marketing our Public Entity PAK (PEP) and Fire/EMS PAK programs.
Job Duties:
- Reviewing and analyzing new submissions and existing policies for risk acceptance, adequate pricing, loss trends and risk prevention efforts.
- Work closely with all members of the PEP/FirePak team as well as with the State Directors and agents to enhance and build strong business relationships to promote profitable growth of this specialty business.
- Focus on providing exceptional customer service, including responsiveness and quality decision making.
Job Requirements
- Qualified candidates will possess a bachelor's degree
- A minimum of 2 years of commercial lines underwriting experience (preferably in the Public Entity and/or volunteer fire department lines of business)
- Advanced insurance education, i.e., CPCU and/or CIC strongly desired.
Successful candidates will exhibit dynamic communication and customer service skills and possess the ability to recognize and act on opportunities quickly. The ability to make sound underwriting decisions within needed time lines and the ability to focus on achieving challenging goals is a must.