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    Associate Underwriter - Scottsdale, United States - Berkley

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    Company Details:

    Berkley Aspire is an excess & surplus lines insurer of commercial risks unable to find a home in the standard markets. We are an operating unit of WR Berkley, a publicly traded (NYSE WRB) global insurer founded in 1967.

    We make excess & surplus lines easy easy for our distribution partners, easy for the businesses they represent, and easy to navigate. The lines of coverage we underwrite include general liability, property, and excess liability. Our model is different than our competitors we do the premium billing and do not add interest/ finance percentage, we offer enhanced commissions, and we handle the stamping, affidavit filings, and other behind-the-scenes paperwork.

    Our company culture is entrepreneurial, employee centric, and focused on sustainable growth. Aspire teammates work either remotely or on a hybrid schedule from offices in Scottsdale, Cincinnati, and Richmond. If you are looking for a company that offers room for advancement, great benefits, and positive vibes, then Aspire may be the place for you

    Responsibilities:

    Berkley Aspire is seeking an Associate Underwriter to work within a production underwriting team producing commercial insurance products for selected retail agency partners. Our products include Commercial General Liability, Commercial Property, Commercial Inland Marine, and Commercial Follow Form Excess.

    This role can be located in any of our three offices - Scottsdale, AZ, Richmond, VA or West Chester, OH on a hybrid basis.

    The Associate Underwriter has a primary responsibility for policy issuance and ensuring that service standards and compliance guidelines are met by analyzing information and having the opportunity to connect with their assigned agency partners.

    Specific Duties

    • 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 teams 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

    May perform other functions as assigned.

    Qualifications:
    • Bachelors degree and three plus years related insurance experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
    • Minimum of three years of experience and/or training in insurance along with basic knowledge of insurance policy and premium transactions preferred.
    • Must have strong customer service background in a professional environment.
    • Excess and Surplus Lines background beneficial
    • 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
    Additional Company Details:
    The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

    We do not accept any unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies or firms.

    The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees.

    The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.

    Sponsorship Details:
    Sponsorship not Offered for this Role

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