Assistant Underwriter

Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies - Property & Casualty; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic insurance company that values financial strength and stability, offering a friendly and engaging work environment. As an Underwriting Assistant, you will play a crucial role in reviewing policies, assessing risks, and supporting underwriters. This position provides an opportunity to grow in your career while enjoying a hybrid work model after training. The company fosters a culture of wellness with a comprehensive benefits package, including health plans, retirement matching, and educational reimbursement. If you have a keen eye for detail and excellent communication skills, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

100% Employer Match on Retirement Plan

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Educational Reimbursement

Onsite Fitness Center

Competitive Time Off Policies

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 2 years college or equivalent required.
• 2-3 years related work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review new and renewal policies for acceptability and profitability.
• Communicate with agents and brokers for information requests.

Skills

Customer Service Skills

Attention to Detail

Mathematics Aptitude

Education

High School Diploma or GED

2 Years College or Equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Company

NICO National Indemnity Company

Want to work for a company with unparalleled financial strength and stability that offers large company benefits with an exciting, friendly, and small company atmosphere? Our companies, as members of the Berkshire Hathaway group of Insurance Companies, provides opportunities for professionals interested in just that.

Want to work for a company with unparalleled financial strength and stability that also offers large company benefits with an exciting, friendly, and small company atmosphere? That is what you will find within the Berkshire Hathaway Group of Insurance Companies as well as outstanding opportunities for professionals looking to grow in their careers.

Our Underwriting Assistant reviews new and/or renewal policies and applications for acceptability and profitability within Company’s guidelines. They also receive, record and assign new underwriting submissions to Underwriters and assist underwriters with new and renewal accounts by entering information into rating software.

This position will be located in Omaha, NE Office and eligible for hybrid work after the completion of training.

What will you do?

1. UNDERWRITING ACTIVITY: Identify and/or review proper classification of risk, potentially entering the risk into the rating software. Examine and evaluate inspection reports, MVR's, loss data, audits, and other available information to determine degree of risk to make changes within authority level or recommendations to Underwriters. Review and processes requests for endorsements. Sets up and processes renewal policies. Communicate with Underwriters and Agents to provide quotes and instructions, obtain supplemental underwriting information and signed forms or provide assistance as needed.
2. INFORMATION VERIFICATION: Request updated information from agents such as driver’s lists, stated values, building values, building ages, construction types, and other risk exposures. Review received information for inconsistencies in the data and makes changes within authority level or provides recommendations to the underwriter for changes. Identify and/or reviews proper classification of risk and may enter risk into rating software.
3. AGENCY COMMUNICATION: Communicate with agents and brokers via email or phone with information requests or verifications as necessary. May take inbound calls from agents requesting information on existing submissions and handles the agent request or routes the request on to the appropriate underwriter.

What are we looking for?

1. High school diploma or GED or equivalent and two years college or equivalent.
2. Personal computer related software such as Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.)
3. 2-3 years related work experience.
4. Basic understanding of Insurance terminology.
5. Excellent customer service skills.

Who would excel in this role?

1. You possess great attention to detail.
2. You enjoy interacting with others and working as part of a team.
3. You derive satisfaction from accomplishing goals.
4. You have a strong aptitude in Mathematics.

We want you to be involved! We offer Employee Resource Groups for volunteering, connecting with others, social gatherings, and professional development. We also regularly seek employees input through companywide surveys.

We care about your health and wellbeing! Our Wellness program is integrated into the Company culture with an online wellness portal that offers a year-round, one-stop-shop to manage and track all areas of health, our Omaha office boasts a complimentary state-of-the-art onsite fitness center, and a robust wellness program.

Benefits, Perks and more! We offer retirement and savings plan with immediate enrollment with 100% employer match up to 5%, Medical, Dental and Vision for regular, full-time employees and eligible dependents, a dedicated Learning & Development program for employees to grow personally and professionally, 100% upfront Educational Reimbursement program, subsidized downtown parking, competitive time off policies including parental leave, an Employee Assistance program and much more!