Associate Underwriting Analyst

Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group; Santa Cruz (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group is looking for an Associate Underwriting Analyst in Santa Cruz, California. This role supports the Underwriting department by working closely with leadership and subject matter experts on underwriting and digital initiatives.

The ideal candidate should possess strong P&C underwriting knowledge, excellent organizational skills, and have a customer-oriented attitude. Responsibilities include maintaining knowledge of underwriting processes and serving as a contact for policy systems.

Qualifications

• 4 years of undergraduate degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• 3 years of experience in project training and implementation.
• 3 years of experience in P&C underwriting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain knowledge of underwriting and technology initiatives.
• Serve as point of contact for policy administration systems.
• Collaborate to provide training on digital platforms.

Skills

Technical P&C underwriting knowledge

Training processes and procedures

Strong organizational skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Education

4-year degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $100,000.00 Annually

Who We Are

NonprofitsInsurance Alliance (NIA) is the nation’s leading property and casualty(P&C) insurers exclusively serving nonprofit organizations. Founded in 1989 in Santa Cruz, CA, all of the companies in NIA are 501(c)(3) nonprofits-- social enterprises providing long‑term sustainability of the nonprofit sector. NIA has one of the best customer retention rates in the industry and has a well‑established track record as an innovator in the areas of corporate social responsibility (CSR), specialized coverages, members services, and employee engagement.

Summary

The Associate Underwriting Analyst provides support to the Underwriting department as directed by the Underwriting Leadership Team. This position requires the individual to have strong underwriting and digital initiatives for the organization. Will be expected to work closely with other members of the leadership team and other subject matter experts across the organization.

Responsibilities

The Associate Underwriting Analyst responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Maintain thorough knowledge of the underwriting and technology initiatives, as well as an understanding of how these may impact the overall organization including our members.
• Serve as point of contact for other departments as respects to our policy administration systems
• Collaborate with other departments to provide high level training of how the insurance department utilizes the various digital platforms needed to operate.
• Assist in the review and analysis of impacts of changes in products, coverages, underwriting rules and forms to our digital platform.
• Analyze, and utilize data and feedback from Insurance Operations Department to identify opportunities to improve business processes that benefit the overall member and/or broker experience.
• Serve as a project lead for future technological needs including:
  • Conduct and/or help coordinate/prepare testing projects
  • Manage timelines, and documentation as required by project.
• Provide underwriting support as directed in an Associate Underwriter role as outlined in their respective job description(s) and Underwriting Authority.

Required skills

• Good technical P&C underwriting knowledge and skills. Experience in training of processes and procedures through both formal and informal settings. Highly-developed organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and control work environment.
• Self-motivated and independent who can deliver quality work in a timely fashion.
• Results-oriented, self-motivated problem solver with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Intermediate skills with Word, Powerpoint, Excel software products
• Excellent communicator both written and verbally; communicates frequently in a clear, concise manner to build working relationships; able to communicate at all levels of the organization.
• Strong organization skills, high energy, and customer service attitude necessary
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to climb, stoop, bend, reach or sit for up to 3 hours at a time. The employee must occasionally lift/and or move up to 20lbs
• Must have adequate vision (with corrective lenses if needed) to clearly view computer screen
• Must have adequate hearing to perform job tasks

Experience & Education

• 4 year degree (or directly-related equivalent experience) preferred
• 3 years of experience in training, implementation and management of projects
• 3 years of underwriting experience, P&C preferred
• Customer-oriented attitude
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to establish and nurture beneficial business relationships
• Self-motivated with a willingness to take initiative and solve complex problems
• Capability to negotiate with and influence others
• Analytically and mathematically minded to analyze data and create necessary reports

Compensation

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the location, skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for additional incentive compensation upon achievement of individual and company goals.