Crop Insurance Area Claims Supervisor

Sompo Holdings, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

Dental & Vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

AgriSompo North America is seeking an Area Claims Supervisor to lead a remote team from North Dakota on MPCI, private products and Named Peril claims. You’ll drive training, performance, and service standards while coordinating with regional leadership for staffing and budgeting.

Responsibilities include coaching adjusters, monitoring productivity and closure rates, and ensuring compliant claims processing. Travel up to 60% may be required as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of crop insurance claim experience.
• 2+ years supervisory/management experience preferred.
• License: valid driver’s license with satisfactory driving record; CAPP certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a claims team for MPCI, private products, and named peril.
• Oversee claims processing, quality, and timelines with regional leadership.
• Coach adjusters, manage staffing, and drive performance against goals.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and effective internal communications.

Skills

Crop insurance claims experience

Supervisory experience

Leadership

Communication

Training & coaching

Analytical thinking

Customer service

Time management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, business, or management (preferred)

Job description

## Crop Insurance Area Claims SupervisorApply: Remote: Remote, North Dakota: Full time: Posted Today: R4618## As one of the leading writers of Federal Crop Insurance, AgriSompo North America combines industry experience, resources, capital and talent to deliver both traditional and innovative crop insurance and productivity tools to farmers, ranchers, insurers and agribusinesses in the United States. Our organization operates within a culture rooted in ethics, integrity and a belief that accountability, collaboration and agility are crucial to long-term success.## ## AgriSompo North America is a part of AgriSompo, Sompo International’s global agriculture platform. This platform is an integrated underwriting, technology and distribution platform delivering innovate insurance and reinsurance solutions to agriculture partners worldwide. Sompo International, AgriSompo’s parent company, is a global organization driven by its core values, a carrier that holds promise, trust and the commitment to protect. Through operating subsidiaries, Sompo International writes agriculture, casualty and other specialty, professional lines, property, marine/energy and aviation lines of insurance and catastrophe, property, casualty, professional lines and specialty lines of reinsurance.## ## As a leading provider of crop insurance and other agricultural risk management tools, we recognize that our success is derived directly from those whose contributions matter most: our people. AgriSompo North America has major offices in Lenexa, Kansas and Des Moines, Iowa as well as regional offices around the country. A shared commitment to integrity, accountability, collaboration and agility define our culture, and we strive to create exceptional value for our clients and shareholders and maintain AgriSompo North America as a desirable place to work.**Job Description****Are you looking for your next opportunity?**AgriSompo has a unique opportunity for an **Area Claims Supervisor** on our Upper Midwest team, supporting **Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI), Private Products, and Named Peril** claims operations.As the Area Claims Supervisor, you will play a key role in leading and developing a team, ensuring efficient claims service through effective training and communication strategies. You will oversee the development and maintenance of internal communications to streamline claims processes, while serving as the local expert to provide guidance on claims adjusting issues, address concerns, and support your team in delivering exceptional service.**Location:** This position will be based **remotely** in **North Dakota**. We strive for collaboration which is why we offer a work environmentwhere our employees thrive and develop long lasting careers.**Our business, your impact, our opportunity:****What you’ll be doing:*** Build and maintain effective relationships with Regional Leadership and cross-functional partners to support timely, accurate, and compliant claims processing.* Provide claims-related updates, analysis, and reporting to the Regional Claims Manager to support operational, staffing, budgeting, and performance decisions.* Monitor claims productivity, service-level performance, adjuster workloads, closure rates, payment timelines, and other key claims metrics.* Analyze resource utilization and staffing needs to support efficient claims operations and budget management.* Identify training and performance gaps, partnering with Claims Training and leadership to ensure service standards are achieved.* Coach and support adjusters through guidance, work reviews, and feedback to promote consistency, accuracy, compliance, and adherence to company procedures.* Manage employee development and staffing activities, including hiring, training, performance management, delegation, coaching, promotions, corrective actions, and terminations.* Establish and communicate performance expectations aligned with company goals, values, and service standards.* Perform other duties as assigned.**What you'll bring:*** Minimum 5 years of crop insurance claim experience* 2+ years supervisory and/or management experience preferred* Required license and certification: CAPP certification and valid driver’s license with a satisfactory driving record and applicable State license* High school diploma or equivalent, or equivalent combination of education and experience* Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, business, or management preferred**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities*** Basic mathematical skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide).* Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization.* Ability to complete documentation requirements.* Ability to utilize analytical thinking; find facts and solve problems.* Ability to remain self-motivated and efficient.* Ability to work both in an office setting and outdoors in a farm environment.* Ability to work well both independently and within a team environment.* Ability to remain focused on exceptional customer service, both internally and externally.* Working knowledge of crop insurance regulations, policies, procedures and best practices.* Works effectively under pressure and able to work within tight deadlines.* Willingness to take initiative and work with minimal supervision.* Strong time management skills with ability to prioritize.**Physical Requirements & Work Conditions**Sedentary work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.Ability to stand or sit constantly/continuously. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and extensive reading.**Environmental Conditions**The work environment described here are meant to be representative of those an employee would normally encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical environment requires the employee to work both inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions. Frequently required to use personal protective equipment.This role also involves up to **60% travel**, actual amount of time dependent upon region(s) supported.Actual compensation for this role will depend on several factors including the cost of living associated with your work location, your qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience.At Sompo, we recognize that the talent, skills, and commitment of our employees drive our success. This is why we offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees.Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents. Below is a summary of our current comprehensive U.S. benefit programs:* Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution* Pharmacy benefits with mail order options* Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children* Vision benefits* Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts* Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children* Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments* 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions* Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays* Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program* Employee Assistance Program* Tax-Free Commuter Benefit* Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits