Loss Control Specialist III, Specialty Programs

AmTrust Financial Services Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

AmTrust Financial Services is seeking a seasoned Loss Control Specialist to support risk management and underwriting objectives for Specialty Programs. You will evaluate exposures, identify hazards, and guide insureds on loss prevention strategies to improve safety performance and portfolio profitability.

The role requires extensive loss control experience across workers' compensation and related lines, with 20% travel to engage MGAs nationwide.

Qualifications

• Requires advanced loss control knowledge across multiple lines of business with emphasis on workers' compensation.
• Experience providing consultative services to large accounts/programs/agencies and conducting risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultative loss control services to MGAs and coordinate loss control activities for MGA portfolios.
• Audit MGA loss control work to ensure regulatory compliance and participate in state compliance-related audits.
• Develop loss control resources, bulletins and training materials for internal and external stakeholders.
• Author risk assessment surveys and reports for portfolio-level analysis.
• Serve as liaison between MGAs and loss control providers and analyze portfolio-level loss data.

Skills

Collaboration

Negotiation

Customer service

Organization

Independent work

Education

Formal loss control training

Safety/occupational health degree or carrier program

Tools

Excel

Pivot tables

Job description

Overview

The Loss Control Specialist is responsible for supporting the risk management and underwriting objectives of Specialty Programs by evaluating exposures, identifying potential hazards, and helping insureds implement effective loss prevention strategies. This role serves as a key partner to underwriting, claims, brokers, and insured clients, providing technical risk assessments and consultative guidance to improve safety performance, reduce losses, and enhance portfolio profitability.

Responsibilities

Seeking a multi-line proficient loss control professional to:

• Provide consultative services to Managing General Agencies (MGA’s).
• Coordinate and manage loss control services on behalf of MGA’s.
• Conduct audits of the loss control work conducted by MGA’s.
• Ensure that the loss control work conducted by MGA’s meets regulatory state compliance requirements.
• Participate in loss control state compliance-related audits and annual reports conducted by various states.
• Coordinate loss control state compliance-related loss control services with MGA’s.
• Guide the loss control portion of on-boarding new MGA’s, as well as terminating discontinued MGA’s.
• Provide loss control services to the Excess & Surplus lines division within AmTrust.
• Author loss control resources, bulletins, and training.
• Author risk assessment survey reports.
• Act as a liaison between MGA’s and loss control providers.
• Analyze portfolio-level loss data.

Qualifications

The candidate must possess an advanced loss control knowledge base for multiple lines of business, and primarily of the workers’ compensation line of business. Other lines of business include property, auto (with an emphasis on heavy trucking), general liability, and professional liability.

Essential strengths will include:

• Collaboration.
• Negotiation.
• Customer service.
• Organization.
• The ability to work independently.

Essential experience will include:

• Providing consultative services to larger accounts / programs / agencies.
• Conducting risk assessments of policyholders’ safety programs.

Preferred skills include:

• A minimum of intermediate expertise in Excel.
• A proficiency with pivot tables.
• Experience in developing portfolio-level loss analyses.
• A working understanding of loss control-related state regulatory compliance.
• The ability to develop guidelines, standards, and audit reports.
• Auditing experience.
• The ability to author loss control resources, bulletins, and training.

If the candidate does not currently possess preferred skills, the candidate must be open to developing them.

Areas of application include standard lines as well as excess and surplus lines. A minimum of 10 years of experience in the field of loss control is strongly preferred. Formal education specific to loss control is required. (Examples of education include a carrier training program, and / or a college degree specific to safety / occupational health.) Travel to meet with MGA’s on a national scope is required, and is estimated to comprise 20% of working time.

What We Offer

What We Offer

AmTrust Financial Services offers a competitive compensation package and excellent career advancement opportunities. Our benefits include: Medical & Dental Plans, Life Insurance, including eligible spouses & children, Health Care Flexible Spending, Dependent Care, 401k Savings Plans, Paid Time Off.

AmTrust strives to create a diverse and inclusive culture where thoughts and ideas of all employees are appreciated and respected. This concept encompasses but is not limited to human differences with regard to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, culture, religion or disabilities.

AmTrust values excellence and recognizes that by embracing the diverse backgrounds, skills, and perspectives of its workforce, it will sustain a competitive advantage and remain an employer of choice. Diversity is a business imperative, enabling us to attract, retain and develop the best talent available. We see diversity as more than just policies and practices. It is an integral part of who we are as a company, how we operate and how we see our future.