Senior Underwriter, Moving & Storage — Hybrid/Remote

LE0019 IAT Insurance Group, Inc; Overland Park (KS); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IAT Insurance Group, TransGuard has an immediate opening for an underwriter to join our Moving and Storage Underwriting team. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of multi-line P&C risk experience managing and growing a book, with focus on commercial transportation, inland marine, or a similar line of business.

This position can work from IAT’s Overland Park, Kansas, Scottsdale, Arizona, Alpharetta, Georgia or Raleigh, North Carolina location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and five years of relevant experience or equivalent is required.
• Equivalent experience defined as a minimum of nine or more years of commercial insurance underwriting-related experience.
• Commercial multi-line experience.
• Thorough knowledge of the insurance industry.
• Excellent knowledge and application of negotiation techniques to interactions with agents and customers.
• Excellent knowledge of pricing techniques.
• Excellent knowledge of complex coverage features such as large deductibles and their impact on coverage and pricing.
• Ability to appropriately utilize loss control to minimize risk to the company.
• Ability to understand reinsurance and company’s approach.
• Ability to understand loss development and advanced loss analysis concepts in underwriting and pricing risks.
• 10% Travel Required.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates information to determine risk acceptability in accordance with company guidelines.
• Makes appropriate decisions based on evaluation of underwriting information.
• Prices risks per company standards.
• Effectively communicates and negotiates underwriting and pricing decisions to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Pursue sales-like leads through developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients, brokers, and agents to drive new business opportunities.
• Documents decisions in accordance with regulatory standards.
• Acts with a sense of urgency on all inquiries/requests.
• Provides outstanding customer service.
• Builds effective working relationships with assigned agency personnel as well as internal company staff.
• Drives acceptable levels of new business opportunities through effective marketing to assigned agents.
• Effectively communicates with assigned agents the appropriate level of information to ensure understanding of company direction.
• Attends agency conferences and conducts seminars and breakout sessions.
• Participates and leads special projects as assigned.
• Handles a moderate number of agency assignments.
• Participates in annual planning meetings with assigned agents.
• Participates in quarterly stewardship meetings with key agents.
• Performs other duties as assigned.]

Skills

P&C underwriting

Risk assessment

Client relations

Negotiation

Pricing

Travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent underwriting experience

Tools

Insurance underwriting software

Job description

IAT Insurance Group, TransGuard has an immediate opening for an underwriter to join our Moving and Storage Underwriting team. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of multi-line P&C risk experience managing and growing a book, with focus on commercial transportation, inland marine, or a similar line of business.

This position can work from IAT’s Overland Park, Kansas, Scottsdale, Arizona, Alpharetta, Georgia or Raleigh, North Carolina location.