Surety Home Office Underwriter (Midwest/West Coast)

NACBA; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 128,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the surety industry as an Underwriter for commercial bonds. This role offers a dynamic environment where you'll manage high-quality surety portfolios and contribute to profitability growth. With remote work opportunities and comprehensive benefits, we're looking for candidates who are skilled in underwriting and committed to customer service.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) contribution and pension plan

9 paid holidays and paid time off (23 days annually)

Student loan repayment program

Paid family leave

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in providing customer-driven solutions.
• Progressive experience in surety underwriting and risk selection.
• Strong communication skills in both written and oral formats.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the profitability of contract and commercial surety bonds.
• Provide technical support and contribute to product development.
• Ensure expected underwriting discipline is maintained during audits.

Skills

Customer-driven solutions

Surety underwriting

Credit analysis

Communication skills

Relationship building

Job description

Underwrites individual accounts and manages high quality surety portfolios. You will report to AVP Bonds. Join us today!

Position Compensation Range (for certain geographic locations):
$141,000 to $239,000 Yearly.

Position Compensation Range:

$128,000.00 - $216,000.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• You will be responsible for profitability of contract and commercial surety bonds.
• Underwrites individual accounts and manages high quality surety portfolios.
• Provide technical support to the field organization.
• Contribute to bond product and systems development.
• Participate in the audit process to ensure expected underwriting discipline is maintained.
• Contribute to the overall effectiveness of the bonds organization to drive profitable growth and maintain a loss ratio.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions or service.
• Demonstrated progressive experience in surety underwriting and ability to select risk.
• Demonstrated experience in credit analysis.
• Solid knowledge of processing methods and workflow procedures, and knowledge of insurance underwriting and regulations.
• Knowledge of lines of business and legal and regulatory guidelines.
• Demonstrated experience in relationship building, active listening, needs analysis, and win-win negotiating.
• Demonstrated communication skills in both written and oral communications.

Licenses

• Not applicable.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 10%.

Physical Requirements

• Work that involves sitting/standing.

Working Conditions

• Not applicable.

Additional Information

• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks.
• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions.
• Our policy restricts consideration of applicants needing employment sponsorship (visa) to specialty occupations. Sponsorship will not be considered for this position.
• Internal candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of location and will be considered based upon the needs of the role.
• Relocation assistance may be available.

In this primarily home-based role, you will spend 80% of your time (4+ days per week) working from home. On occasion you may be asked to travel to an office location for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, trainings, and culture events.

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We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements listed above. Skills can be used in many different ways, and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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