Job Type
Full time
Exempt/Non Exempt: Hourly
Location Details
Remote
Position Schedule / Shift
Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm
This is a Temporary position for approximately six months.
Position Summary
Under minimal supervision, the Insurance Operations Support I, accurately processes a variety of updates and changes to Brokered Business and Branded files and accounts.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Operations Support
- Conduct outbound telephone calls and correspond with customers to gather information, respond to inquiries, and resolve issues
- Use knowledge of insurance policies and procedures to make recommendations to customers regarding accounts, additional coverage needed, or additional products needed
- When necessary, review current policies, discuss coverage options, quote replacement coverage, and bind policies
- Examine policy and determine appropriate adjustments to serve the best interests of both the member and the organization
- Clerical duties include, but are not limited to:
- Updating customer policies,
- Processing payments on carrier websites,
- Completing account terminations, performing manual data entry and
- Quoting of Independent Agent Book Rolls based on information provided by the agency
- Manually enter data in IPM and Guidewire systems and quote leads that failed in the automation process based on information provided in data extract
- Act as lead to answer inquiries, resolve problems and provide guidance and direction to various business partners
- May participate on projects related to scope of work performed
Data Analysis and Reporting
- Gather appropriate information and review documents to determine the required actions necessary to conclude processing
- Create, run, and review reports to determine processing errors
- Investigate and identify key issues and patterns from data (requires working between multiple spreadsheets and source systems simultaneously)
- Track quoting data for reporting (number of policies hitting stabilization cap, number of policies referred for revisions, etc.)
- Balance, review and edit a variety of reports and logs within scope of responsibilities
Processing
- Complete processing and updates to accounts while ensuring efficiency and compliance with corporate and regulatory guidelines
- Enter corrections and recode files when necessary
- Review automated quotes that were unable to automatically bind and revise them to completion
- Utilizes industry and agency knowledge to identify areas of opportunity and improve efficiencies
- Provide input regarding updates to processing and correction procedures Take a broad perspective to solve problems and identify new solutions
Qualifications
Required
Education
- High School diploma or equivalent
Experience
- Minimum 2 years customer service
- Providing a high level of customer-focused service
- Servicing insurance policies and processing applications, renewals, and amendments
- Reading and understanding correspondence from agents and insured
- Processing transactions and posting information to the appropriate accounts
- Performing manual data entry and quoting of Independent Agent Book Rolls based on information provided by the agency
- Performing manual data entry and quoting for leads that failed during the automation process; as well as utilizing multiple spreadsheets and source systems simultaneously
- Reviewing automated quotes that were unable to bind automatically and revise to completion
- Adjusting completed quotes based on new information provided by insured before finalizing the binding process
- Maintaining quoting data tracking for reporting purposes including the number of policies reaching stabilization cap, number of policies referred for revisions, etc.)
- Analyzing books of business for accuracy and identifying necessary revisions appending with process
Knowledge of
- Business practices (i.e., grammar and spelling)
- Business processing procedures
- Data entry and processing techniques
- Insurance processing techniques and requirements
- Insurance terminology
- General insurance regulations
- Underwriting procedures
- Sales regulatory and compliance guidelines
- Book roll processes and procedures
Skills and Ability to
- Operate and navigate multiple sources of information
- Maintain accurate records, including accurately logging, coding, and verifying information
- Operate multiple computer systems and programs
- Audit computer files for reports and gather data to update them
- Write correspondence and memos
- Analyze policy details and make decisions
- Work within time, productivity, and quality constraints
- Promote the sale of insurance products
- Provide guidance and a high customer service level to customers (i.e., insurance coverages and quote/bind insurance as appropriate)
- Alternate within department as needed to perform various processing tasks and/or to complete training
- Investigate and resolve complex problems
- Process payments
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