Underwriting Associate, Commercial Construction P&C

Jobtailor; Illinois; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in United States, Illinois, seeks an experienced underwriting professional to assess risk for renewals and new business. You will manage endorsements, pricing strategies, and communications with producers and clients, ensuring compliance and high service levels.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and at least three years in Property & Casualty underwriting, with strong analytical and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• Typically a minimum of three years of related work experience.
• Knowledge of Property and Casualty underwriting, including insurance products, policy processing procedures and documentation.
• Strong time management and analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to effectively interact with internal and external business partners at all levels.
• Ability to work independently on multiple tasks.
• Strong capability to advise and coach others.
• Demonstrated customer service experience.
• Ability to interact with a wide variety of people daily in person, via telephone and email.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software.

Responsibilities

• Perform underwriting analysis and documentation to determine risk acceptability for renewal and new business within assigned authority.
• Handle endorsement requests within delegated authority and refer exceptions to the underwriter.
• Engage agencies to clarify endorsement intent or obtain missing information.
• Handle assigned renewal book, triage renewal applications/specifications, and formulate next steps for the underwriter.
• Liaise within the branch and across CNA to resolve billing, collections, risk control, underwriting guidance, line-of-business, and underwriting-services issues.
• Document assigned files for completeness, compliance, and quality.
• Execute advanced pricing strategy and document pricing rationale.
• Complete quote proposals and negotiate with external partners within assigned authority.
• Serve as first-line contact for producers/customers and identify upsell or account-rounding opportunities.
• Assist in marketing products and services through external partners and make field visits.
• Serve as a systems and workflows resource, trainer, problem solver, coach, and feedback conduit.
• Keep current on line-of-business strategy, state/territory issues, regulations, and trends.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Underwriting Analysis

Policy Processing Procedures

Documentation

Advanced Pricing Strategy

Quote Proposals

Negotiation

Compliance

Risk Control

Triage Renewal Applications

Endorsement Requests

Customer Service

Interpersonal Skills

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

• Perform underwriting analysis and documentation to determine risk acceptability for renewal and new business within assigned authority
• Handle endorsement requests within delegated authority and refer exceptions to the underwriter
• Engage agencies to clarify endorsement intent or obtain missing information
• Handle assigned renewal book, triage renewal applications/specifications, and formulate next steps for the underwriter
• Liaise within the branch and across CNA to resolve billing, collections, risk control, underwriting guidance, line-of-business, and underwriting-services issues
• Document assigned files for completeness, compliance, and quality
• Execute advanced pricing strategy and document pricing rationale
• Complete quote proposals and negotiate with external partners within assigned authority
• Serve as first-line contact for producers/customers and identify upsell or account-rounding opportunities
• Assist in marketing products and services through external partners and make field visits
• Serve as a systems and workflows resource, trainer, problem solver, coach, and feedback conduit
• Keep current on line-of-business strategy, state/territory issues, regulations, and trends
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Typically a minimum of three years of related work experience
• Knowledge of Property and Casualty underwriting, including insurance products, policy processing procedures and documentation
• Strong time management and analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to effectively interact with internal and external business partners at all levels
• Ability to work independently on multiple tasks
• Strong capability to advise and coach others
• Demonstrated customer service experience
• Ability to interact with a wide variety of people daily in person, via telephone and email
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Property and Casualty Underwriting, including risk analysis, policy processing, and compliance documentation. Strong interpersonal and communication skills facilitate effective collaboration with internal and external partners while managing multiple tasks independently.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Property And Casualty Underwriting
• Risk Analysis
• Customer Service Experience
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Time Management

Hard Skills

• Underwriting Analysis
• Policy Processing Procedures
• Documentation
• Advanced Pricing Strategy
• Quote Proposals
• Negotiation
• Compliance
• Risk Control
• Triage Renewal Applications
• Endorsement Requests

Soft Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Communication Skills
• Coaching
• Problem Solving

Industry Keywords

• Insurance Products
• Billing
• Collections
• Line-Of-Business
• State Regulations
• Market Trends

Tools & Technologies

• Business-Related Software