Underwriting Associate — Risk & Client Partnerships

CNA Insurance; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 47,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

CNA Insurance is seeking an Underwriter to manage underwriting risk across renewal and new business within limited authority. You will collaborate with underwriters, handle endorsements, and triage renewals while serving as a liaison across CNA for issues such as billing and risk control.

With a Bachelor’s degree and at least three years of related experience, you will document files, price proposals, and interact with producers to identify up-sell opportunities.

Qualifications

• 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 communications skills. Ability to effectively interact with all levels of CNA’s internal and external business partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently on multiple tasks.
• Strong capability to advise and coach others.
• Demonstrated customer service experience and the ability to interact with a wide-variety of people on a daily basis in person, via telephone and email.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite as well as other business-related software.

Responsibilities

• Performs underwriting analysis and documentation to determine acceptability of risk in accordance with company guidelines and standards for renewal and new business within assigned Letter of Underwriting Authority.
• Handles endorsement requests within delegated authority. Refers endorsements outside of authority to underwriter with recommended action.
• Handles assigned renewal book within assigned authority and triages renewal applications/specs and formulates next steps for the underwriter with outlined changes or points of attention for accounts outside authority.
• Works as a liaison within the branch, or across CNA to resolve issues (billing and collections, risk control, underwriting guidance from cabinet members, line of business, underwriting services subject matter experts).
• Documents assigned files ensuring completeness, compliance, and quality (correspondence, proposals, endorsements, cancellations, etc.).
• Executes on advanced pricing strategy on behalf of the Underwriter in compliance with regulatory and CNA specific underwriting strategies and demonstrates ability to document pricing rationale.
• Completes quote proposals and negotiates with external partners within assigned authority.
• Leverages as the first-line point of contact to the producers/customers on account related matters while proactively identifying opportunities for up sell or account rounding.
• Assists in marketing products and services through external partners and makes field visits.
• Expert on systems and workflows. Serves as a resource to others (train, problem solver, coach) and conduit for feedback to internal underwriting partners.
• Keeps current on line of business strategy, state/territory issues, regulations and trends.

Skills

P&C underwriting

Time management

Communication skills

Independent work

Coaching

Customer service

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

3 years related experience

Job description

CNA Insurance is seeking an Underwriter to manage underwriting risk across renewal and new business within limited authority. You will collaborate with underwriters, handle endorsements, and triage renewals while serving as a liaison across CNA for issues such as billing and risk control.

With a Bachelor’s degree and at least three years of related experience, you will document files, price proposals, and interact with producers to identify up-sell opportunities.