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Underwriting Specialist

Employer
United Fire Group
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Salary
Not Specified
Closing date
May 12, 2019

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Category
Underwriting
Job Type
Not Specified
Career Level
Not Specified

Job Details

Overview

UFG can offer you an award-winning workplace and a trustworthy, financially-stable company. While weve always known our commitment to employees and financial stewardship, it is good to have others recognize our dedicated efforts. UFG was named to the 2017 Top Workplaces list by The Des Moines Register, and was also included on the Forbes Americas Most Trustworthy Financial Companies list. Additionally, UFG is a super-regional property and casualty insurer rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best Company.

As an underwriting specialist you will be working with an awarded Top Workplace. Here is what youll b doing on a daily basis: analyze insurance data, enter statistical information and compute premiums required for all commercial insurance lines of business and assist your underwriting team in the processing of new application, renewals, endorsements and cancellations using our automated in-house system to generate a legal contract for the insured. This position requires accurate and analytical skills working in a team environment. The primary goal is to produce a quality policy to insureds and agents.

Responsibilities

  • Data entry working on various computer systems from correspondence. This includes updating renewals, change requests, cancellations, reporting forms and the initial entry for applications and quotes

  • Obtain information needed for underwriting decisions including deciding what needs to be referred back to the underwriter
  • Write or call agents for additional or missing information
  • Using ImageRight; perform file setup and organization of electronically stored documents
  • Assist underwriters with information gathering and written correspondence
  • Handle overflow calls coming to the underwriting team
  • Review incoming tasks and either complete them or forward to appropriate team member
  • Assist with general questions from team and coworkers
  • Possess strong analytical and math skills
  • Proven to have accurate keyboard/calculator and professional phone skills
  • Excel; Word and Internet search/navigation skills
  • Perform other duties as assigned

WHEN YOU JOIN UFG:

  • You will be challenged, but you will also have a team to support you. At first, you will participate in a trainee class with others learning alongside you all done in-house. Well make sure you are ready to move forward by guiding your training needs with a mentor assisting you along the way.
  • A career progression is presented to you, with a clear roadmap to how you can move forward in your career. You will contribute to the overall success of the underwriting team.
Qualifications

  • Must have a minimum of a High School diploma

  • Preferred to also have a College Education and/or General Insurance Classes
  • Certified or working towards INS Designation a plus
  • Demonstrated ability to work well with coworkers and customers

Attributes We Seek:

  • Must have good memory retention levels due to the amount of detail involved
  • A champion handling workload and prioritizing to meet deadlines often while multiple interruptions occur
  • Have a flexible mindset and thrive in a dynamic environment
  • Promote a positive and professional image and develop productive relationships
  • Excellent spoken & written communication skills
  • To be enthusiastic and energetic
  • Demonstrate an open-minded, team-oriented, and collaborative work style
  • Be open to unexpected discovery and able to survey and assess all potential opportunities; not confined to defined categories
  • Innately driven to provide high quality customer service

Company

Looking for a job is a difficult task, but finding a career can be even more difficult. Maybe you’re closer to finding your career than you think. I started at United Fire Group in 1984 as an underwriter in our home office. Throughout the years I have served in a variety of positions and undertook my fair share of difficult challenges, but I never doubted that I had found my career at United Fire. 

I have always believed that United Fire’s culture is one of its greatest strengths. Our culture translates into many business advantages, including good relationships, excellent customer service and a tenured, well-trained workforce. In fact, our employees average nearly 14 years at our company.

Since starting as a small automobile insurance company in 1946, United Fire has always used a combination of conservative management, progressive leadership and competitive products to find our success as a leading regional insurance carrier.

Throughout the years, as our company developed, so did the careers of our employees. Without our committed employees, we never would have become the publicly traded, multi-billion dollar company we are today.

Our relationships with fellow co-workers and agents are based on five key elements:

  1. Trust and respect;
  2. Superior service;
  3. Consistent and informed business decisions;
  4. Innovative new technology, used to enhance our relationships—not replace them;
  5. And, most importantly, the comfort that a real person will always answer the phone.

Jobs at United Fire, aren’t just jobs...they are careers. At United Fire Group, you have an opportunity to grow your career, and your success depends on what you want for your future. Your attitude, enhanced by your skills and abilities, all contribute to the success of not only you, but our company, too.

There are a lot of talented people at United Fire who have all created their careers behind its doors. If you are looking for more than a job, I encourage you to look at United Fire. You’ve taken the first step by searching our Careers section online. Now, take the next step and apply. You never know—your career could be closer than you think. I know mine was.

A former career seeker,

Randy Ramlo, President & CEO, United Fire Group

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