Underwriter - Personal Lines
- Employer
- Goodville Mutual Casualty Company
- Location
- New Holland, Pennsylvania
- Salary
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Closing date
- Sep 6, 2019
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- Category
- Underwriting
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
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Job Details
Qualifications
- College education desired.
- Minimum of four years’ experience in Property and Casualty insurance preferred.
- Ability to understand and explain Goodville’s personal lines of coverage.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and to exercise sound judgment based on company policies and procedures.
- Thorough knowledge of each covered state’s insurance regulations and laws.
- Ability to organize and schedule work processing and manage priorities.
- Ability to work effectively with company computer systems and processing methods.
- Ability and willingness to occasionally travel in and out of state.
- Commitment to company values and customer service.
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain consistent underwriting profits for personal lines of insurance.
- Review assigned new policy applications, renewals and change requests to existing policies to confirm that insured risks continue to meet acceptable company standards and guidelines.
- Review claim and underwriting files to determine adverse risks. Send warning letters or cancellation notices, or modify policy coverage as necessary.
- Analyze experience reports, isolate areas producing underwriting losses and develop methods to improve the experience.
- Review personal lines underwriting guidelines and make recommendations for changes as needed.
- Work with staff responsible for product development and changes.
- Communicate with agents, policyholders and coworkers regarding underwriting matters.
- Assist with agency seminars, training and visits as needed.
- Request inspection reports, MVRs, CLUE and other insurance reports.
- Inform Underwriting Manager of agency and policyholder concerns.
- Maintain knowledge of current industry practices and developments through continuing education.
- Oversee personal lines underwriting processing to facilitate accurate policy transactions.
- Train underwriting processors as needed.
- Assist agents in understanding and using automated processing systems.
- Perform other duties as assigned by Underwriting Manager.
Company
Goodville Mutual Casualty Company has been in business since 1926 and employs a staff of approximately 80 individuals in our New Holland PA office and another 25 staff through an affiliation with German Mutual Insurance Company in Napoleon OH. Goodville Mutual has been named one of Ward’s top 50 P & C insurance companies in the United States. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package.
Company info
- Website
- http://www.goodville.com/
- Telephone
- 717-354-4921
- Location
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P.O. Box 489
New Holland
PA
17557
US
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