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Underwriting Specialist

Employer
LAMMICO
Location
Metairie, Louisiana / Telecommuter
Salary
Up to $100,000 per year + benefits and bonus potential
Closing date
Nov 22, 2021

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Category
Underwriting
Job Type
Full Time
Career Level
Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Details

LAMMICO, Louisiana's largest medical malpractice insurance company, has an opening for an experienced professional liability Underwriter. Bachelor's degree required with at least seven years of relevant underwriting experience. Successful candidate will have experience with policy quoting, rating and insurance systems. Must be able to handle multiple tasks in an orderly and timely fashion. Strong teamwork and customer focus is essential. LAMMICO offers outstanding benefits and an employee-centric culture. 

Position Description

Review, evaluates, and maintains larger, complex and/or unusual exposures, particularly those requiring a specific technical area of expertise, for new and renewal medical professional liability policies and other lines of insurance and maintains service standards for assigned territory. Facilitates coordination with counterparts in Marketing, Claims, Finance, and Risk Management departments to resolve policyholder issues. Performs complex, technically involved underwriting risk assessment above the senior underwriter level in specified area of expertise.

Education, Experience and Skills

Required:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Seven years of prior underwriting experience
  • Experience and/or knowledge in the area of specialty, or in the insurance industry
  • Ability to provide service and deal with demanding customers in a fast paced environment
  • Ability to adapt and learn new procedures
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks in an orderly and timely fashion
  • Ability to access the data warehouse to extract reports and required information
  • Ability to effectively absorb, accept, and drive organizational change
  • Data processing knowledge and experience, including Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Experience with policy quoting, rating and issuance systems
  • Strong customer focus and team orientation
  • Ability to appropriately handle confidential or sensitive company information
  • Commitment to continuing industry and individual functional education
  • Excellent communications skills with the ability to interact and work effectively with employees at all levels within the organization
  • Ability to manage time, set priorities, and work independently; ability to organize, analyze, and interpret information
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office programs

Desired:

  • Insurance industry experience
  • 2-3 years of experience underwriting medical professional liability risks and 1-2 years of experience underwriting non-medical professional liability and other lines of insurance or the equivalent
  • Experience in underwriting healthcare facility professional and general liability coverage
  • CPCU, RPLU
  • Producer’s license in Property & Casualty Insurance
  • Experience with policy quoting, rating and issuance systems and medical malpractice rating and issuance systems

Company

LAMMICO's exceptional employees help make the Company an industry leader. And you could join our team!

Employees receive competitive financial rewards, flexible work schedules, professional development opportunities, superior benefits and an upbeat work environment. Working at LAMMICO offers you the opportunity to grow in your chosen field. Our employees care about the company, its future, and their role in making that future a reality.

LAMMICO employees deliver unparalleled customer service to our clients. We build rapport with our policyholders just like we do with our colleagues, preferred medical professional associations, and business partners. 

Explore the possibilities LAMMICO can hold for your future:

Life at LAMMICO

We're more than insurance. Discover what makes us unique:

  • Work/Life Balance
  • Excellent Compensation
  • Performance Recognition
  • Culture of Service
  • Training and Development
  • Wellness Program

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