Specialty Project Underwriter
$70,000–$115,000 year
On-siteSanta Cruz, California, United States
Job Summary
Specialty Project Underwriter provides flexible capacity across nonprofit P&C accounts, assists in onboarding and training of underwriting staff, contributes to development and documentation of procedures, and supports workflow improvements. The role involves risk evaluation, pricing decisions within delegated authority, renewals and endorsements support, collaboration with internal partners, and maintenance of the nonprofit book of business. Remote, 100% home-office work is required for remote positions; the candidate should have strong written and verbal communication, training capability, and proficiency with CRM systems (SugarCRM) and Microsoft Office.
Required Qualifications
- Strong technical P&C underwriting knowledge and skills
- Intermediate knowledge of ISO commercial class codes and CLM rules, forms, rating and regulatory requirements
- Strong knowledge of NIAC polices and coverages and how they differ from competitor’s forms and coverages.
- Strong knowledge of underwriting and pricing principles and the ability to use this knowledge to make underwriting and pricing decisions with little oversight
- Results-oriented, self-motivated problem solver with excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Consistent customer service focus for members and brokers
- Ability to organize and prioritize workload with little supervision and efficiently make sound business decisions within level of authority
- Capacity to manage multiple tasks in response to both written and verbal requests
- PC literate. Basic to intermediate skills with Word, Outlook and Power Point. Intermediate skills in Excel
- Expected to assist with training and development of staff. This includes the ability to do formal and informal training sessions/classes
- Candidate should possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, and sharp attention to detail. This includes strong documentation skills
- Ability to collaborate with other staff members and external constituents
- Must have adequate vision (with corrective lenses if needed) to clearly view computer screen
- Must have adequate hearing to perform job tasks
- Experience
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