Underwriting Trainee - Property and Casualty Commercial Insurance - Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company - Harleysville, PA

Underwriting Trainee - Property and Casualty Commercial Insurance - Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company - Harleysville, PA -

• The company title for this place is “SCU Underwriting Trainee”

This SCU Underwriting Trainee might be a part of the business underwriting group for the Northeastern Regional Operations within the Harleysville, PA workplace.
This coaching program will begin on January 17, 2017 and the structured coaching program will final for about six months. Work hours will probably be eight:00 to four:30pm throughout coaching and eight:30 to five:00pm following completion of the coaching.

JOB SUMMARY:
This place is a part of the Faculty of Commercial Underwriting (SCU) program. This system is a full-time coaching program lasting roughly 6 months designed to organize incumbents for a profession in Commercial Strains Underwriting. Associates on this position will full all scheduled coaching actions outlined within the coaching plan and develop underwriting expertise by means of class instruction and efficiency of the job duties listed under. Upon profitable completion of this program, members may have the chance to be thought-about for a business underwriting place.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP:
Underwriting Supervisor or Marketing consultant. No direct reviews.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Analyzes business dangers for all strains of enterprise in accordance with established underwriting insurance policies, practices and requirements.
2. Accepts, rejects, costs and retains dangers in accordance with insurance policies, practices, and requirements. Authorizes the issuance of accepted contracts and protection; establishes protection as wanted after acquiring and documenting correct authority from a extra skilled underwriter.
three. Assists with the right classification of dangers to make sure the matching of worth and product to the client. Applies authorised classification methods, score plans and choice requirements to find out eligibility, desirability and correct classification/pricing benchmarks.
four. Determines relevant coverage contracts and varieties. Interprets and analyzes extra complicated or uncommon protection types as directed by a extra skilled underwriter.
5. Develops, implements and screens motion plans as applicable and ensures high quality of assigned portfolio. Assists with account evaluation based mostly on company historical past, policyholders tenure, variety of accounts, claims historical past, and long run efficiency indicators beneath the authority of extra skilled underwriter.
6. Develops robust relationships with company contacts to develop a greater understanding of insurance operations and encourage worthwhile new manufacturing and retention. Contacts businesses to share and request info essential to help the enterprise.
7. Works cooperatively and builds robust working relationships with territory, area, claims, sales, and different associates to share and collect info mandatory to finish work.
eight. Assists senior degree underwriters with company help actions.
9. Communicates with businesses, processing areas and different underwriters to finish assigned work.
10. Performs different duties as assigned.

EDUCATION:
Undergraduate diploma in enterprise administration, insurance, danger management, economics or finance most popular.

CERTIFICATIONS:
None. Associates should full and cross a ultimate evaluation as a way to be thought-about for an Underwriter position.

EXPERIENCE:
Minimal of two years associated insurance expertise most popular. Will contemplate undergraduate diploma in lieu of expertise.

KNOWLEDGE:
Commonplace enterprise insurance policies, practices and procedures. Basic understanding of primary analytical and monetary methods.

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:
Good verbal and written communication expertise to work together with all ranges of inner and exterior contacts, comparable to sales, management, and different underwriting personnel. Capability to prioritize personal work/time. Capability to make use of PC and study/use relevant techniques. Key competencies embrace: enterprise acumen, useful/technical expertise, command expertise, interpersonal savvy, negotiating, drawback fixing, drive for outcomes, managing and measuring work, buyer focus, and choice high quality.

FLSA: Non-exempt (Eligible)

WORKING CONDITIONS:
Regular workplace surroundings. Prolonged hours engaged on PC. Journey required to take part in giant group coaching periods and occasional buyer visits. The coaching periods will common 1 to 2 weeks in size three to five occasions all through the SCU program.

ADA:
The above statements cowl what are usually believed to be principal and important features of this job. Particular circumstances might permit or require some individuals assigned to the job to carry out a considerably totally different mixture of duties.

Job Analysis Exercise: four/2011 JDC
Household/Perform: UND/COU

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