Personal Lines Underwriter
Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. (DTS)
2021-12-03 08:50:24
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Job type: fulltime
Job industry: Insurance & Superannuation
Job description
Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. (DTS) is an award-winning IT consulting firm based in Columbus, OH. We now have an opening for an Assistant Personal Lines Underwriter to join our team. It is a remote position.
s and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
Direct applicants only, no corp-to-corp candidates, third parties, or agencies, please.
This is a remote position.
Required Skills and Experience:
- One to two years of auto and homeowners personal lines underwriting experience
- Insurance carrier experience
- Knowledge of state regulatory laws
- Customer service mindset
- Attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of state regulatory statutes and laws
- Ability to interact effectively with customers, underwriters, and colleagues
- Very results-oriented individual with excellent decision-making ability.
- Must be extremely organized and capable of managing their work to meet time-sensitive deadlines.
- Strong PC skills, including knowledge of business software such as MS Word and Excel.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- CPCU is very desirable but not required
Job Description:
We are hiring an Assistant Personal Lines Underwriter to work for us as a direct, W2 salaried or hourly employee, and the selected candidate will work on an engagement for our client in which you will work with inspections and other insurance operations. You will:
- Work in a behind-the-scenes desk underwriting role. This is not an agent-facing underwriting role.
- Work with a team of underwriters who will handle the agent-facing work.
- Evaluate and underwriter preferred lines of new business, amendments, and renewal business risks referred from the client's Underwriting Decision System.
- Review all information to evaluate and assess the overall risk with focus on proper placement and obtaining adequate premium for the exposure.
- Review inspections in accordance with operations workflow practices and standards.
- Complete claims referrals, status summaries, and risk alert referrals.
- Adhere to operations production and service standards and differentiators.
- Respond to customer inquiries, including live chats, complaint letters, and policy information requests.
- Identify product risks and recommend solutions to mitigate them.
- Advise business unit on necessary risk reduction actions and solutions.
Why DTS?
We're inclusive; celebrate your role, grow in your position, feel the freedom to explore, trust the commitment, experience the opportunity. We're growing, and we need great people to grow with us! Simply put, we're enabled to hire the best. Our Project Delivery, Enterprise Support, Information Security, Development, and Administrative Services practices are led by DTS consultants who help select our employees and then guide them. What's in it for you? A collaborative, supportive environment where high standards, quality, and excellence are the norm.
Why Columbus?
This is a remote position, but if you decide to relocate to Columbus, it has an exciting Information Technology and insurance market, a reasonable cost of living, a low unemployment rate, and a strong quality of life! It's the 14th-largest city in the United States and is home to fifteen (15) Fortune 1000 companies which are all very dependent on IT.
Our Vision:
By building a clear sense of purpose and strong relationships within Dedicated Tech Services, the staff and leadership team can then aspire to be the technology service provider whose quality services set the standard by which others are measured and that our clients ask for by name.
Our Benefits:
In addition to the opportunity to work for a caring and supportive company, DTS offers health, vision, and dental insurance, a 401K plan, bonus options, and more! Please visit our web site for more information:
Dedicated Tech Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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