Senior Underwriter

About us:

Most new business comes from referrals by existing clients. Still family owned, 32 years on. Licensing (property and casualty, life and health) is paid for, with study time during work hours.

SJ Insurance Services is hiring a Senior Underwriter to work remotely from the US. Agent relationships matter here. Expect regular agency visits. Remote within the US. The team meets in Waterbury once a quarter, travel covered. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Follow underwriting guidelines and state filing requirements
• Mentor underwriting assistants and trainees
• Track production, hit ratio and loss ratio for your book monthly
• Price accounts using rating tools in Guidewire PolicyCenter and underwriting judgment
• Negotiate terms, deductibles and pricing with agents
• Re-underwrite renewals for loss trends, exposure changes and rate adequacy
• Work with loss control on recommendations and follow-up
• Document underwriting decisions in the policy file

Skills and experience:

• 7+ years of commercial lines underwriting experience
• Able to travel up to 20% for agency visits
• Experience reading loss runs, schedules and financial statements

What we offer:

Pay: $106,000 - $124,000 annually

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with 4% match
• Paid time off
• $1,000 home office setup budget
• Employee discount
• Paid holidays

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you need an accommodation during the application process, let us know.

This position requires a background check.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at SJ Insurance Services.