Underwriter (Remote)

We employ 4,200 people across underwriting, claims, actuarial, IT and customer service. Licensing (property and casualty, life and health) is paid for, with study time during work hours.

Position summary

We're looking for an Underwriter (Remote) to join our team. This is a remote role. We want an underwriter who can say no clearly and say yes with the right terms. The company is based in Arvada, the US. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. We hire in Ghana through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

Your responsibilities

• Re-underwrite renewals for loss trends, exposure changes and rate adequacy
• Mentor underwriting assistants and trainees
• Review submissions for risk quality, completeness and appetite fit
• Document underwriting decisions in the policy file
• Quote, bind and issue policies within your letter of authority

What you need

• 2+ years of commercial lines underwriting experience
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, risk management or a related field
• Experience reading loss runs, schedules and financial statements
• Strong judgment on risk selection and pricing
• Clear written underwriting rationale
• Working knowledge of commercial property, liability and auto coverage forms
• Comfortable negotiating with agents

Preferred

• Excess and umbrella underwriting
• Excel modelling for pricing

Salary range: GHS 16,500-GHS 19,000 per month

What we offer

• Paid sick days
• Co-working space stipend
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner
• Home office setup budget
• Monthly internet allowance
• Company laptop

We may close this posting early once we have enough applications.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at DR Mutual Corp..