Associate Underwriter (Underwriting Hub)

What you'd do

• Serves as the file lead for an assigned book of renewal business, managing accounts from rollover through renewal decision, policy issuance, and ongoing servicing activities.
• Performs underwriting analysis and documentation to determine acceptability of risk in accordance with company guidelines, underwriting strategy, and assigned Letter of Underwriting Authority.
• Manages account workflow and renewal timelines for a high volume of assigned accounts, balancing underwriting reviews, service requests, referrals, stakeholder communication, and documentation requirements to ensure timely completion of work.
• Reviews exposures, loss experience, applications, specifications, and account changes to identify underwriting considerations, information needs, and matters requiring referral or escalation.
• Makes underwriting and servicing decisions within delegated authority and refers matters outside authority to the appropriate referral partner with supporting analysis and recommended action.
• Maintains ownership of assigned accounts through final resolution, including coordination of referrals, approvals, endorsements, policy issuance activities, account changes, and required documentation.
• Handles endorsements, cancellations, audits, billing and collection matters, and other account servicing activities within delegated authority while coordinating with internal partners as needed.
• Communicates directly with brokers, agents, customers, field underwriting partners, Line of Business leaders, Risk Control, Underwriting Services, and other internal business partners to obtain information, resolve issues, and support account outcomes.
• Prepares quote and renewal proposals and negotiates account terms, pricing, and conditions within assigned authority, escalating matters requiring additional authority or technical guidance.
• Documents assigned files to ensure completeness, compliance, quality, and appropriate support for underwriting decisions.

What they want

• Knowledge of Property and Casualty underwriting, insurance products, policy processing procedures, and documentation standards.
• Ability to serve as file lead on assigned accounts and manage a defined book of business within delegated authority.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage work effectively in a high-volume underwriting environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate risk and apply underwriting guidelines appropriately within assigned authority.
• Strong organization, time management, and follow-through skills across multiple accounts and competing deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively engage internal and external business partners.
• Sound judgment regarding when to act independently and when to engage referral, technical, or management resources.
• Strong customer service and relationship management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related systems and software.
• Demonstrated accountability and ownership for assigned work and outcomes.