Underwriting Assistant II

Title:

Underwriting Assistant II

Company:

Job Category:

Underwriting Operations

Job Description:

About Everest:

Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. We also offer generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement programs, mentoring opportunities, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.

About the Role:

Everest is looking for Underwriting Assistants to join our growing team in our offices across the country!  We are actively seeking underwriting assistants to support our dynamic and growing dedicated Primary Casualty business.  Underwriting Assistants will have the opportunity to make impactful contributions across both Commercial Casualty and Risk Management.

Everest specializes in delivering customized insurance solutions to meet the unique needs of our clients. We know that risks continue to grow more complex, and we are committed to evolving, along with our partners, to meet the ever-changing needs of our clients.

Lines of Business Include:  Commercial Auto, General Liability, Workers Compensation

The opportunity awaits...

• Hands on, robust, fully paid training program by insurance industry professionals.
• Support for continued education and ongoing learning.
• Career development advancement opportunities across the organization.
• Excellent benefits, paid time off, 401k, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayments.
• Hybrid work environment that supports work/life balance.
• Opportunities to get involved in employee resource groups, volunteer activities and DEI initiatives.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Multi-line new business submissions, renewal submissions and endorsements processing including rating, policy construction and assembly in a timely and accurate manner.
• Adherence to established department service level agreements.
• Regularly reviews and adheres to department processing guidelines and procedures to ensure accuracy including recommended changes/enhancements.
• Manage underwriting and broker relationships with timely responses relative to service inquiries.
• Lead weekly synchronization meetings with underwriting to prioritize work and resolve challenges.
• Communicate with brokers to obtain required documentation in support of policy issuance.
• Maintain all correspondence activity with internal and external customers including daily diaries on pending transactions.
• Communicate with Business Process Outsourcing partners and review incoming transactions for completeness, accuracy, and quality.
• Flexibility to support Underwriters located in different regions and time zones within the United States
• Compliance with ODEN state rules and regulations relative to cancellations and reinstatements.
• Gathering and analyzing underwriting information including experience reports, final audits, loss control reports, financial reports, loss runs, MVRs, and FEINs.
• Ability to manage internal report updates based on manager discretion.
• Participates in peer review and quality control for team(s) as needed.
• Special projects, including participation in Home Office projects, as needed.

Qualifications, Education & Experience:

• Relevant work OR 2-3 years providing service support for underwriting
• Experience supporting multi-line national accounts with high touch service
• Proficient in MS Office, with intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:

• Strong desk management, written and verbal communication skills.
• Exhibit a “Best in Class” mentality with a drive for continuous improvement.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to develop rapport with business partners, underwriters, agents and co-workers by phone, email or in person.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands and requests to complete work within required time constraints with a high volume of work.  
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills and outside the box thinking.
• Proficiency in using