Associate Underwriter Trainee

Crum & Forster Company Overview

Crum & Forster (C&F)  with a proud history dating to 1822, provides specialty and standard commercial lines insurance products through our admitted and surplus lines insurance companies. C&F enjoys a financial strength rating of "A" (Excellent) by AM Best and is proud of our superior customer service platform. Our claims and risk engineering services are recognized as among the best in the industry.

 

Our most valuable asset is our people: more than 2000 employees in locations throughout the United States. The company is increasingly winning recognition as a great place to work, earning several workplace and wellness awards, including the October 2023 Great Place to Work® Award for our employee-first focus and our steadfast commitment to diversity, equity and Inclusion.

 

C&F is part of Fairfax Financial Holdings, a global, billion dollar organization.  For more information about Crum & Forster, please visit our website: www.cfins.com.

 

Job Description

Seneca Insurance is a specialty property and casualty insurer, part of Crum & Forster (Fairfax Financial Holdings, Inc.), which takes a creative and disciplined approach to providing profitable insurance solutions. Our most valuable asset is our staff - 300+ employees, and growing, in locations throughout the United States - committed to delivering customized products with superior customer service. For more information about Seneca, please visit our website:  http://www.cfins.com/seneca/.

 

Every account has a story and here at Seneca Insurance Company, we believe in combining the best of technology with the human touch to create the flexible, customized coverage solutions your insureds need for their businesses to thrive.

 

Speed and access to information are ever more critical to decision making in today’s data-driven world, especially in insurance.

 

At Seneca, we understand that automation and AI will be even more critical in the future. That’s why we have continued to invest in technology that can take the more mundane parts of the underwriting process and free up our underwriters to do what they do best – focus on our clients to produce customized solutions based on the data. This gives our clients the best of both worlds - the speed of the platform with the power of our underwriters. Seneca is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crum & Forster and part of Fairfax Financial Holdings, Inc.

 

What you will do for C&F:

 

• Seneca’s Underwriting Training program is fast paced learning opportunity that will provide a valuable foundation for a career in Commercial Lines insurance.
• Our in-house training consists of 6-9 months of courses, self-study and on-the-job training in a variety of
• Commercial Lines coverages to develop underwriting knowledge.
• You will learn technical underwriting skills, build core competencies, and gain broad exposure to Seneca’s operations.
• Upon successful completion of the training program, you will be assigned an underwriting territory and position, and you will have continued learning and career progression opportunities.
• Promotions and salary increases are based on technical development, continued education and underwriting
• aptitude. The complexity of the job demands several years of experience to achieve proficiency.

What you will bring to C&F:

 

•  College graduate with a 3.0 GPA minimum.
•  College degree in many majors will be considered.
•  Risk Management major a plus but not required.
•  Recent college graduates who have 6 months to 1 year of related experience
•  Ability to learn through self-study.
•  Strong work ethic, verbal & written communication skills.
•  Excellent attention to detail and organization skills.
•  Excellent computer skills, including MS Office.
•  Relocation opportunities throughout the US.

 

 

What C&F will bring to you

Competitive compensation package

Generous 401K employer match

Employee Stock Purchase plan with employer matching

Generous Paid Time Off

Excellent benefits that go beyond health, dental & vision. Our programs are focused on your whole family’s wellness, including your physical, mental and financial wellbeing

A core C&F tenet is owning your career development, so we provide a wealth of ways for you to keep learning, including tuition reimbursement, industry-related certifications and professional training to keep you progressing on your chosen path

A dynamic, ambitious, fun and exciting work environment

We believe you do well by doing good and want to encourage a spirit of social and community responsibility, mat