Underwriting Specialist

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

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Great American’s Trucking Division has grown to be a leader in providing best-in-class truck insurance products to independent contractors. The Division is dedicated entirely to trucking. That means whomever you work with is only talking trucks. All day. Every day. Great American's Trucking Division provides the products and services needed by the long-haul trucking industry, particularly independent contractors/Owner-Operators, to get them back on the road faster.

https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/about-us/business-operations/division/trucking

The Trucking Division is looking for an Underwriting Specialist to join their team. This individual will work from our headquarters in Cincinnati, OH. Training will be fully in person, with the opportunity to work a hybrid schedule after training is completed.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Has responsibility for risk selection/rejection, pricing, retention, growth, and profitability per divisional objectives.

  • Uses independent judgment and initiative to support business goals.

  • Maintains a high level of customer service.

  • Analyzes coverage and limit requests and decides what terms to offer.

  • Prices business in accordance with company guidelines.

  • Assesses risk quality and compliance within company guidelines and initiates appropriate loss prevention actions.

  • Orders and screens miscellaneous reports needed in the rating and underwriting processes, such as Motor Vehicle reports, loss history reports, credit checks, outside inspections, loss control, etc.

• Develops and maintains effective business relationships with internal and external customers/coworkers in order to attract and retain profitable business.

  • Interprets, explains, and markets products and services.

  • Develops relationships with agents & brokers through telephone interactions. 

• Administers, applies, and may update underwriting rules and guidelines, rating manual rules, and insurance laws and regulations. 

• Provides technical advice to lower level associates and other functional areas. 

• May have responsibility for performance and coaching of staff and may have a participatory role in decisions regarding talent selection, development, and performance management for direct reports.

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Business, Liberal Arts or a related discipline.

• Generally, 6 to 10 years of related experience. 

• May be in the process of obtaining or may have already completed certification in area of expertise; appropriate certifications could include Associate in Underwriting (AU), Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), Program in General Insurance (INS) or Associate of Risk Management (ARM).

• Ability to travel 10% of the time.

• Strong desire to learn and grow.

Business Unit:

Trucking

Benefits:

We offer competitive healthcare, retirement, and paid time off benefits for full-time and part-time benefit eligible employees.