Underwriting Assistant

Full-time position with a growing insurance carrier where you will enjoy consistent income, real flexibility, and benefits designed to support your life, not just your job!

What sets us apart:

• Work from home options with true flexibility
• Stable, predictable income you can count on
• Short-term incentive bonuses - when the company wins, you win!
• 401k plan to build long-term financial security
• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
• Work-life balance where you can fully unplug

Illinois Casualty Company is growing, and we have an opportunity for an Underwriting Assistant to join one of the leading providers of insurance protection for the food and beverage industry.

The Underwriting Assistant supports an Underwriting team and assigned territory in the development of mutually beneficial relationships with agents/producers to ensure writing of profitable risks. This position processes requests from agents and policyholders, and processes renewals or endorsements within a designated authority level.

Essential Functions

• Responding to routine inquiries from agents and policyholders regarding quotes, endorsements, renewals, cancellations, and other inquiries
• Completing all assigned pre-renewals within a designated timeline prior to policy expiration
• Quoting and/or issuing endorsements ensuring accuracy of changes
• Evaluating renewal data in accordance with established underwriting guidelines; considering profitability and appropriate loss ratio for underwriting territory, effectively pricing, and maintaining a suitable retention ratio

Qualifications

• Two-year degree with a minimum 3+ years’ administrative training and insurance industry experience
• Proficiency in reading and understanding policy forms and endorsements
• Intermediate level proficiency in word processing, data entry, and spreadsheet application software
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines