Company Details

Berkley Aspire is an operating unit of the W.R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE – WRB), a Fortune 500 global insurer founded in 1967.

Aspire underwrites excess & surplus lines insurance solutions across the United States for hard-to-place commercial risks. Our direct to retail distribution strategy is unique, and we underwrite general liability, excess liability, property, and inland marine coverages. Verticals we specialize in include construction/contractors, habitational/real estate, hospitality/special events, entertainment/amusements, and manufacturing/products liability. Most of our customers are small to medium sized businesses and we operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

At Aspire, we strive to make surplus lines insurance easy to understand and easy to navigate. We think big. We lean in and listen. We work hard. We are open to new ideas. We experiment and innovate. We take care of our customers and support our teammates. And, if we do it right and stay true to our core principles, then we deliver profitable growth on a consistent basis.

We are an organization dedicated to an employee-centric company culture and a positively disruptive business model.

By thinking outside the box, we are making insurance a little more exciting and a little more fun.

Our home office is in Scottsdale, AZ. We also have offices in Cincinnati, OH, Richmond, VA, and Charlotte, NC. Our growing number of work-from-home teammates are located across the country.

We are always looking to add talented, motivated, and creative people to our team, so please reach out if you are interested in learning more about us.

www.berkleyapire.com

Responsibilities

The Associate Underwriter works within a production underwriting team to produce commercial insurance products for selected retail agency partners. The products provided are Commercial General Liability, Commercial Property, Commercial Inland Marine, and Commercial Follow Form Excess. The Associate Underwriter has a primary responsibility for policy issuance and ensuring that service standards and compliance guidelines are met. The Associate Underwriter will analyze information and have the opportunity to connect with their assigned agency partners.

Specific Duties

• Under general direction, analyze renewal data, set up pricing using provided renewal pricing tools and issue renewal quotes and/or renewal policies as the guidelines dictate.
• Assist other underwriters on assigned team with handling the issuance of binders, endorsements, cancellations, and, reinstatements for assigned agents within the service standard guidelines
• Ensure underwriting files, service standards and compliance guidelines are adhered to and underwriting authority letter is followed at all times.
• Rapidly evaluate, prioritize, and select most important tasks to handle for the assigned underwriting team. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Handling of assigned team’s general email inbox
  • Rating multi-location, multi-state accounts as needed for other underwriters on assigned team(s)
  • Ordering Loss Control reports from third party vendors when requested
  • Enter reinsurance cessions into reinsurance accounting system for payment reconciliation

May perform other functions as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and three plus years related insurance experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of three years of experience and/or training in insurance along with basic knowledge of insurance policy and premium transactions preferred.
• Must have strong customer service background in a professional environment.
• Excess and Surplus Lines background beneficial
• Must have working knowledge of the rating process, including proper application policy issuance procedures.
• Strong customer focus and the ability to respond with a sense of urgency
• Entrepreneurial qualities, such as trying innovative solutions, resiliency to change and recognizing what is most important to get done.
• Teamwork, providing and welcoming open, honest, respectful and constructive feedback
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills

Additional Company Details

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. We do not accept any unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies or firms. The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.

Sponsorship Details

Sponsorship not Offered for this Role