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Underwriting Assistant- Commercial Lines

Church Pension Group
Bennington, VT Full Time
POSTED ON 10/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/19/2026
Description Department: Church Insurance

Job Type: Regular Full Time

Education Level: AA/AS or combination of education and experience

Required Years Experience: 2

Interested in a career in insurance underwriting?

You don’t need underwriting experience, just curiosity, strong analytical skills, and a willingness to learn. Join a team where you'll gain hands-on exposure to risk assessment, insurance coverage analysis, and commercial underwriting while supporting experienced Underwriters. If you're detail-oriented, organized, and a quick learner looking to build a long-term career, we’d love to hear from you.

For more than 90 years, The Church Insurance Companies have focused on providing The Episcopal Church broad, cost-effective property and casualty coverage and unique risk management strategies and tools in a financially sustainable way.

Underwriting is responsible for the collection, review and evaluation of risk exposure to loss, creating insurance coverage, terms and conditions to meet the needs of current and prospective policyholders. The Commercial Lines Assistant provides administrative and technical support to Commercial Lines Underwriters by performing various tasks to facilitate the underwriting function.

What You Will Do

  • Request, gather, evaluate and document underwriting information from agency on insured or prospective insureds as needed
  • Perform prep work on new and renewal business including evaluation of loss experience, highlighting details of exposure, follow-up on outstanding underwriting information and general assessment of coverage and pricing for underwriting review
  • Order and analyze underwriting reports for review by underwriters
  • Independently review and assess completed loss control/risk management reports
  • Analyze and process endorsements requested based on authority level and completed within a prescribed timeframe
  • Establish and foster a positive and collaborative working relationship with agency staff, billing and claims staff
  • Complete special projects as needed.
  • Effective performance of the essential functions of this position requires regular in-person, on-site interaction with colleagues, both for purposes of relationship building and meaningful collaboration.

What You Need To Succeed In The Role

  • Ability to work individually or collaboratively as part of a team
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills
  • Demonstrated customer service skills
  • Effective interpersonal skills
  • Possess a high degree of accuracy, even under pressure
  • Possess a high degree of initiative and inquisitiveness
  • Knowledge of excel

Education & Experience

  • Associates degree and/or combination of education & equivalent experience highly preferred
  • 2 years of professional office experience

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

  • Extensive use of a computer keyboard is a demand of the position to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Currently, hybrid work environment, which requires working in CPG’s office Tuesdays through Thursdays and flexibility to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Church Pension Group employees must maintain a professional, compassionate, and trustworthy work environment always. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable someone with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job within this environment.

Salary Range: $47,000 - $57,000

Join us and Create A Better Future For Yourself!

Flexible Benefits Available To Eligible Employees

  • Medical (including Vision)
  • Dental

Core Benefits Automatically Provided To Eligible Employees

  • Employer funded defined benefit pension plan (five year vesting)
  • Employee Life Insurance
  • Spouse and Dependent Life Insurance
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
  • Short-Term Disability (STD) coverage
  • Long-Term Disability (LTD) coverage (elected as either pre-tax or after-tax)
  • Business Travel Accident Insurance
  • Worker’s Compensation
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Retiree health insurance (eligible after 10 years)
  • Retiree life insurance

Elective Benefits Available To Eligible Employees

  • 401(k) with matching contributions (immediate vesting)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Educational Assistance Program available to eligible employees

Parental Leave available to eligible employees

Time Off available to eligible employees: Vacation, Sick, Personal and Holidays

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. Please understand that, as a general policy, CPG does not sponsor visas.

CPG is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fair hiring practices and do not discriminate against job applicants or employees based on any protected characteristics. We also celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Salary : $47,000 - $57,000

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