What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field Underwriter - Idaho Territory position at Farmers Alliance Companies?
Join a Company That Invests In You.
At Farmers Alliance, we believe great people build great companies. That’s why we’re committed to supporting our employees with competitive benefits, meaningful work, and opportunities to grow.
What We Offer
We provide a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:
Most importantly, you’ll be part of a workplace culture that values collaboration, innovation, and people—where you’re not just an employee, but a valued member of a team working together to serve rural communities.
What This Role Is Really About
You’ll work directly with independent agents and farmers across Idaho, spending time on farms, learning how operations run, and helping match the right insurance coverage to the right risks.
If you enjoy agriculture, value relationships, and like using your judgment in the field, this role was built for you.
What You’ll Do
What We’re Looking For
REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, reach with hands and arms to operate computer keyboard, talk and hear. The employee is required to stand, walk, drive and climb ladders and roofs for field inspections. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.
At Farmers Alliance, we believe great people build great companies. That’s why we’re committed to supporting our employees with competitive benefits, meaningful work, and opportunities to grow.
What We Offer
We provide a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:
- Health insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Profit sharing
- Pay-for-performance bonus
- Company vehicle
- Paid parental leave
- Daycare assistance
- Workplace flexibility
Most importantly, you’ll be part of a workplace culture that values collaboration, innovation, and people—where you’re not just an employee, but a valued member of a team working together to serve rural communities.
What This Role Is Really About
You’ll work directly with independent agents and farmers across Idaho, spending time on farms, learning how operations run, and helping match the right insurance coverage to the right risks.
If you enjoy agriculture, value relationships, and like using your judgment in the field, this role was built for you.
What You’ll Do
- Travel your assigned Idaho territory visiting farms and ag operations
- Partner with local independent agents to identify farms that fit our insurance programs
- Walk properties, talk through operations, and understand how each farm works
- Use your ag and insurance knowledge to decide what coverage makes sense
- Share practical ideas that help farmers reduce losses and protect their operations
- Build long-term relationships with agents, farmers, and internal team members
What We’re Looking For
- Background in agriculture, farm insurance, or both
- Comfortable talking with farmers and agents
- Good judgment and common sense when evaluating operations
- Ability to work independently and manage your own schedule
- Willingness to keep learning and growing in the role
REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Must be coachable and learn from constructive criticism.
- Develop a strong knowledge and understanding of the rating requirements and policy forms used within your underwriting responsibilities.
- Demonstrate effective time management, organizational, and computer skills.
- Good listening and decision-making skills, detail oriented, accurate and efficient.
- Active participation in the team process, both internally and externally, and excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business reports, company manuals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and provide timely response to questions from managers, customers, and the general public.
- Must maintain a valid driver’s license & acceptable driving record.
- Valid and active drone license and skill necessary to operate drone for farm inspections will be required within 6-12 months.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Agriculture background preferred.
- Two or more years of work experience in underwriting preferred
- AINS designation along with a demonstrated desire to learn through the completion of other IIA or CPCU insurance courses.
- Will be required to complete AFIS designation within 24 months.
- CPCU completion is strongly encouraged
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, reach with hands and arms to operate computer keyboard, talk and hear. The employee is required to stand, walk, drive and climb ladders and roofs for field inspections. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.