Underwriter

Introduction

At RPS, we don’t just embrace bold ideas, we make them happen.

We’re a team of entrepreneurs, big-picture thinkers, and passionate experts who thrive on possibility. Every day, we collaborate across teams, challenge convention, and push boundaries to design innovative solutions for our clients. With access to top-rated carriers and a dynamic marketplace, we bring strategy and creativity together to deliver what others might call impossible.

Here, every voice counts, every perspective matters, and every challenge is an opportunity to grow. You’ll be supported by a culture that celebrates ownership, curiosity, and high performance, where you’re trusted to do your best work and encouraged to keep learning along the way.

How You'll Make An Impact

As a Transportation Underwriter focused on renewals, you will:

• Renewal Management:
• Underwrite and manage renewal policies for transportation clients, ensuring compliance with RPS underwriting guidelines and risk appetite.
• Analyze existing accounts to assess risk exposure, pricing adequacy, and coverage needs.
• Collaborate with brokers and agents to negotiate terms, conditions, and pricing for renewals.
• Risk Assessment:
• Conduct detailed risk evaluations for transportation businesses, including trucking, logistics, and fleet operations.
• Review loss histories, safety protocols, and operational practices to determine appropriate coverage and pricing.
• Client and Broker Relationships:
• Build and maintain strong relationships with brokers, agents, and internal stakeholders.
• Provide exceptional service by addressing inquiries, resolving issues, and delivering tailored solutions.
• Compliance and Documentation:
• Ensure all underwriting decisions comply with regulatory requirements and RPS policies.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation for all renewal accounts.
• Collaboration and Strategy:
• Partner with the underwriting team to develop strategies for portfolio growth and profitability.
• Stay informed about industry trends, market conditions, and regulatory changes impacting the transportation sector.
  

About You

Required: Bachelor's degree and 2 years related experience required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications and Microsoft Office.

Preferred:

• Minimum of 2 years of underwriting experience, preferably in the transportation or commercial insurance sector.
• Proven expertise in managing renewal accounts and assessing transportation risks.
  

Behaviors: Detail oriented; strong analytical skills and good communication and interpersonal skills

Compensation And Benefits

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave
  
  

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program - elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more...
• The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.
  
  

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.