Underwriting Assistant, Excess Casualty E&S

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Sompo has a unique opportunity for an Underwriting Assistant, E&S Casualty. The position is for our Los Angeles, Reporting to the VP, Underwriting Support Manager, E&S Casualty.

Our seasoned U.S. Excess Casualty – E&S team applies significant expertise and creativity to complete placements. Leveraging our relationships with appointed wholesale brokers, we provide meaningful capacity, a consistent underwriting approach and timely coverage and claims responses.

Our Business, Your Impact, Our Opportunity

What you will be Doing:

• Responsible for reviewing submissions
• Assist underwriters with quote, binder, policy issuance & endorsement workflows
• Work with and follow up with producers for any outstanding information & subjectivities
• Review & adhere to Surplus Lines State regulations
• Create, register, process and distribute binders, policies and endorsements within processing standards established by management
• Prepare all policies in accordance with final binders inclusive of review by underwriting staff
• Implement and maintain a field service reputation that is recognized as superior in the industry
• To review and analyse facultative reinsurance certificates as determined by management
• Provide backup to other Underwriting Assistants as necessary
  
  

What You Will Bring

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a technical/underwriting assistant with similar duties
• Bachelor’s Degree Preferred
• Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Computer skills including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, Adobe Acrobat
• Able to multi-task and communicate well
• Demonstrated planning and organizational skills
  
  

Salary Range: $80,000 – $100,000 Actual compensation for this role will depend on several factors including the cost of living associated with your work location, your qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience.

At Sompo International, we recognize that the talent, skills, and commitment of our employees drive our success. This is why we offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees.

Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms.  The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.

Summary

We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents.  Below is a summary of our current comprehensive U.S. benefit programs:

• Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution.
• Pharmacy benefits with mail order options.
• Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children.
• Vision benefits.
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
  
  

Sompo International is an equal-opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. M/F/D/V

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