Crop Associate Underwriter
| Company | American Financial Group |
|---|---|
| Location | Fargo, ND, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad, Junior |
Requirements
- Possesses procedural knowledge and skills that enable task accomplishment.
- Demonstrates working knowledge of coverage and forms, provisions for policies written within the assigned territory/unit, workflow and systems.
- Foundational written and verbal skills.
Responsibilities
- Applies rules and guidelines, insurance laws, and regulations. Reviews, documents, and/or underwrites new and renewal policy transactions within written authority.
- May enter policy information on an assigned product, territory and/or agency in accordance with RMA procedure.
- Proofs/audits policy information on an assigned product, territory and/or agency(ies).
- Reviews premium and loss data on an individual account as part of renewal underwriting, change underwriting, or mid-term underwriting.
- Reviews insurance applications and other risk documentation. Reviews underwriting requirements and refers applications, endorsement requests, or other correspondence for further underwriting analysis when outside of written authority.
- Gathers information on new and renewal business and change requests to support underwriter decision making.
- Investigates discrepancies in the information gathered.
- Orders, reviews, and takes appropriate action on required reports, endorsement requests, service requests, and general correspondence.
- Analyzes individual risk pricing for new business submissions and renewals within written authority.
- Monitors entry/processing to ensure data integrity and to avoid potential systemic issues.
- Communicates with agents and customers to obtain information needed to underwrite risks and address issues. Researches and responds to questions from agents.
- May provide support to underwriter(s).
- Organizes the underwriting information to speed decision making on the part of the underwriter.
- May include ‘template’ policy review and actions such as endorsement within assigned authority level.
- Provides information that is needed to issue policies and endorsements on a timely basis.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Crop insurance experience is preferred, but not required.