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Ryan Specialty, LLC
Underwriting Technical Assistant-3
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What they do
An Underwriting Assistant assists insurance underwriters with administrative tasks and managing documents for insurance files, applications and claims. Assists with research, customer service, or compiling information for business or regulatory reports.
$58,214 / year median in New York
Job Description
Position Summary The Policy Processing Representative is responsible for efficiently processing policy-related transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements. The role reviews and verifies policy applications, endorsements, and cancellations, inputting data accurately into computer systems, and issuing policy documents to clients. They handle inquiries from policyholders, agents, and other stakeholders, providing timely and accurate information on policy-related matters. They assist with underwriting tasks, such as assessing risk factors and calculating premiums. What will your job entail?
Job Responsibilities:
- Accurately clear new business submissions in a timely manner with an attention to detail.
- Populate underwriting applications with the information necessary to rate, document and issue accurate and compliant policies.
- Bind and issue new and renewal commercial insurance policies. Process endorsements, cancellations and reinstatements.
- Process endorsements, cancellations and reinstatements.
- Process notices of cancellation, non-renewal notices and renewal solicitation notices.
- Troubleshoot booking and accounting issues or discrepancies.
- Communicate effectively with management, underwriters and brokers to secure the information necessary to accurately process the business.
- Provide timely and efficient service to all internal and external customers, including underwriters and brokers.
- Create and distribute routine and ad-hoc reports as assigned.
- Participate in or handle special projects, as needed.
- Collaborates with resources across the organization to pursue continual process optimization and innovation.
Work Experience and Education:
- BA/BS degree preferred. Business and/or a technology related degree a plus.
- A minimum of 1 year of experience in an office environment, insurance experience and experience with core business systems and applications preferred.
- Intermediate to advanced MS Office Excel and Word skills required. SQL knowledge a plus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Attention to detail, accuracy, and data integrity.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to maintain standards of quality and quantity of output as established by management.
- Desire and drive to foster teamwork in a collaborative environment.
- Ability to work well within a team and to continually learn in a fast paced and constantly changing environment.