Executive Commercial Lines Underwriter - New Business (Georgia)

The Company

At Utica National Insurance Group, 1,400 employees countrywide take our corporate promise to heart every day: To make people feel secure, appreciated, and respected.

Utica National Insurance Group is an "A" rated $1.5B award-winning, nationally recognized property & casualty insurance carrier.

Operating along the Eastern half of the United States, based in our Home Office in Central New York, with Regional Office locations including Boston, NYC, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, Richmond, Chicago.

This is a hybrid position with approximately 3 days/month spent in our Duluth, GA office.

What you will do

As an Executive Commercial Lines Underwriter, you will have the opportunity to work with our Agency Partners in Georgia to write profitable new business and provide exceptional service to our insureds. We prioritize building strong partnerships with our agencies, and we are looking for a talented individual to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for underwriting new middle market commercial insurance policies, including auto, property, liability, workers' compensation, and package policies. You will use your expertise to evaluate risks and determine appropriate coverage, while also ensuring high satisfaction for our insureds.

• Review, reject, or approve applications and/or endorsement requests concerning complex risks.

• Communicate by telephone and through written correspondence with producers and marketing representatives.

• Visit producers in their offices, working with them on problems assigned by the supervising underwriter or in relating to specific underwriting problems.

• Assist in providing guidance to other underwriters for whom the supervising underwriter is responsible.

• Assist the supervising underwriter in establishing and conducting training of other underwriters.

• Perform other tasks as assigned.

What you need

• 5+ years of commercial underwriting experience.

• Experience with middle market commercial insurance policies, including auto, property, liability, workers' compensation, and package policies.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• Completion of INS and AU series preferred but not required.

• Completion of the IIA General Insurance series, IIA Underwriting series preferred but not required.

• Coursework towards an ARM and/or CPCU designation preferred but not required.

• Strong technical verbal and writing skills.

• Proven effective at developing quality relationships with agents, brokers, and reinsurers, especially involving larger or more complex accounts.

Salary Range: $80,000 - $120,000

This position is bonus eligible.

The final salary to be paid and position within the internal salary range is reflective of the employee's work experience, their geographic location, education, certification(s), scope and responsibilities in the role, and additional qualifications.

Benefits

We believe strongly that talented people are core to our success and are attracted to companies that provide competitive pay, comprehensive benefits packages, career advancement and challenging work opportunities. We offer a Comprehensive Benefits Plan for full time employees that include the following:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Benefit

• Dental Benefit

• Vision Benefit

• Life Insurance and Disability Benefits

• 401(k) Profit Sharing and Investment Plan (Includes annual Company financial contribution and discretionary Profit Sharing contribution based upon annual company financial results)

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Flexible Spending Accounts

• Tuition Assistance, Training, and Professional Designations

• Company-Paid Family Leave

• Adoption/Surrogacy Assistance Benefit

• Voluntary Benefits - Group Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Legal, ID Theft Protection, Pet Insurance

• Student Loan Refinancing Services

• Care.com Membership with Back-up Care, Senior Solutions

• Business Travel Accident Insurance

• Matching Gifts program

• Paid Volunteer Day

• Employee Referral Award Program

• Wellness programs

Additional Information:

This position is a full time salaried, exempt (non-overtime eligible) position.

Utica National is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Apply now and find out what it's like to be a part of an amazing team, thrive in an exciting environment and work for a company you can be proud of. Once you complete your application, you can monitor your status in the hiring process by logging into your profile. A representative from our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch regarding any change in your candidacy.

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