Associate Underwriter

24 hours ago

Richmond, United States Kinsale Insurance Company Full time

Kinsale Insurance is an excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance company located in Richmond, VA. We pride ourselves on our high-quality, high-touch customer service and innovative, personalized solutions. In each of our divisions, we take ownership of every step of the process, doing all of our underwriting in-house at our new office space in Richmond. We reward the doers: the people who seek new opportunities, take initiative, and challenge the status quo.

Underwriting is a fascinating career involving research, data analysis, and making decisions based on judgement, and we're seeking candidates to come in on the ground floor into our Associate Underwriter position. Our teams are extremely collaborative and give you the processes and tools to be successful, so you don't need to have any underwriting experience to begin your career path as an Associate Underwriter. Instead, picture yourself in a position with a day-to-day and skills that look like this:

A typical day as an Associate Underwriter might include...

  • Underwriting commercial insurance risks: reviewing, analyzing, accepting, and declining risks to ensure profitability for Kinsale.
  • Communicating with management on individual accounts, current and proposed producers, and recommendations concerning operations, systems, and procedures when appropriate.
  • Underwriting and selecting new business that will produce an underwriting profit.
  • Reviewing submissions to identify exposure/risk and determine accurate classifications, rates, and premium charges.
  • Monitoring producers for profitability and production.
  • Marketing products to producers by coordinating marketing plan with various stakeholders in and outside Underwriting
  • Developing forms and coverages in partnership with others, as applicable.
A successful candidate has...
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills.
  • PC literacy, with emphasis on Outlook, Word, and Excel.
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills.
  • A team-oriented, entrepreneurial spirit, seeking a flexible, spontaneous business environment.
  • Professional experience demonstrating foundational decision-making, analytical, quantitative, and interpersonal skills, as well as room for growth.
A compelling candidate has...
  • A Bachelor's degree, especially in business, economics, risk management, STEM or related field.
  • Advanced Excel skills, including comfort with V-Lookup and PivotTable functions.
  • Strong negotiation skills.
  • Ability to maintain precision while moving quickly through workload.
Kinsale offers...
  • Competitive salary with performance-based bonus opportunities
  • Single and family health, dental, and vision insurance plans with a generous percentage of maximum HSA funds contributed by the company
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Life insurance
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Generous paid time off and holidays
  • Yearly reimbursement for educational training & development opportunities
  • Promotion from within the company with clear goals and developed career paths

Think it's a good fit? Apply now to join our team

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