Underwriting - Continuous Improvement Specialist

4 days ago


Chicago, United States Producers National Full time

**Overview**:
Producers National Corporation is headquartered in the greater Chicago, Illinois area. Our experienced and diverse staff strive to meet the needs of our highly valued customers. We are dedicated to being a leading provider of personal automobile, manufactured home, and commercial lines insurance. We are actively growing through our partnerships with hundreds of independent insurance agents, wholesalers, and MGAs across the nation.

**Description**

As an Underwriting Continuous Improvement Specialist, you will analyze company underwriting processes, make suggestions on how to improve them, and work with various departments to implement changes.

**Responsibilities**
- Analyze and measure the effectiveness of existing business processes.
- Collect and analyze data to recommend and design business practices and procedures that focus on process improvement, increased productivity, decreased underwriting costs, and a best-in-class agent/customer experience.
- Evaluate and prioritize potential improvements based on gains and required effort.
- Aid in determining how new information technologies can support business processes and work to implement new systems, as needed.
- Maintain awareness of industry changes, legal updates, and technical developments.
- Develop and deliver training on newly implemented underwriting processes and procedures.
- Coordinate with the project management team to define requirements, identify needed underwriting resources, and obtain the required approvals from leadership.
- Effectively communicate with all levels within the organization - technical and non-technical audiences - to ensure that department initiatives align with company goals.
- Handle special projects and perform other duties, as assigned.
- Receive a mínimal level of guidance and direction.

**Qualifications**
- Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Insurance, or the equivalent education and/or experience.
- CPCU or other insurance designations and/or additional appropriate experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Expert-level understanding of personal and commercial lines insurance, preferably automobile insurance.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
- Bilingual - English & Spanish a plus.

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Benefits**:

- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance

Weekly day range:

- Monday to Friday

Work setting:

- Hybrid work
- Office

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Insurance Underwriting: 4 years (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chicago, IL 60631



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