Underwriting Associate

BCforward is seeking a highly skilled Underwriting Associate to join our team. As an Underwriting Associate, you will play a critical role in supporting our clients by placing bond, crime, windstorm, flood, cyber, and other insurance coverages in the standard insurance marketplace.

• Places miscellaneous ancillary lines policies (Bonds, Crime, Windstorm, Flood, Cyber Coverage, Pollution Liability, etc.) for Pools and stand-alone accounts
• Reviews and completes applications and submits to appropriate markets
• Processes policy change requests and maintains/follows up on outstanding items needed from clients or insurance carriers
• Provides premium quotations to clients for new and renewal policies and creates and sends proposals
• Invoices all policies and endorsements and processes company and customer inquiries and incoming correspondence
• Reviews expirations and prepares policy renewal notices and processes preliminary claims notices between Insurance carriers and clients
• Maintains all work in AMS 360 and files Surplus Lines taxes and Stamping Office fees and maintains the appropriate files and logs for annual tax filings

• High School Education or Equivalent, with some college preferred
• 9+ years insurance experience preferred, with experience in an agency environment and proficiency in MS365, Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Minimum 5 years of commercial property/casualty customer service representative experience, preferably including workers' compensation, liability, and property within the standard market and public entity arena
• Hold a General P/C agent license or obtain within 6 months

BCforward offers a comprehensive benefits package, including major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

As a Black-owned firm, BCforward is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from qualified candidates.