Client Processing Associate II – Syndicated Loan Administrator
BNY
Underwriting Technician
Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies - Workers Compensation Division
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California
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💰 $29 per hour
Job Level
Junior
About the role
- Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies Workers Compensation Division seeking an Underwriting Technician in the Bay Area to support Underwriters and agencies.
- Review incoming submissions for completeness and quality; request missing or conflicting information.
- Accurately enter and maintain data in Underwriting and Policy Administration systems; prepare preliminary underwriting materials.
- Validate key rating variables and support automated quoting by resolving discrepancies with Agents or Underwriters.
- Complete complex policy transactions including endorsements, cancellations, ownership and broker-of-record changes.
- Coordinate policy issuance, follow-ups, ordering loss control reports, and setting diary reminders for timely processing.
- Support process automation initiatives, test tools, provide feedback, and conduct peer audits for quality standards.
- Identify workflow bottlenecks, recommend solutions, document internal procedures, and contribute to training materials.
- Proactively communicate with Agents about submission status, outstanding items, and manage day-to-day correspondence between Underwriters and agencies.
Requirements
- EDUCATION: Minimum of high school diploma, or equivalent certificate, required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
- EXPERIENCE: Minimum of one year of experience in insurance, preferably within the workers compensation industry, required.
- LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret underwriting files, write concise reports and business correspondence, and communicate clearly with colleagues and external partners.
- MATH SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide; compute rate, ratio, and percent; interpret bar graphs.
- REASONING SKILLS: Apply common sense to carry out written, oral, or diagram instructions; solve problems with several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- COMPUTER SKILLS: Basic technical competency with computers, Microsoft Office/365, and ability to master proprietary/vendor software.
- DESIRED: Attention to detail; initiative; results orientation; relationship building; willingness to upgrade technical skills and participate in training.
