Underwriting Specialist, Commercial Middle Market
CNA Insurance
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Westerville • Ohio • United States
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About the role
- Grow your underwriting career at a company that offers access and collaboration with the home office, ample promotional opportunities and evolving underwriting centers that allow you to focus on larger accounts.
- Reviews applications and financial requirements to determine acceptability of risk in accordance with CNA’s guidelines and standards.
- Understands pricing components and rating methodology as well as use of the predictive modeling tools; prices risk based on financial and competitive analysis.
- Uses all appropriate underwriting tools (e.g., RST, BPMT, Merlin, etc.), disciplines and knowledge of strategies to ensure underwriting guidelines are followed.
- Demonstrates technical underwriting skills through strategic, thorough account reviews and file documentation.
- Prepares or analyzes information on adverse underwriting decisions, rate appeals, underwriting requirements, status and declinations in order to drive results within the assigned territory.
Requirements
- 3+ years of related experience.
- Knowledge of underwriting processes, coverages, and tools to gather and evaluate information in order to reach appropriate decisions on renewals and new business.
- Ability to effectively interact and communicate with all levels of external and/or internal business partners within scope of responsibility, team and/or matrix environment.
- Ability to uncover customer needs, position specific solutions, handle objections and close deals.
- Ability to exercise judgment, negotiate and make sound business decisions effectively based on level of authority.
- Strong ability to identify, analyze and solve problems as well as the ability to learn rapidly, adapt quickly to change, exercise influence, and manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects.
Benefits
- comprehensive and competitive benefits package to our employees
- helps them — and their family members — achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
underwritingrisk assessmentpricing componentsrating methodologypredictive modelingfinancial analysisaccount reviewsfile documentationrenewalsnew business
Soft Skills
communicationnegotiationproblem solvingjudgmentinfluenceadaptabilityproject managementcustomer needs analysisdecision makingteam collaboration