Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value diversity and recognize the benefits gained when people from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences work collaboratively to achieve business results. We are intentionally focused on fostering an inclusive culture and know valuing diversity is an essential leadership quality. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered and enabled to perform at their best.

Great American Risk Solutions writes a diverse mix of property and casualty business, both primary and excess. Risk Solutions writes mostly non-admitted business, partnering with leading wholesalers. We focus on a specialized solution for a diverse market.

Our team members at Great American Risk Solutions display strong personal character, integrity, and honesty. We are driven champions of change and focus on results. We emphasize teamwork, collaboration – among underwriting, claims, and shared services teams – and continuous development of interpersonal and technical skills.

Great American Risk Solutions is currently searching for an Associate Underwriter to assist the Great American Risk Solutions Healthcare team. This individual will be processing accounts, sending emails, auditing files, and following up with external brokers. The team is looking for someone who is organized, is detail oriented, and who can multi-task. This candidate may work 100% remote in the United States. We are open to either full or part-time availability.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Applies rules and guidelines, insurance laws, and regulations. Reviews, documents, and/or underwrites new and renewal policy transactions within written authority.

  • May enter policy information on an assigned product, territory and / or agency in accordance with template rules.

  • Proofs / audits policy information on an assigned product, territory and/or agency(ies).

  • Reviews premium and loss data on an individual account as part of renewal underwriting, change underwriting, or mid-term underwriting.

• Reviews insurance applications and other risk documentation. Reviews underwriting requirements and refers applications, endorsement requests, or other correspondence for further underwriting analysis when outside of written authority.

  • Gathers information on new and renewal business and change requests to support underwriter decision making.

  • Investigates discrepancies in the information gathered.

• Orders, reviews, and takes appropriate action on required reports, endorsement requests, service requests, and general correspondence.

• Analyzes individual risk pricing for new business submissions and renewals within written authority.

• Monitors entry / processing to ensure data integrity and to avoid potential systemic issues.

• Communicates with agents, brokers and customers to obtain information needed to underwrite risks and address issues. Researches and responds to questions from agents.

• May provide support to underwriter(s).

  • Organizes the underwriting information to speed decision making on the part of the underwriter.

  • May include "template" policy review and actions such as endorsement within assigned authority level.

• Provides information to Rating and to Processing that is needed to issue policies and endorsements on a timely basis. May issue, process or code transactions.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Associate Degree or equivalent experience in Business, Liberal Arts or a related discipline.

• Generally, 0 to 2 years of related experience.

• Experience with Microsoft Office products is preferred.

• Ability to multi-task and stay organized.

• Ability to work independently in a fully remote work environment

*Pay is dependent on the candidates’ background, experience, and geographical differential.

Business Unit:

Great American Risk Solutions

Salary Range:

$37,500.00 -$50,000.00

Benefits:

We offer competitive healthcare, retirement, and paid time off benefits for full-time and part-time benefit eligible employees.