About the Role
The Underwriting Support Specialist prepares and processes new business, renewal, and quote-related tasks, ensuring accuracy and adherence to workflow standards. This role supports efficient underwriting operations by maintaining accurate documentation, resolving exceptions, and meeting service-level requirements.
Responsibilities
- Secure, complete, and summarize preparatory underwriting tasks for quotes, new policies and renewal policies in accordance with the corporate workflow.
- Process new and renewal prepping requests within authority.
- Serve as a contact for underwriting and agents on communication related to the new and renewal prepping and PIC tasks.
- Coordinate information using the OnBase, COMPRO and Mainframe systems as it relates to new business applications, policy change requests and E&O incoming documents, completing work accurately and meeting the assigned SLAs.
- Pull Workers' Compensation reports for applicable states and transfer to Onbase.
- Monitor, import and complete all necessary actions on incoming emails from all boxes including: Webcld, Webpld, Amendcld, EO.Apps, Underwriting Decisions and PIC.Requests.
- Review applications to determine incoming Lines of Business, complete quality control of new input via inquiry to detect errors and duplicate submissions and underwriter or agent contact depending on submission.
- Compile, complete and submit reports and documents as required.
- Perform Document Separation and Indexing.
- Monitor Onbase Exception Queues.
- Complete tasks including, but not limited to, Right Fax, Single 2, 3,4,6’s, Certificates, Regulatory Documents, and E&O Scanned.
- Maintain a strong customer service commitment by interacting with Profit Centers, Supervisory Staff, Home Office, co-workers and agents in support of efficient and effective work processes.
- Requires complete awareness and understanding of incoming email cyber security concerns and necessary reporting.
- Assist with special project work as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Conforms with all corporate policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Candidates who have accepted a formal offer must be willing to undergo a comprehensive background check and drug screen; additional screening for credit or MVR may be required for some positions.
Location
- Central New York
- NYC
- Dallas
- Charlotte
Work Type
- full time hourly
Experience Level
- 2-4 years
Education Level
- Associate's Degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $20.40-$24.00
Benefits
- Medical and Prescription Drug Benefit
- Dental Benefit
- Vision Benefit
- Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
- 401(k) Profit Sharing and Investment Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Tuition Assistance, Training, and Professional Designations
- Company-Paid Family Leave
- Adoption/Surrogacy Assistance Benefit
- Voluntary Benefits - Group Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Legal, ID Theft Protection, Pet Insurance
- Student Loan Refinancing Services
- Care.com Membership with Back-up Care, Senior Solutions
- Business Travel Accident Insurance
- Matching Gifts program
- Paid Volunteer Day
- Employee Referral Award Program
- Wellness programs
- Personal Insurance Discount
About the Company
- Utica National Insurance Group has 1,400 employees countrywide committed to making people feel secure, appreciated, and respected.
- Utica National Insurance Group is an "A" rated $2.0B award-winning, nationally recognized property & casualty insurance carrier.
- Operating along the Eastern half of the United States, based in our Home Office in Central New York, with Regional Office locations including NYC, Dallas and Charlotte.
- Our Mission is to continually meet the needs of our policyholders, agent/customers and employees resulting in sustainable profitable growth in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
- We are proud to sell our products through more than 2,200 independent insurance agents around the country as we have been since 1928.
- As the second-largest insurer of Agents’ Errors and Omissions business in the United States, we insure many of the agents who work with our policyholders.
- Our purpose is to make people feel secure, appreciated, and respected.
- These Values define the character of our employees.
- Together, with our agents, we are committed to providing our mutual policyholders with valuable services and products to help them feel secure.
Equal Opportunity
- Utica National is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
