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Technical Underwriting Analyst at VAVE Underwriting Agency Inc.

Technical Underwriting Analyst

VAVE Underwriting Agency Inc. · NY, US

3 weeks ago

Technical Underwriting Analyst

VAVE Underwriting Agency Inc. · NY, US

21 days ago
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About the Role

Acrisure is seeking a Technical Underwriting Analyst to support the development and adoption of Vave's wholesale insurance platform. This role involves working at the intersection of underwriting, wholesale distribution, insurance operations, product, and technology to improve partner interactions with Vave's products and platform. You will collaborate with wholesale partners, underwriters, product, analytics, and technology teams to evaluate workflows, investigate issues, identify improvements, and translate insurance needs into practical solutions. A strong understanding of the wholesale and E&S insurance marketplace is important, including the interactions between MGAs, wholesalers, carriers, capacity providers, and insureds throughout the insurance lifecycle. This role is ideal for individuals with a background in technical underwriting, underwriting operations, insurance product, or similar wholesale insurance experience who enjoy solving complex problems and enhancing insurance business processes. While deep software engineering experience is not required, comfort with technology, learning digital insurance platforms, and partnering with technical teams is expected.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as an insurance subject matter resource for the Vave platform, with a focus on wholesale and E&S underwriting workflows
  • Analyze existing underwriting and operational processes to identify inefficiencies, pain points, and opportunities for improvement
  • Partner with underwriting, product, analytics, and development teams to translate business needs into platform enhancements and practical solutions
  • Investigate complex platform, workflow, and insurance-related issues and coordinate resolution across internal teams
  • Develop a strong understanding of Vave's underwriting products, appetite, workflows, platform capabilities, and partner needs
  • Gather and evaluate feedback from wholesalers and other insurance partners to identify product and operational improvement opportunities
  • Support the development, testing, and implementation of platform enhancements and new capabilities
  • Evaluate how changes to products, underwriting workflows, or technology may impact brokers, underwriters, capacity partners, and other stakeholders
  • Support onboarding and adoption of Vave products and technology by providing insurance and workflow expertise
  • Analyze platform usage, underwriting activity, and operational trends to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and partner experience
  • Communicate complex insurance and technical concepts clearly to both business and technical audiences
  • Manage multiple initiatives, partner needs, and priorities in a fast-paced and evolving environment
  • Perform additional duties and projects as assigned

Requirements

  • Experience within wholesale insurance, excess and surplus lines, an MGA, insurance carrier, underwriting organization, or underwriting operations environment required
  • Strong understanding of commercial insurance underwriting workflows and the roles of MGAs, wholesalers, brokers, carriers, capacity providers, and insureds required
  • Experience analyzing insurance processes, underwriting workflows, operational challenges, or insurance products and recommending improvements
  • Ability to understand complex insurance problems and translate business needs into clear requirements, recommendations, or solutions
  • Experience in technical underwriting, underwriting operations, insurance product, underwriting analysis, or a related function highly beneficial
  • Experience working with wholesale or E&S insurance products highly beneficial
  • Ability to work effectively across underwriting, operations, product, analytics, and technology teams
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate issues and identify root causes
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain insurance concepts to technical partners and technical concepts to insurance stakeholders
  • Experience with insurance portals, underwriting platforms, policy administration systems, or other insurance technology beneficial
  • Experience supporting technology implementations, product enhancements, workflow improvements, or user acceptance testing beneficial
  • Familiarity with APIs, SQL, data analysis, or other technical concepts beneficial but not required
  • Ability to independently manage multiple projects, requests, and competing priorities

Skills

  • Technical underwriting
  • Underwriting operations
  • Insurance product
  • Wholesale insurance
  • Excess and surplus lines
  • MGA
  • Insurance carrier
  • Underwriting analysis
  • Commercial insurance underwriting workflows
  • Platform enhancements
  • Workflow improvements
  • Data analysis
  • APIs
  • SQL

Location

  • Remote
  • Central Time business hours
  • Eastern Time business hours

Work Type

  • Remote
  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Mid-level

Education Level

  • Bachelor's degree beneficial
  • Insurance designations
  • Underwriting education
  • Technical certifications
  • Additional industry training beneficial

Salary/Compensations

  • $70,000 - $100,000

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Fertility benefits
  • Wellness resources
  • Paid sick time
  • Generous paid time off
  • Holidays
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Complimentary Calm app subscription
  • Immediate vesting in a 401(k) plan
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) options
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
  • Commuter benefits
  • Employee discount programs
  • Paid maternity leave
  • Paid paternity leave
  • Legal plan options
  • Pet insurance coverage

About the Company

  • A global fintech leader, Acrisure empowers millions of ambitious businesses and individuals with the right solutions to grow boldly forward.
  • Bringing cutting-edge technology and top-tier human support together, we connect clients with customized solutions across a range of insurance, reinsurance, payroll, benefits, cybersecurity, mortgage services, and more.
  • In the last twelve years, Acrisure has grown in revenue from $38 million to almost $5 billion and employs over 19,000 colleagues in more than 20 countries.
  • Acrisure was built on entrepreneurial spirit. Prioritizing leadership, accountability, and collaboration, we equip our teams to work at the highest levels possible.
  • At Acrisure, we’re building more than a business, we’re building a community where people can grow, thrive, and make an impact.
  • Making a lasting impact on the communities it serves, Acrisure has pledged more than $22 million through its partnerships with Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, UPMC Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Blythedale Children's Hospital in Valhalla, New York.

Equal Opportunity

  • Acrisure is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
  • Applicants may request reasonable accommodation by contacting leaves@acrisure.com.
  • Final candidates will be required to complete post-offer verification processes related to the role and in accordance with applicable laws.
  • California Residents: Learn more about our privacy practices for applicants by visiting the Acrisure California Applicant Privacy Policy.
  • Recruitment Fraud: Please visit here to learn more about our Recruitment Fraud Notice.