Great American Insurance Group is a leader in the insurance industry, seeking a Production Underwriter for its Environmental Division. The role involves risk selection, pricing, and maintaining customer relationships while ensuring profitability and compliance with company guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Has responsibility for risk selection/rejection, pricing, retention, growth, and profitability per divisional objectives for renewal and new business opportunities
- Uses independent judgment and initiative to support business goals
- Maintains a high level of customer service
- Analyzes coverage and limit requests and decides what terms to offer
- Prices business in accordance with company guidelines
- Assesses risk quality and compliance within company guidelines and initiates appropriate loss prevention actions
- Reviews submission documents including Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and other environmental reports, consults online resources and liaises with in-house risk control and other colleagues to support underwriting decisions
- Works with legal department to manuscript policy language
- Negotiates with brokers on pricing and coverage
- Develops and maintains effective business relationships with internal and external customers/coworkers in order to attract and retain profitable business
- Visits agents, brokers, and producers nationwide in order to retain existing accounts, build and maintain business relationships, and develop new relationships in support of divisional objectives
- Interprets, explains, and markets products and services
- Develops creative solutions for new opportunities
- Attends and participates in Division events, broker appreciation events, industry conferences
- Applies underwriting rules and guidelines, rating manual rules, and insurance laws and regulations
- Actively participates in daily collaboration meetings, shares knowledge and experience with others and provides guidance and assistance to lower level associates
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Environmental, Business or other related discipline
- Generally, 1-3 years of related environmental underwriting experience
- Open to candidates with an environmental consulting or other environmentally-focused backgrounds
- Willingness to travel nationally for work-related events and marketing (15-20%)
- The ideal candidate is a self-motivated team player, able to multi-task in a fast paced environment and remain detail-oriented
- Preference for candidates located near our offices in Boston, New York, Exton and Cincinnati (this is a hybrid role)
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Wellness plans
- Parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid Time Off
- Paid holidays
- A 401(k) plan with company match
- An employee stock purchase plan
- Commuter benefits
Company Overview
- Great American Insurance Group is an insurance company that specializes in in property and casualty insurance. It is a sub-organization of American Financial Group. It was founded in 1872, and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
- Great American Insurance Group has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.