Attune Insurance
About the Role
Title: Underwriting Assistant
Location: Remote
Job Description:
At Attune, we’re changing small business insurance in a big way. Small business owners need insurance to protect their businesses, but when it comes time to get a policy, they’re bogged down by hundreds of questions, lots of paperwork, and a seemingly never-ending timeline stretching for weeks or months.
We are changing all that. By using data and technology expertise to understand risk, automating legacy processes, and creating a better user experience for brokers, we’re able to provide policies that are more applicable and more transparent in just minutes.
Simply put, we’re pushing insurance into the future, focusing on accuracy, speed, and ease.
Our mission and our team are growing. In staying true to our values, we’ve earned our spot on many workplace award lists. Attune is dedicated to creating a diverse team of curious, focused, and motivated people who are excited about changing the future of an entire industry.
Position Overview:
Attune’s Underwriting Operations Team seeks a proactive individual passionate about problem-solving and the intersection of underwriting and technology. This position requires optimizing the underwriting process to improve efficiency, selecting the best risks for our carrier partners, and building strong relationships with brokers and agents who depend on us to help their businesses become more effective and competitive. This is all aimed at providing a seamless insurance-buying experience for small businesses. Join us in expanding our team!
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and assess insurance policy applications, endorsements, and related documents for accuracy and completeness.
- Deploy small business underwriting expertise for Business Owners’ policies to ensure Attune’s risk selection is in line with the guidelines set by our carrier partners, and to ensure we maximize our underwriting profit and product mix over time.
- Provide administrative support to underwriters.
- Assist in the evaluation and assessment of risk exposures on the portfolio level.
- Maintain knowledge of technical underwriting processes and/or research information if needed; participate in ongoing training.
- Stay up-to-date with insurance industry regulations and compliance requirements.
- Respond to inquiries and provide assistance to clients and brokers in a professional and courteous manner.
- Provide assistance in the development of new processes and workflows.
- Exercise a high degree of independent judgment as it relates to risk selection and handling of escalations within assigned underwriting authority.
- Provide training and mentorship to junior team members.
- Follow company policies and guidelines in all underwriting activities.
- Ad hoc projects as needed.
Qualifications:
- 1 to 3 years of Property and Casualty small business experience, on or supporting the Underwriting team
- Direct experience with commercial lines insurance products includes the Business Owners’ Policy but experience with CPP and/or monoline GL/property is acceptable
- Proven ability to exercise a high degree of independent judgment, especially in risk selection and handling escalations within assigned underwriting authority
- Demonstrated desire and capacity to expand expertise, develop new skills, and grow professionally
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative to address job responsibilities
- Must be detail-oriented with the ability to compile, evaluate, and interpret detailed information and data
- Willingness to take on other responsibilities as needed in a dynamic work environment
- AU, AINS, or equivalent designation or significant progress made toward designation a plus
What We Offer:
- Flexible PTO
- Generous parental and caregiver leave
- 401K match
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision plans
- Remote-first culture
- Annual $1000 tuition reimbursement stipend
- And more!
The anticipated base salary for this position is $65,000 per year. Additionally, this role offers the potential for an annual bonus target of $6,500.