Territory - Eastern, PA. Required to visit the Edison, NJ location one week per quarter.
Position Summary: The Production Underwriter develops and fosters positive, professional relationships with the company's agency partners, as well as achieves company growth and profitability objectives. This employee is expected to exhibit a high level of technical expertise, while exercising sound judgment, and delivering consistent results.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Selects new business in accordance with company underwriting philosophy, established authority parameters, as well as written/verbal procedures and guidelines.
- Demonstrates a professional, courteous attitude with agents. Responds quickly and ethically to all requests/issues. Delivers on promises and promises only what can be delivered.
- Provides accurate and thorough education to agents about the company's risk selection philosophy and pricing guidelines.
- Monitors performance criteria, including premium and unit count goals, mix of business, written-to-quoted ratio, and declination ratio of assigned agencies and territory.
- Achieves company growth objectives by recognizing sales opportunities, soliciting desirable business, and diligent follow-up on quoted business.
- Travels to agencies providing field underwriting and quoting as needed.
- Reviews claims activity, loss control surveys, and inspection reports for existing policies, handling as required.
- Works with other departments as necessary to resolve policy issues.
- Investigate opportunities to appoint additional agencies that present above average business opportunities for GNY. Likewise, effectively address underperforming GNY agents, and take necessary steps, including termination if necessary.
- Work diligently to gain a solid understanding of marketplace and competitor conditions.
- Determines the appropriate course of action for policy changes, delegating to assistant underwriters and/or processing assistants for handling.
- Participates in special projects and performs additional duties as required.