Assistant Underwriter
Company: HM Insurance Group
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: June 23, 2022
Job Description:
Company : HM Insurance Group Job Description : JOB SUMMARY This
job is responsible for the overall administration and oversight of
Underwriting support activities for the assigned underwriter(s).
The incumbent may perform one or more of the following types of
tasks in support of the underwriting process: new and renewal
processing of accounts, reviewing of submissions for completeness,
conducting follow-up with Sales office for additional documents,
building and maintaining of electronic files, coordinating data
transfer between sales and underwriting and between varied
underwriting systems utilized in rating process, and other
administrative responsibilities as defined by Underwriting
Department management. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Effectively manage workflow: ensuring efficient assignment and
completion of work product deliverables, including review of all
submissions for completeness, initial set-up of underwriting efile
to include saving and renaming of all files to meet audit
uniformity standards, running of Dun & Bradstreet reporting, and
extracting all large claims reporting and submitting to the
clinical team for review. At an advanced level, this will also
include running the specific experience calculation, building the
aggregate portion of the underwriting rating and completion of all
data input portions of the Stop Loss Rater.
- Conduct accurate and timely processing and set-up of new and
renewal clients.
- Effectively perform account service activities: attend team
meetings, investigate and resolve complex issues, provide timely
and accurate responses to underwriting and sales inquiries on new
and renewal clients.
- Other duties as assigned. EDUCATION Required
- High School Diploma/GED Substitutions
- None Preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration/Management
EXPERIENCE Required
- 0 - 1 year in the Insurance Industry or in the Health Insurance
Industry Preferred (One of the following)
- 1 - 3 years in Customer Service, Sales Support, Sales Account
Management, Accounting or Claims Administration
- 0 - 1 year in Underwriting LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS Required
- None Preferred
- None SKILLS
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- MS PowerPoint
- Written Communications
- Mathematics Profiency
- Customer Support
- Actuarial and Underwriting Systems
- Problem Solving & Decision Making
- Negotiation Language (Other than English): None Travel
Requirement: 0% - 25% PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING
CONDITIONS Position Type Office-based Teaches / trains others
regularly Occasionally Travel regularly from the office to various
work sites or from site-to-site Rarely Works primarily out-of-the
office selling products/services (sales employees) Never Physical
work site required Yes Lifting: up to 10 pounds Constantly Lifting:
10 to 25 pounds Occasionally Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds Rarely
Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the
general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work
performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a
comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and
qualifications required of employees to do this job. Compliance
Requirement : This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards
and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business
conduct and company policies. As a component of job
responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information,
cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that
must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all
employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of
Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as
all data security guidelines established within the Companys
Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security
Policy. Furthermore, it is every employees responsibility to comply
with the companys Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is
not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws,
rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training
requirements. Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit
discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status
as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and
prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual
orientation/gender identity or any other category protected by
applicable federal, state or local law. Highmark Health and its
affiliates take affirmative action to employ and advance in
employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, sexual orientation/gender identity, protected
veteran status or disability. Highmark Health and its affiliates
prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on
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