Underwriter

Pie's mission is to empower small businesses to thrive by making commercial insurance affordable and as easy as pie. We leverage technology to transform how small businesses buy and experience commercial insurance.   Like our small business customers, we are a diverse team of builders, dreamers, and entrepreneurs who are driven by core values and operating principles that guide every decision we make.

The Senior Underwriter is a pivotal team member when it comes to supporting the department with functional and operational tasks in order to help the team achieve their target deliverables. In addition to their own production requirements, the Senior Underwriter serves as the go-to representative for the team when other departments and teams are looking for additional expertise and knowledge regarding underwriting. As a Senior level contributor, this person is able to represent the underwriting team in a variety of capacities and step in for other leaders when needed.

How You’ll Do It

Act as a Senior Level expert:

• Lead by example in daily underwriting output by meeting or exceeding the daily required goals. 
• Responsible for quality of deliverables and decision points made under the underwriting umbrella.
• Respond to questions and inquiries for coding information.
• Support the Leadership Team to relieve pressure points in their workflow and daily activities.
• Assisting and approving referrals when the Leadership Team is not available.
• Deeper reviews for areas for opportunities for improvement on loss meetings.
• Responsible for meeting with team members from other teams to help them understand the role of underwriting and be able to tie together how interdepartmental workflows operate.
• Interviewing with other department candidates.

Ad Hoc Departmental Responsibilities:

• Act in place of the Leadership Team in departmental meetings. 
• Manage operational tasks and help with decision making for both internal department and external department needs. 
• Create documentation around new processes and procedures and act as a liaison with other departments to help with functional direction guidance.
• Act as the initial point of contact for new projects and new tools to be used in the organization and how it impacts underwriting - Pilot Group.
• Document processes and procedures for basic operational needs.
• Focus on specialty programs to work through the underwriting process in general.