Surety Underwriting Assistant
Company: Liberty Mutual Insurance
Location: Walnut Creek
Posted on: June 20, 2022
Job Description:
Liberty Mutual Surety --- offers an exciting career as a Surety
Underwriting Assistant in our Walnut Creek office to provide
administrative and underwriting support for our Surety Underwriting
team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced support
professional seeking a specialized, stable, and rewarding career
providing outstanding assistance to a diverse set of internal and
external customers. Successful Surety Underwriting Assistants are
goal-oriented, results-driven, and passionate about exceeding
customer expectations. They also thrive in a fast-paced environment
by working on a variety of highly complex duties which vary each
day, and embrace our culture which rewards employees for their
accomplishments, values the diverse ideas they generate, and both
encourages and applauds the impact they make in our company and
global communities.Liberty Mutual Surety, a business unit of
Liberty Mutual Insurance, is the worlds largest globally Surety,
including in the United States. Conducting business worldwide
through fronting relationships and Liberty-owned subsidiaries, we
provide bonds in over 60 countries for construction firms,
manufacturers and suppliers, and commercial enterprises on an
account and transactional basis. We are committed to building
mutually profitable relationships by providing smart business
solutions, ease of doing business, and consistent, responsive
service. Liberty Mutual Surety is dedicated to the communities we
serve and highly values a diverse workforce in more than 16
countries.Responsibilities:
- Process Surety business through data entry supporting one or
more product lines within a defined territory applying knowledge
and understanding of rating scenarios and producing error free work
through strong attention-to-detail. This includes but is not
limited to prepare and execute new bonds, riders, enter rates and
code new business, renewals, cancellations, endorsements, and
reinstatements.
- Provide underwriting support to Surety Underwriting team
(Underwriters, Bond Managers, etc.) and legendary service to
internal and external customers, including agents and clients
within a defined territory. Assists with customer inquiries and
questions, as well as the input of new bond transactions.
- Retrieve information using various systems and updates agency
information as appropriate, including billing, workflow, and
contractor's database systems. Prepare and verify documents for
accuracy prior to entering systems.
- Assist Accounting team with billing, premium and commission
discrepancies upon request.
- Uses excellent verbal and written communication skills to
engage with Home Office and field teams, Customer Accounting,
Surety IT, Surety Claims, attorneys, and additional internal and
external customers.
- Review and reconciles internal system report as directed by
Manager.
- Apply independent judgment to complete complex or specialized
assignments/tasks working within defined policies and procedures to
optimize planned business results.
- Apply technical knowledge of Surety Operations Processing
policies and procedures acquired through experience in job area or
through technical training. Identifies opportunity for process
improvement and shares with manager and peers
- Performs technical support within the office and assists in the
resolution of problems in coordination with Surety's IT Department
and Application Specialists.
- Process, coordinate and/or validate data and documents to
ensure quality and customer satisfaction.
- Provide administrative and general office/clerical support as
needed.
- May participate on key special projects as requested, and
perform additional assignments as instructed by manager.
- Salary will be based on candidate experience.Please note: this
is a hybrid position. Employee will work 2 days a week on-site in
the Walnut Creek, CA office.Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- 1+ year related experience required.
- Strong written and oral communication skills to correspond with
office personnel and agents.
- Exceptional customer service skills.
- Demonstrates ability to work well on a team and
independently.
- Good organizational skills.
- Competent and proficient with computer software applications
utilized by Surety. Knowledge of surety bond processing preferredAt
Liberty Mutual, our purpose is to help people embrace today and
confidently pursue tomorrow. That's why we provide an environment
focused on openness, inclusion, trust and respect. Here, you'll
discover our expansive range of roles, and a workplace where we aim
to help turn your passion into a rewarding profession.Liberty
Mutual has proudly been recognized as a "Great Place to Work" by
Great Place to Work - US for the past several years. We were also
selected as one of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT" on IDG's
Insider Pro and Computerworld's 2020 list. For many years running,
we have been named by Forbes as one of America's Best Employers for
Women and one of America's Best Employers for New Graduates-as well
as one of America's Best Employers for Diversity. To learn more
about our commitment to diversity and inclusion please visit:
https://jobs.libertymutualgroup.com/diversity-inclusionWe value
your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and
we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life
and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please
visit: https://LMI.co/BenefitsLiberty Mutual is an equal
opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the
basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status,
pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by
federal, state or local law.
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