Crum & Forster Company Overview
Crum & Forster (C&F), with a proud history dating to 1822, provides specialty and standard commercial lines insurance products through our admitted and surplus lines insurance companies. C&F enjoys a financial strength rating of "A+"(Superior) by AM Best and is proud of our superior customer service platform. Our claims and risk engineering services are recognized as among the best in the industry.
Our most valuable asset is our people: more than 2000 employees in locations throughout the United States. The company is increasingly winning recognition as a great place to work, earning several workplace and wellness awards, including the 2024 Great Place to Work® Award for our employee-first focus and our steadfast commitment to diversity, equity and Inclusion.
C&F is part of Fairfax Financial Holdings, a global, billion dollar organization. For more information about Crum & Forster, please visit our website: www.cfins.com.
Job Description
Since 2000, Crum & Forster’s Accident & Health division (A&H) has offered a diverse portfolio of specialty insurance and reinsurance products nationwide. We place a strong focus on product development and creative distribution methods, along with excellent client service and support.
In addition to our robust domestic portfolio, A&H works on an international basis through various partnerships. Our global capabilities provide our partners with even broader flexibility in underwriting solutions.
The qualities and capabilities of Crum & Forster Accident & Health demonstrate our philosophy of building meaningful, long-term partnerships and our dedication to providing alternative strategies in an ever-changing insurance market.
The A&H Specialty Business Unit takes a forward-thinking, flexible approach to solutions that span a robust slate of products tailored to needs in Special Risk, International Travel Medical, retail and wholesale Travel and Occupational Risk. At year-end 2024, the SBU recorded $982M in gross premium written.
Information about the Role, Line of Business and Team:
The Alternative Risk team, a unit within the Specialty Business Unit (SBU) within Accident & Health (A&H), specializes in underwriting customized Surplus Lines General Liability, Contract Liability, Auto Liability, and other unique insurance products across both A&H and Property and Casualty (P&C) lines. This team is distinguished by its focus on complex risk financing structures, offering innovative solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients.
The Associate Underwriter role will aid the underwriters with the responsibilities of supporting the underwriting process and affiliated administrative tasks. The Associate Underwriter is responsible for supporting a group of senior level underwriters and is ideally suited to grow in responsibility and progress into managing more complex aspects of the underwriting process. Ideal location would be Glastonbury CT hybrid.
What you will do:
- Build skills to support the administrative aspects of the underwriting process within underwriting letter of authority
- Support the collection of underwriting information, draft underwriting analysis, and support the execution of legal agreements in an accurate and timely manner
- Draft evaluations of renewals by collecting updated information, as directed by the underwriter
- Perform account setup within C&F systems and manage updates as required
- Maintain proper file documentation
- Track new business and renewal accounts
- Draft proposal and binder creation
- Serve as a back-up to account management
- Collaborate with colleagues to achieve departmental goals
- Support both unit and account reporting and performance metrics
- Support ad-hoc requests from the underwriting team and SBU leadership
- Abide by departmental policies and procedures, including authority levels, to comply with C&F's risk management controls
- Other duties as assigned
What YOU will bring to C&F:
- Strong interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills
- Strong demonstration of problem solving and analytical skills
- A customer centric mentality
- Critical thinking and decision-making skills, plus an attention to detail
- Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
- High degree of organization to prioritize work, to adjust those priorities as the situations require, and follow up on open items based on due dates.t
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent experience required
- Strong Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools – Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Strong Analytical skills
- Strong Math skills
- Travel required <20%
What C&F will bring to you
At C&F you will BELONG
We value inclusivity and diversity. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and welcome everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you require special accommodation, please let us know.
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Crum & Forster is committed to ensuring a workplace free from discriminatory pay disparities and complying with applicable pay equity laws. Salary ranges are available for all positions at this location, taking into account roles with a comparable level of responsibility and impact in the relevant labor market and these salary ranges are regularly reviewed and adjusted in accordance with prevailing market conditions. The annualized base pay for the advertised position, located in the specified area, ranges from a minimum of $53,400 to a maximum of $78,300. The actual compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to the market pay for the jobs at each level, the responsibilities and skills required for each job, and the employee’s contribution (performance) in that role. To be considered within market range, a salary is at or above the minimum of the range. You may also have the opportunity to participate in discretionary equity (stock) based compensation and/or performance-based variable pay programs.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Competitive compensation package.
- Generous 401K employer match.
- Employee Stock Purchase plan with employer matching.
- Generous Paid Time Off.
- Excellent benefits that go beyond health, dental & vision. Our Wellness programs focus on your family’s complete wellness, including your physical and mental wellbeing
- A core C&F principle is that you manage your career. To support your development, we have a wealth of ways for you to keep learning, including tuition reimbursement, industry related certifications and professional training available to you.
- A dynamic, ambitious, fun and exciting work environment.
- A spirit of social responsibility, matching donation program, volunteer opportunities, and an employee driven corporate giving.
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