Underwriter

A career at Auto-Owners is challenging and rewarding. Our group of caring associates create financial security by helping individuals and businesses make a new start when a loss occurs. **_Job Description_** **We offer a merit-based work-from-home program based on job responsibilities. After initial training in-person, you could have the flexibility of work-from-home time as defined by the leadership team.** Auto-Owners Insurance, a top-rated insurance carrier, is seeking a motivated underwriting trainee to join our team. This job performs and applies insurance coverage, rules and guidelines to execute the underwriting decision-making process according to Company underwriting philosophy. This job includes training and development through completion of the Company’s underwriter training program for the assigned line of insurance and requires the person to: * Learn various insurance coverages and contracts along with company philosophy and procedures, in order to make underwriting decisions * Read, interpret, and react to documents such as policies, manuals, forms, and endorsements to understand their meaning and use * Assemble information, develop opinions, and clearly express decisions using sound reasoning and judgment * Analyze loss experience, financial conditions and physical characteristics of risks * Acquire a working knowledge of supporting sections of the underwriting department * Effectively communicate with independent agents and other associates through verbal and/or written means * Participate in and successfully complete the Company underwriter training program **Desired Skills & Experience** * Bachelor’s degree or direct equivalent experience with property/casualty underwriting * Ability to organize data, multi-task and make decisions independently * Above average communication skills (written and verbal) * Ability to write reports and compose correspondence * Ability to resolve complex issues * Continually develop product knowledge through participati