Small Business Underwriter Trainee - Hybrid

About the role

We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

Underwriting Trainee Opportunities

Gain Real World Experience
As a participant in the Small Business Underwriter On-boarding and Risk Education training program, you will gain critical experience to prepare you for a successful underwriting career at The Hartford.

AS AN ASSOCIATE UNDERWRITER YOU WILL:

• Work on our underwriting team supporting small business owners. The underwriter will handle all commercial lines, including Business Owner's Policy (BOP), Commercial Automobile, Workers' Compensation and Umbrella.
• Learn to accurately develop and price individual risks, analyze loss and risk information, and recognize "red flags" and file inconsistencies to write profitable commercial business.
• Partner with aligned territory sales rep to achieve profit and growth objectives.
• Learn to build and leverage relationships with key agents that allow The Hartford to obtain new accounts and drive optimal business results in a highly competitive marketplace.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree; prior Insurance experience preferred,
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to think analytically about business problems, make recommendations, and propose solutions.
• Possession of resilience and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Solid time, organizational, and desk management skills.
• Goal oriented with a strong desire to deliver outcomes in timely manner.
• Acts with a sense of urgency and is responsive to internal and external customer needs.
• Strong sales skills with the ability to negotiate and sell all messages including with those that may be difficult.
• Challenge the status quo to implement improvement and compete to win.
• Demonstrate satisfactory progress during the Training Program and achieve passing scores on all tests, case studies, and foundational underwriting assessments.
• Flexibility to travel approximately 10% of the time.

Location

Hybrid reporting to Charlotte, NC; Clinton, NY; Hartford CT; San Antonio, TX or Scottsdale, AZ

Schedule

The Small Business Underwriting team supports customers and agents countrywide so candidates must be available to work the below schedules:

• Charlotte, NC: 8:00AM – 5:00PM EST.
• Clinton, NY: 8:00AM – 5:00 PM EST.
• Hartford, CT: 8:00AM – 5:00 PM EST.
• San Antonio, TX: 10:00AM – 7:00 PM CST.
• Scottsdale, AZ: 9:00AM – 6:00PM MST.