Job Description

As an Underwriter (Inland Marine), you will be dedicated to providing underwriting expertise and first class service to our customers, with a proven track of digital insurance platforms and channel partners whilst building and managing a book of business for Loadsure’s Inland Marine products in the US. You will focus on the accurate and timely delivery of work and build and manage relationships within assigned relationships.

You will be highly organised and comfortable building relationships and working with all levels of the firm. Stakeholder management and communication will be vital to the success of the role.

This position requires a self-driven, high-energy, professional who’s passionate about disrupting an industry and wants to be rewarded for their performance and contributions.

We believe that with a growth mindset, tech-first innovation, and focused execution, anything is possible. We value others’ insights and ideas to build a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and lighthearted environment.

Key Responsibilities;

• Sourcing submissions from assigned trading partners through dedicated marketing and sales techniques
• Growing the broker source usage based business for single shipments and shipper interest clients
• Review and provide clearance on High Value Shipment referrals within your partners and territory
• Clear annual business submissions and perform desk underwriting to review pertinent details of exposures to quote business within your authority and utilising the Loadsure pricing tools
• Ensure timely and accurate data entry in Loadsure portal
• Maintain your book of business by providing timely renewals to brokers and assureds
• Liaising with claims, finance, compliance and engineering etc on matters affecting or relating to to accounts within the portfolio
• Help maintain team standards through supporting other team members in achieving their service/quality levels and targets as required
• Provide weekly reports to VP of product lines outlining production, referrals and booked premiums
• Complete required continued education training as assigned
• Provide a professional service to brokers in person, writing, email and telephone
• Attend client meetings as required

Key Competencies;

• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to forge and maintain relationships with clients
• Solutions focused attitude to resolve any challenges
• Excellent organisational skills – ability to provide the client with clear and accurate agendas, status reports and updates on request
• Monitor project deadlines and budgets; identify and communicate potential changes that may be required.
• Prepare materials for client presentations.
• Answer any queries regarding customer policies in a compliant and timely manner
• Generate and provide policy quotes for immediate coverage and short-term needs
• Ability to produce high quality documentation.
• Experience delivering presentations to senior stakeholders.
• The ability to facilitate workshops and meetings. For example, requirements gathering, project boards, technical review sessions or process design workshops.
• Proven ability to influence those outside of their direct reporting line.
• Proven attention to detail/extreme precision about the content of requirements of documents, weekly reports and status updates.
• The ability to work within an unstructured environment and without clear guidance.
• A good knowledge of corporate systems such as CRM etc.

Skills and Qualifications;

Essential;

• Minimum of 2 years experience within ocean and inland marine
• Willingness to travel - 20%
• Strong numeracy skills
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Strong communication skills
• Comfortable dealing with internal and external senior representatives
• Eagerness and willingness to learn
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Self-starter and takes initiative
• Effective listening, strong verbal and written communications skills (including grammar)
• Must have outstanding interpersonal and problem solving skills
• Thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth, rapidly changing technical environment

Desirable;

• Enthusiastic about emerging technology and insurtech
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

About Us;

We’ve combined groundbreaking AI and industry expertise to create a service that goes beyond conventional cargo insurance. This is holistic freight protection.

With trailblazing end-to-end InsurTech, our mission is simple: empower brokers to better serve the freight community, maximizing profits and minimizing losses for all.

At Loadsure, we celebrate the spirit of individuals and empower them to grow. Fostering a culture of personal freedom, mutual respect, and collaboration, we enable the professional success of each person, regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, nationality, religious belief, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, marital status, or disability. Understanding, communication, respect among all people: This is how we’re nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace in which everyone can thrive.

We Strive for continuous growth and excellence in everything we do.

We Unite through collaboration, leveraging our diverse strengths to achieve common goals.

We Pioneer innovative solutions, embracing new technologies and forward-thinking approaches.

We Deliver outstanding results, ensuring reliability and quality in every project.

Why work for Loadsure?

• Competitive salary
• Fantastic company stock options
• Remote working with great flexibility
• 25 annual leave days, in addition to our recognised national holidays
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave
• Birthday day off
• Subsidised gym/wellbeing membership
• Strong healthcare coverage for employees and their families
• A culture of work-life balance
• A community that gives back
• Engaging and collaborative work environment
• An exciting opportunity to work with a talented team that’s passionate about what they do and believes in their product and people
• Career development opportunities
• Online learning platform

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