Travelers is a leading property casualty insurer with a commitment to innovation and collaboration. The Underwriting Professional Development Program is a structured training opportunity that prepares participants for a career in underwriting, focusing on risk assessment, relationship building, and consultative sales skills. Participants will learn under supervision and gradually take on more complex underwriting tasks as their skills develop.
Responsibilities
- Under direct supervision, underwrites and assesses risk and makes recommendations for less complex accounts in a market segment
- Establishes effective relationships with customers, agents and brokers
- Develops consultative sales and marketing skills through their interaction with agents/brokers and via coaching from their manager
- Develops negotiation skills through their interaction with agents/brokers and via coaching from their manager
- Develops planning and organization skills necessary to effectively manage desk and assume a territory
- Effectively collaborates with others on all aspects of job
- Understands the need to seek enterprise-wide solutions to business problems
- Takes initiative for personal development and seeks to learn through underwriting, marketing, and other related opportunities
- Perform other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor degree or one year of applicable business experience
- Educational background/ coursework in Business Administration/ Management, Finance/Accounting, Economics, Mathematics/Science, Sales/Marketing/Communications
- Demonstrates an ability, desire, and intellectual curiosity to learn the business
- Uses knowledge of internal and external factors impacting the property & casualty industry to make decisions
- Identifies current or future problems or opportunities, analyzes, synthesizes and compares information to understand issues, identifies cause/effect relationships and explores alternative solutions to support sound decision making
- Understands and uses financial information, tools and expense management principles to accomplish day-to-day work and maximize profitability
- Seeks out, builds, fosters and maintains productive relationships, networks or alliances to meet goals and achieve results
- Valid drivers license or alternate means of personal transportation
Benefits
- Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
- Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum.
- Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
- Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs.
- Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved.
Company Overview
Travelers provides insurance coverage to protect the things that are important to you – your home, your car, your valuables and your business. It was founded in 1853, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.travelers.com.