Field Assistant Underwriter - Surety

Skyward Specialty is a property and casualty insurance holding company formed in 2007. Based in Houston, Texas, and with staff throughout the country, Skyward Specialty provides admitted and non-admitted solutions to retail and wholesale distributors, managing general agents and captive markets. We have built highly respected businesses in specialty lines including management professional liability, medical stop loss, surety, E&S property and liability, and large commercial property, as well as multi-line solutions for the energy, trucking and construction industries.

At Skyward Specialty, we approach this business differently. In fact, we’re different from most others in our industry in just about every way. We have the spirit of a start-up with the security of over $1.7 billion in Written Premium. We put immense brain power and energy into finding greater insights to uncover better opportunities for our clients, partners, and people. We think at a higher level, so they can succeed at a higher level.

We are committed to a Diverse Workforce

Skyward Specialty is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nativity, neurodiversity, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. For more information about us please visit www.skywardinsurance.com

Summary

This position will provide support to the Surety Underwriting Team. 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare GIA’s in Docusign, or manually when necessary. 
• Pull credit in the Experian and Lexis/Nexis systems for individuals and businesses.
• Save documents to the electronic underwriting files and ensure they are up to date (eSurety/IR).
• Prepare financial statements either from emails, share drive or ImageRight for ingestion via AI. 
• Manually input financials and WIP/CC’s for analysis in eSurety or other formats.
• Engage directly with our agent bond CSR’s for bid/final bond info, and assist underwriters when they’re traveling, to keep our service level high.
• Process billings as needed.
• Interact with our Billings team and Producer Services for internal issues/discrepancies on premium billing, AP/RPs and changing agent contracts.
• Send supply and job references as requested
• Obtain and submit information as needed for agency appointments via SkyFlow
• Update the bond log and close bonds based on information obtained from WIP/CC schedules, status inquiries, or per underwriter’s request and have the over/underruns processed
• Update bid logs and bid results
• Assist underwriters with information gathering through secretary of state and other on-line services. 
• Participating on special projects and key initiative teams 
• Review and approve items as received and within your designated LOA
• Account & file maintenance as required (annual, biannual, quarterly, etc.)
  

Experience 

• Surety experience required
• Ability to work primarily in Central time zone hours

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Oral and written communication skills
• Organizational and planning skills
• Analytical and detail oriented
• Ability to interact with a wide variety of people daily, in person, via telephone and email.
• Accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail are essential
• Proficiency and experience using Microsoft Office Package (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Ability to independently multi-task and respond to changing business priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work independently in a collaborative environment.
• Outgoing, driven, high attention to detail and results focused mentality
• Learns quickly and demonstrates an open attitude when facing new problems, processes, or procedures, and takes advantage of diverse sources of information to solve problems
• Able to work effectively in a diverse team environment as well as independently
• Able to complete tasks and assignments in a high-volume work environment

Compensation & Benefits

The applicable base salary for this opportunity is $60000 - $75000.  The base pay offered will be determined by factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements.  In addition to the base salary, this opportunity may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition and professional certification assistance, 401k savings, elective participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program, paid time off, paid holidays, and child bonding leave, as well as other employee assistance programs.

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