About Us
Founded in 2004, Vensure Employer Services provides PEO solutions and human resource outsourcing to small and mid-market businesses across the country. Through its subsidiaries, including VensureHR, the company processes more than $19 Billion in payroll and supporting more than 874,770 worksite employees. With services including payroll, medical and voluntary benefits, workers' compensation, risk management and HR administration, Vensure companies support a broad spectrum of industries, allowing small business owners to cost-effectively manage HR functions and turn their attention to growth and profitability initiatives.

Position Summary
The Associate Underwriter will perform Workers' Compensation Underwriting duties and analytics with oversight for the Vensure Underwriting Department requiring high degree of integrity, business acumen and knowledge of organization and its business and legal policies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Develop judgment to accept, reject or modify new and renewal business for Workers' Compensation Insurance, with guidance and direction as needed from experienced underwriters or Underwriting Manager, to ensure a profitable book of business.
• Price business according to company underwriting and pricing guidelines and ensures standards for timeliness are met.
• Develop on-going relationships with internal and external customers and monitor profitability and quality of submissions and keeps up-to-date with underwriting and/or product changes.
• Review and becomes familiar with: Policy coverages, Agency relationships, Underwriting and team guidelines, processes, and procedures, and Company business strategy and organization.
• Work with a Underwriting Manager, Underwriting staff, and in-house staff to enhance knowledge and experience in: Underwriting Techniques and Decision Making Methods, Problem Solving Methods, Sales and Negotiating Skills.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Computer skills required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Ability to read and interpret documents.
• Ability to type routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively and respectfully with all contacts.
• Ability to perform basic math and compute rate, ratio, and percentages.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in all forms.
• Ability to deal with problems involving fixed variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to work under direction.
• Strong work ethic required.

Education & Experience

• High School diploma acceptable, some college preferred.
• Familiarity with office environment preferred.