14 underwriting intern jobs found in Cedar Rapids

UFG is currently hiring an Underwriting Support Professional where you will learn how to succeed within a functional unit, gaining the knowledge to support our Underwriters issue commercial lines policies, quotes, endorsements, renewals and related transactions.  In this role, you will receive training to develop the skills needed for efficiently managing a workflow, ensuring tasks are prioritized, and completed within deadlines.  You’ll also gain the skills necessary to handle incoming calls from agents, policy holders, and third parties, addressing inquiries and providing exceptional service.   You will be expected to retain the information provided to you throughout your training and apply that training to your role. Additionally, you will focus on demonstrating our SPIRIT values and ensuring we create both quality results and relationships that drive us towards UFG’s vision to always deliver on our promises.  Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Learn and apply...

UFG is currently seeking an  AVP, Major Claims Leader who is responsible for the strategic direction, operational leadership, and technical excellence of the organization’s most complex and high-exposure claims. This role oversees a diverse portfolio including complex products liability, class actions, coverage litigation, complex construction defect claims, excess and surplus lines, general liability and commercial auto litigation. Reporting directly to the VP of Corporate Technical Claims, this role serves as a key technical and leadership authority within the claim’s organization, providing executive-level guidance on claim strategy, reserving, litigation management, risk transfer, and resolution of high-severity matters. The role operates in a highly collaborative environment, partnering with the VP of Corporate Technical Claims on enterprise-level initiatives involving: Legal, Underwriting, Actuarial, Reinsurance, and external counsel to drive consistent, predictable,...

The VP - Field Operations is a strategic and dynamic leader responsible for developing and executing market strategies to drive profitability and growth across multiple business units. This role requires a high degree of collaboration with the Chief Underwriting Officer and the VP - Sales and Distribution leader in building strategic operational plans to achieve key objectives and desired financial results. The VP-Field Operations leads the team of Regional Vice Presidents in executing Middle Market and Construction underwriting and distribution management strategies to achieve profitability and growth objectives. This role is also highly engaged with our agency partners at the national and local levels in driving results for all business units. Responsibilities: Strategy development and execution: Build and execute strategic operational plans in partnership with the Chief Underwriting Officer, VP-Sales and Distribution, and Construction and Middle Market business...

UFG is currently seeking a Manager, Reinsurance Accounting to be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day accounting operations, reporting, analysis and compliance of the Company’s reinsurance activities. This role directs the procedures performed by the team to ensure the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of all reinsurance accounting processes, including ceded and/or assumed transactions, integrity of calculations, reconciliations, and financial disclosures. Working closely with Finance leadership, Actuarial, and Reinsurance Operations teams, this position provides technical research and other accounting support for treaty execution activities, cash settlements, and reinsurance reporting (GAAP and statutory) processes while maintaining an effective internal control environment. The Manager will play a key role in continuous improvement, driving process optimization, ensuring regulatory compliance, and contributing to the modernization of reinsurance accounting...

The AVP, Property will be held responsible for shared accountability for the property and inland marine P&L ensuring results achieve growth and profitability objectives. The individual in this role will work with the Property Leader in efforts within specialty, middle market, construction, small business, inland marine, and other related disciplines to ensure appropriate risks are taken within the portfolio. This role is responsible over technical discipline, which includes providing consultation to staff and business partners, identifying needs for technical training and review of complex risks. The individual in this role will proactively provide technical guidance and educational training opportunities to both property and marine underwriters to ensure disciplined underwriting.  The role will have responsibility to identify growth opportunities, emerging risks and profit measures with key partners including actuary, CAT modeling, ceded re, product development, region...

UFG is actively seeking a Sr. Underwriting Business Process Analyst who will support Commercial Underwriting in meeting growth/profitability objectives through underwriting content, communication and process and procedure development. Within this role the analyst will also drive continuous improvement and collaborate with various areas of the organization to develop and implement solutions aligned with UFG’s goals and business strategies. This includes but is not limited to processes and procedures, tools and resources, best practices, and risk appetite guides. The Sr. Underwriting Business Process Analyst will work independently to lead and manage collaborative project teams supported by branch office employees and individuals from various roles and levels within the company to develop and deliver business solutions that support successful implementation and adoption company wide. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:   Responsible for development, maintenance...

As the Commercial Lines Sales & Distribution Director, for our UFG Regional Territory, you will be working at an awarded Top Workplace and will be responsible for cultivating UFG’s presence in the market and creating business opportunities with new agents. It is expected that the successful candidate will bring significant experience and have established relationships in the Property & Casualty Insurance North American markets. This position is responsible for helping UFG build a new distribution channel that leverages our strong foundation of existing independent agents while seeking out and creating new agency partnerships. The CL Sales & Distribution Director helps to develop and execute distribution channel strategies, builds strategic selling techniques, ensures effective processes are in place and identifies tactics to deliver profitable growth and expand market share. This role works closely in a supportive atmosphere with corporate marketing, underwriters,...

UFG is looking for an experienced P&C capital modeling professional charged with advancing our capital modeling, solvency assessment and stress testing framework.  As a member of the risk office, this position collaborates closely across all functions including underwriting, actuarial, finance, catastrophe modeling, and investment management. This position is a hands-on actuarial and financial modeling role with highly influential access to primary decision makers regarding capital management, reinsurance programs, and other corporate development activities requiring risk assessment and capital deployment.  This is a challenging role requiring strong technical ability, financial business acumen and excellent communication skills.  The Director - Corporate Risk Analysis will be involved in key strategic initiatives to assist in evaluating optimal outcomes of varied growth opportunities and capital management. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:...

UFG's Construction Business Unit is expanding and we are looking for an AVP-Construction Underwriting  to join the team!  In this role you will be responsible for driving the underwriting strategy for the Construction Business Unit through referral support and consultation, training, and development of strategies for applicable Regions. This role operates under the leadership and guidance of the Construction Business Unit Leader and in collaboration with Line of Business Leaders, Middle Market AVPs and Regional underwriting teams. This role may also direct a team of technical experts in support of Construction strategy execution.  Responsibilities: Review referrals based on technical complexity, market segmentation strategy, market appetite and collaborating with business leaders in analytics, product development, risk management, claims groups and region leadership to ensure alignment. Responsible for adhering to the overall BU strategic direction. Provide guidance...

UFG is currently hiring for a Reinsurance Accountant to assist in the preparation of accounting, reporting, and analysis of United Fire Group’s (UFG) reinsurance transactions. This role prepares supporting documents and performs procedures to ensure all ceded and/or assumed reinsurance activity is properly recorded in accordance with GAAP and statutory accounting principles while maintaining data integrity across subledger and financial reporting systems. Working closely with other members of the Reinsurance Team, the Reinsurance Accountant aids with treaty execution activities, cash settlements, and reconciliations. This individual also assists in implementing process improvements, strengthening internal controls, and supporting both external and internal audit requests. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong analytical skills, a principle understanding of reinsurance accounting practices, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a complex...

The Underwriting Center Underwriter will underwrite Middle Market and Construction renewal business, deploying effective account management while fostering strong relationships with agency partners.  This role is responsible for providing technical underwriting expertise through timely and streamlined processes to best serve agents and policyholders. This role underwrites renewals and services accounts to primarily manage UFG’s Middle Market and Construction business. Responsibilities:   Profitably underwrite renewal business through risk selection, pricing, contractual integrity, and account management, in accordance with delegated authority, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Develop, analyze, and evaluate information and exposure to loss.   Document assigned files with underwriting thought process. Properly classify and price risk commensurate with exposures and controls. Proactively identify and execute opportunities to up sell and cross-sell UFG...

UFG is seeking an AVP of Product Management to join the team who will be responsible for the strategic leadership and direction of UFG’s product management function. This role is responsible for overseeing the development, enhancement, and lifecycle management of insurance products ensuring alignment with the company’s objectives and regulatory requirements.  The position collaborates with senior leadership to drive profitable growth and deliver innovative solutions that meet market needs Responsibilities: Strategy Lead the development and execution of product strategies that support business growth, profitability, and competitive positioning. Oversee the product lifecycle, including ideation, design, regulatory filings, launch and ongoing management. Conduct research on commercial products and markets to help make policy and practice decisions. Collaborate cross-functionally with Underwriting, Finance, Legal, Compliance, IT, Field Enablement, Underwriting Support...

UFG is looking for a  Sr. Production Underwriter  to join our Great Lakes Region in a multi-line, multi-industry opportunity.  In this role you will be responsible for attracting and underwriting middle market business, deploying effective account management while fostering strong working relationships with agency partners. This role executes underwriting strategy to achieve profit and premium plans. The Sr. Production Underwriter will handle a renewal book in their territory as assigned. This role assists with the resolution of escalated issues, and mentors and coaches team members. While this is a remote work opportunity, the ideal candidate should reside in one of the following metropolitan areas within the Great Lakes Region: Minnesota, Illinois, or Indiana. Responsibilities:   Profitably underwrite complex new and renewal business through risk selection, pricing, contractual integrity, and account management, in accordance with delegated authority, and ensuring...

UFG has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Catastrophe Modeling Analyst to work with our growing team where this individual will be analyzing property data to determine UFG’s view of the catastrophe risk. The major responsibilities will include preparing catastrophe modeling data from various data sources, modeling the data by utilizing catastrophe model/(s), communicating the outcomes and providing recommendations to the senior management team to quantify the risk. The candidate will collaborate with internal customers (direct and assumed businesses) to develop adequate pricing, ratemaking, and exposure management strategies that drive towards profitable growth of the company. Responsibilities: Collaborate with data engineers and underwriters in gathering the data needed for catastrophe modeling as well as improving data accuracy and completeness; organize, scrub and prepare the data for model ready import files using valuation tools including SQL/Excel. Analyze the...