30 jobs found in Cedar Rapids

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...

UFG is currently hiring for a Sr. Accountant to be responsible for the accurate accounting, reporting, and analysis of United Fire Group’s (UFG) financial transactions. This role ensures that all transactions are properly recorded in accordance with GAAP and statutory accounting principles while maintaining data integrity across subledger and financial reporting systems. Working closely with Finance leadership, the Senior Accountant provides technical support for the month-end and quarter-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting across multiple company entities. This individual also assists in implementing process improvements, strengthening internal controls, and supporting both external and internal audit requests. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong technical accounting skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a complex insurance environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:...

United Fire Group is seeking an Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Internal Controls to play a critical role, responsible for building and leading the company's internal control's function. This AVP will design, implement, and oversee a robust internal control framework, with an initial and primary focus on Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and NAIC Model Audit Rule (MAR) compliance. The ideal candidate is a strategic, hands-on leader with a strong background in risk identification, control design, and process optimization within the P&C insurance industry. This individual will be instrumental in fostering a culture of strong governance, risk management, and continuous improvement across the organization.  Essential Duties and Responsibilities:   Establish the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Internal Controls department, including defining its mandate, structure, and operational procedures. Serve as the subject matter expert on internal controls, providing...

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...

UFG is seeking a Director - Internal Audit to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for the planning, execution, and reporting of the audit function. Reporting directly to the VP, Internal Audit, this role is responsible for managing the audit lifecycle, evaluating the effectiveness of internal controls, and ensuring the audit team delivers high-quality results. The ideal candidate is a seasoned leader with extensive technical expertise, capable of driving department-wide initiatives and mentoring a team of professionals to meet the organization’s evolving risk landscape. Essential Duties & Responsibilities:   Collaborate with the VP, Internal Audit and business leaders to develop and implement a multi-year, risk-based internal audit plan. Oversee the end-to-end execution of the annual audit plan, ensuring all financial, operational, and compliance projects are completed on time and within budget. Lead the department-wide risk...

UFG is seeking a Systems Engineer who will be responsible for the support, maintenance, and ongoing enhancement of key customer-facing enterprise applications, enterprise SaaS and on-premises systems, including systems such as Microsoft 365, Atlassian Suite, ImageRight, and Miro, as well as underlying infrastructure systems such as Windows Server, LINUX, Hyper-V, and other infrastructure technologies. This role is essential in ensuring the reliable delivery and seamless performance of these systems while driving user adoption and aligning functionality with dynamic business requirements. By combining strong technical skills with a user-focused approach, the Systems Engineer contributes to the scalability, efficiency, and overall strategic value of enterprise applications across the organization.  In general, systems engineers will specialize in one or more of these systems to develop a strong understanding and expertise, serving as a technical expert who oversees the implement,...

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:...

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America’s Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies Certified as a Great Place to Work® Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance Workforce Absence Team Lead PRIMARY PURPOSE :  To supervise the operations of multiple teams of examiners and technical staff for disability claims for clients; to monitor colleagues' workload, provide training, and monitor individual claim activities; to provide technical/jurisdictional direction to examiner reports on claims adjudication; and to maintain a diary on claims within the teams including frequent diaries on complex or high exposure claims. ESSENTIAL...

UFG is currently seeking an IT Support Specialist who will be responsible for providing frontline technical support to internal users across the organization. This role focuses on the installation, configuration, and maintenance of hardware, software, operating systems, and mobile devices, ensuring a stable and productive end-user environment. Support is delivered via phone, remote tools, email, and in person. You’ll troubleshoot technical issues, resolve service requests, and escalate complex issues to senior members of the IT Support team or the Support Engineering team. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, solutions-driven, and committed to delivering outstanding service in a fast-paced environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:   Provide hands-on and remote technical support for desktop hardware, laptops, peripherals, operating systems (Windows/macOS), and mobile devices (iOS). Install, configure, and maintain applications, software, system...

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 Guidewire Solutions Architect to provide strategic, technical, and potentially program leadership in the design of complex, cross-functional technology solutions that support UFG’s enterprise objectives. Operating at a higher level of influence and accountability, this role leads solution design efforts across multiple domains or programs and ensures alignment with enterprise architecture, regulatory expectations, and business strategy. In addition to deep expertise in architecture frameworks and design patterns, the Senior Solution Architect plays a key role in technology planning, standards development, and guiding junior architects or technical leads. This position is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and partner directly with senior business and IT stakeholders to drive value-driven solution outcomes at scale. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:   Partners with and guide key stakeholders including product...

The Learning & Knowledge Specialist will support the Learning & Knowledge vision, strategy, and overall efforts by partnering with the Learning & Knowledge team as well as their respective business unit(s) to implement solutions that solve business and performance needs. This position will own the design, delivery, and other aspects of new hire and/or employee trainings. This role will consult with relevant business units to develop and implement onboarding, upskilling and technical learning programs in addition to other projects or duties as assigned. This role will work with their designated department(s) as needed to best support UFG’s evolving business needs. While this role is posted as a Learning and Knowledge Specialist I we are open to hiring in at Learning and Knowledge Specialist II based on experience and technical expertise.  Essential Duties and Responsibilities Stays current with and adopts evolving practices, trends, and tools in the learning...

UFG is looking for an Agency Resource Specialist to join our team!  In this role you will deliver integral internal and external customer-facing job functions including agency contracting, agency licensing, agency supplemental compensation management, and agency data management. This role develops strong relationships with agency partners and internal partners to meet business demands and ensure legal compliance. Responsibilities: Agency Contracting: Gather, prepare, store, and maintain compliant agency contracts. Collaborate with legal department and agency partners for successful execution. Agency Licensing: Manage agency and producer licenses, working with the State Departments of Insurance and external agency partners to meet compliance requirements and state standards. Agency Supplemental Compensation: Manage correctly and compliantly rewarding agency partners in partnership with corporate finance. Agency Data Management: Provide and maintain meaningful agency...

The Actuarial Analyst I supports the pricing of new/renewal business and development of effective premium/rating structure and strategies in support of business objectives while being introduced to basic ratemaking and insurance concepts. Calculates profit on new and renewal business. Coordinates, prepares and performs actuarial analysis. Supports Underwriters on pricing decisions.  Essential Duties & Responsibilities:   Learn and apply fundamental actuarial principles and apply when analyzing company and industry data to prepare for pricing analysis Support rating administration and stat coding on the policy administration system Support the annual profitability review process Support the review of portfolios’ historical financial performance Assist with preparation of rate and actuarial memorandums to support rate filing Support experience and rate indication studies to assess rate adequacy Support improvement efforts in order to...

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America’s Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies Certified as a Great Place to Work® Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance Care Team Representative Entry-level, Care Team Representative Our teams thrive together! We collaborate in person and embrace a flexible hybrid work style. To join us, you’ll need to live near one of our dynamic Centers of Excellence📍 Cedar Rapids, IA: 333 1st Street SE, Suite 200, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 ✨ What we offer: A stable, consistent work environment —both in-office and virtual A comprehensive training program to help you support employees...

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America’s Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies Certified as a Great Place to Work® Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance Disability Representative Sr We offer a hybrid work environment with on-site collaboration. Candidates must be located near our Centers of Excellence in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.     333 1 st   Street SE Ste. 200 Cedar Rapids IA 52401   PRIMARY PURPOSE : Provides disability case management and complex claim determinations based on medical documentation and the applicable disability plan interpretation including determining benefits due and making...

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America’s Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies Certified as a Great Place to Work® Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance Disability Representative Sr PRIMARY PURPOSE : Provides disability case management and complex claim determinations based on medical documentation and the applicable disability plan interpretation including determining benefits due and making timely payments/approvals and adjustments, medically managing disability claims including comorbidities, concurrent plans, and complex ADA accommodations; coordinates investigative efforts, thoroughly reviews contested claims,...