Middle & Large Business Underwriting Associate / Trainee - Boston, MA or Hartford, CT
The Hartford is an insurance company dedicated to helping people protect what matters. The role of Underwriting Associate involves gaining real-world experience through a comprehensive training program, collaborating with teams, and developing underwriting skills to provide customers with appropriate coverage.
Responsibilities
- Gain Real World Experience
- Collaborate with sales teams, experienced underwriters, and other leaders
- Participate in the Commercial Underwriter Onboarding and Risk Education (CORE) development program
- Engage in self-directed and virtual classroom learning sessions
- Obtain on-the-job work experience as well as integrated sales training
- Follow through on commitments and own your work
- Build relationships and trust among diverse groups
- Analyze data and employ critical thinking skills to make decisions
- Challenge the status quo to implement improvement and compete to win
Skills
- A customer-first mindset, putting our customers at the center of everything you do
- A passion for making decisions through both analyzing data and employing critical thinking skills
- A team spirit and desire to work collaboratively
- A financial mindset to help make the best decisions
- Ability to own your work and following through on commitments
- Ability to decipher and execute within a fluid and changing business environment
- An understanding of how to build relationships and trust among diverse groups
- A valid driver's license is required, as use of a company pool car will be necessary for periodic travel
- Demonstrates satisfactory progress during the Training Program and achieve passing scores on all tests, case studies, and foundational underwriting assessments
- Bachelor's Degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and Insurance experience
- Up to 3 years of Insurance experience preferred
- Excellent written and interpersonal communication and presentation skills
- Ability to think analytically about business problems, make recommendations, and propose solutions
- Possession of resilience and an entrepreneurial spirit
- Demonstration of solid time, organizational, and desk management skills
- Goal oriented with a strong desire to deliver outcomes in timely manner
- Acts with a sense of urgency and is responsive to internal and external customer needs
- Strong sales skills with the ability to negotiate and sell all messages including with those that may be difficult
- Challenge the status quo to implement improvement and compete to win
- Potential to travel during training may exist
Benefits
- Short-term or annual bonuses
- Long-term incentives
- On-the-spot recognition
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