Full-Time

Underwriting Management and Policy Help Desk Specialist

Posted on 9/9/2025

EMC Insurance

EMC Insurance

1,001-5,000 employees

Provides property/casualty insurance and reinsurance

Compensation Overview

$27 - $41/hr

Iowa, USA

Remote

This position is fully remote and can be based anywhere in the U.S.

Category
Customer Experience & Support (2)
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Required Skills
Word/Pages/Docs
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • Associate degree in insurance, business administration, computer science, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience
  • Three years of experience in business analysis, process improvement, service desk, underwriting, rating, or technology or related preferred
  • Strong business knowledge of underwriting and rating, with related system knowledge
  • Strong analytical abilities to identify problems and prepare solutions
  • Strong knowledge of video and other file formats
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Zoom, and other collaboration tools
  • Knowledge of technical concepts such as client-server, Web applications, and/or Cloud Architecture preferred
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills
  • Ability to work in a team setting, as well as independently
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Ability to develop testing strategies, and follow through on projects
  • Excellent customer service skills
Responsibilities
  • Serves as first point of contact for users seeking assistance with underwriting management, policy administration and rating platforms
  • Researches and answers inquiries, including moderately complex inquiries, from all levels of underwriting and rating team members as they related to general operation of the underwriting and policy systems, business procedures, system speed, outages and system documentation
  • Assists front line users/departments in their completion of policy transactions by analyzing the error, reviewing the detailed policy information, formulating a response on how to address the issue, either systematically or with a consistent business process or work around resolution
  • Assists and performs troubleshooting through diagnostic techniques and pertinent questions. Determines the best solution based on the issue and details provided by user for all underwriting management, policy administration, and rating platforms (legacy and new)
  • Creates and updates online help documents for underwriting management and policy systems as assigned
  • As needed, creates and notifies users of systems changes as they are moved to production
  • Assists in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for assigned systems and features
  • Reviews the screen documentation to ensure that it matches the production screen functionality
  • Assists in the research of the impact to the system from proposed changes and enhancements, including the impact on the system users
  • Records, monitors, and reports on the progress of application changes and enhancements requests as a result of a help desk inquiry
  • Develops supplemental training, procedure and work-around materials
  • Identifies the need and contributes to training and resource documents for common issues as a result of Help Desk inquiries and metrics
  • Monitors procedural, business process and training materials for relevance to current needs; creates/modifies or partners with other teams to keep user resources current
  • Shares, or may facilitate, training for front line users; either individually or in group setting
Desired Qualifications
  • Three years of experience in business analysis, process improvement, service desk, underwriting, rating, or technology or related preferred
  • Knowledge of technical concepts such as client-server, Web applications, and/or Cloud Architecture preferred

EMC Insurance Companies provides property and casualty insurance products and services for businesses, along with reinsurance. It underwrites commercial policies and offers loss control, bonds, surety, and fidelity coverage, serving clients in over 40 states, with international risk written on a reinsurance basis. EMC Re offers facultative and treaty reinsurance to other insurers. Its goal is to simplify insurance transactions for clients while delivering comprehensive risk coverage and supporting other insurers through reinsurance partnerships.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Des Moines, Iowa

Founded

1911

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What believers are saying

  • 2025 restructuring strengthens core operations and enhances agent experience platform.
  • New SVP CHRO Matt Spackman drives talent management and organizational growth.
  • Reinsurance division EMC Re expands treaty and facultative capacity for providers.

What critics are saying

  • Catastrophe losses from 2025 Midwest storms eroding capital reserves significantly.
  • Progressive Commercial's AI underwriting captures 15% of EMC's small business segment.
  • Employers Mutual Casualty pursues hostile takeover post-weak Q4 2025 earnings.

What makes EMC Insurance unique

  • Mutual parent structure insulates EMC from hostile takeovers and founder dilution pressures.
  • EMC Re provides facultative and treaty reinsurance across 40+ states nationwide.
  • Consolidated 17 branches into 10 regions by 2025 for operational efficiency gains.

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