Full-Time

Risk Control Specialist

Posted on 11/1/2025

EMC Insurance

EMC Insurance

1,001-5,000 employees

Provides property/casualty insurance and reinsurance

Compensation Overview

$90.9k - $137.7k/yr

+ Hiring range

Denver, CO, USA

Hybrid

Remote option available for candidates in the Denver, CO area; approximately 50% overnight travel.

Category
Operations & Logistics (3)
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Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree, preferably in a safety, engineering, industrial safety, fire protection related field or equivalent relevant experience
  • Five years of experience in risk control or safety role, or related experience
  • Certifications such as certified safety professional preferred
  • Good computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite
  • Strong knowledge of industrial, construction, fire, and commercial automotive safety
  • Good knowledge of various nationally recognized standards and codes, including OSHA, DOT and NFPA
  • Strong ability to understand and evaluate risk
  • Good ability to identify and visualize potential loss exposures
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Ability to work effectively with others, as well as independently
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize to meet deadlines
  • Good verbal and written communication skills, including documentation skills
  • Travel required; a valid driver’s license with an acceptable motor vehicle report per company standards required if driving
Responsibilities
  • Completes on-site risk control surveys of highly sophisticated current and prospective policyholders’ operations, including in niche markets
  • Assesses and analyzes the exposure potential and existing controls and prepares risk control reports based on findings and communicates results to insured and agents
  • Provides consultation to policyholders regarding their operations, claims trends, and recommendations for improvement related to insured coverages, including developing written recommendations for policyholders to control hazards and to prevent or reduce exposure to insured losses
  • Consults with policyholders to understand their service needs and concerns and customizes consultative services to address loss drivers and exposures to meet insured’s needs, as well as other identified areas of need
  • Serves as a primary technical resource within assigned specialized focus area and provides technical expertise and guidance to other Risk Control team members
  • Collaborates with other Risk Control team members and subject matter experts on advanced technical questions as needed
  • Provides updates to other departments such as Underwriting, Sales, and Claims to improve renewal decision making, including communicating unique observations identified to underwriting to aid in the decision making with accounts
  • Markets risk control functions in coordination with the branch team through agency visits, presenting at agency and association meetings, etc
  • Provides detailed explanation of business operations, hazards, and controls associated with coverages
  • Delivers advanced training and on-site loss control surveys for current and prospective accounts
  • Identifies accounts that would benefit from ongoing, routine service, and/or focused short-term service
  • Analyzes previous losses and current exposures for large complex accounts, utilizing specialized knowledge to develop appropriate service plan(s)
  • Provides comprehensive, tailored services, such as hazard control assessments, ergonomic surveys, or slip-fall surveys, to address loss drivers and exposures while meeting insureds’ needs and documents in a service report
  • Develops positive relationships with accounts and agents
  • Other duties as assigned
Desired Qualifications
  • Certifications such as certified safety professional preferred
  • All candidates will be evaluated using the EMC Safety Excellence framework and required to complete EMC safety training including driving safety, hazardous materials awareness training and electrical safety training.
  • Master's degree in a safety related field or equivalent
  • Strong knowledge of OSHA and NFPA standards beyond minimum requirements
  • Experience in risk control for manufacturing environments
  • Knowledge of risk management information systems (RMIS) or data analytics tools for risk control
  • Knowledge of process safety management (PSM)
  • Experience with loss control inspections in healthcare or hospitality/retail environments
  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the time and occasionally more when needed

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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Simplify's Take

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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