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ProAg

Provides crop insurance and risk management

Associate Underwriter

UnderwritingUpdated on Nov 15
Full-timeRemote in USA$49.5k - $80kRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • A minimum of two years of relevant and progressive professional experience.
  • A bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent education and/or experience.
  • Solid written and verbal communication skills, including confidentiality, tact, and diplomacy, to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Responsibilities

  • Review policy information for crop insurance coverage, proper rating, and other information to determine whether an application is acceptable for the available program or selected coverage.
  • Contact and respond to agents' verbal and written inquiries within the designated timeframe, provide appropriate information, and serve as an underwriting resource.
  • Verify policy rates or check previously rated policies for proper rating using available tools, including Risk Management Agency (RMA) and ProAg quoting applications.
  • Use knowledge of automated underwriting and/or processing systems to develop information for new or renewal policies.
  • Answer questions from agents, policyholders, or prospects.
  • Follow company underwriting authority directives, underwriting guidelines, and applicable company policies and procedures.
  • Request documentation needed to process policy coverage, including applications, production reports, acreage reports, and endorsements.
  • Approve or deny requests within assigned authority or recommend approval or denial to higher authority.
  • Review requests for cancellations, endorsements, and related matters.
  • Analyze and research detailed policy information related to Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) error resolution and resolve uncleared items.
  • Read and interpret FCIC documents.
  • Analyze and revise acreage reports.
  • Respond to common inquiries from the Risk Management Agency (RMA) and Regional Service Offices (RSOs).
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies and government regulations, including deadlines for sales closing dates, acreage reporting dates, production reporting dates, accounting cutoffs, and fund designations.
  • Build relationships with internal and external contacts to facilitate underwriting, promote business development, and stay informed about industry trends.
  • Serve as a resource to other departmental staff on underwriting procedures and departmental guidelines.
  • Develop understanding of factors that affect and influence policy rating and risk.
  • Assist with data entry as needed.
  • Attend required training sessions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Previous agriculture or crop insurance industry experience.

About the Company

ProAg

Provides crop insurance and risk management

ProAg provides agricultural risk management services, offering multiple peril crop, crop hail, and named-peril crop insurance products to farmers and ranchers. Its core product is insurance for agricultural production risks, supported by a team that works with agents and policyholders to deliver coverage, quick claims handling, and ongoing service at the field level. The company stands out through its long history (a century of experience), customer-first approach, accessible and transparent communication, and a commitment to flexibility and rapid adaptation to changes in agricultural risk. ProAg aims to help farmers manage risk by delivering reliable coverage, timely support, and up-to-date information, while leveraging people, technology, and process to improve service and introduce new strategies for its agency partners and growers.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Amarillo, TX
Founded
1926

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