Brown & Riding is hiring: Production Assistant - Wholesale Insurance Brokerage -

Overview

Production Assistant - Wholesale Insurance Brokerage - MLPL (Brown & Riding Insurance Services)

Fort Worth, TX

Responsibilities

• Meet quality measurement goals by delivering high quality service in servicing assigned clients and accounts. Ensure all file activity meets or exceeds quality procedures with regard to timeliness, accuracy of policies, endorsements, subjectivities, and all other active and expired file correspondence and documentation.
• Assist Associate Broker with submission process, as assigned.
• Prepare Quotes and Confirmation of Coverage (Binders) as directed.
• Policy Checking: review policies to ensure they align with what was bound with the carrier.
• Endorsements: request policy changes, follow up for endorsements, review for accuracy upon receipt, invoice, and transmit to agent.
• Manage and maintain suspenses (pending items from retailers and carriers), including follow up and escalation of unresolved issues to the broker or AB when necessary.
• Ensure Surplus Line documents are submitted correctly and on time.
• Learn and increase system skills to improve efficiency; attend educational seminars as required.
• Produce and mail renewal letters with applications to customers when applicable.
• Review renewal and/or new business information submitted by customers and request supplemental or explanatory information as directed.
• Process certificates of insurance when applicable.

Other Responsibilities

• Provide input to departmental procedures.
• Assist with accounting reconciliation projects.
• Perform other work-related duties, as assigned.
• Work closely with AB Team Lead and assigned Broker(s) to identify other projects where skills, experience and knowledge can be utilized.
• Assist in handling duties of team members, as appropriate, during absences.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years insurance experience.
• Willing and able to take insurance classes and attain designations relating to work to continually grow in position.
• Exceptional organization, follow-up, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Possess an intuitive and proactive approach to business problems and solutions.
• Exhibit good listening skills and a willingness to help and support others.
• Advanced skill level in PC software (Word, Excel and other software, as required).
• Ability to be flexible in work schedule as needed.
• Manage time to get the job done with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.
• Able to interact with a variety of personality styles.
• Has or is able to secure the appropriate insurance license within the appropriate timeframe as determined by state requirements.
• Physical activities of the job are within the normal expectations of an office environment.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Administrative
• Industries: Insurance