Underwriter - Crop

Primary Details

Time Type:
Full time

Worker Type:
Employee

Montana (Missoula ideal, or remote), Washington or Idaho

This role is a hybrid role requiring 3 days/week in our Missoula, MT office. However, fully remote may be considered for the right candidate. The hours for this role are 7:30 am-4:15 pm MST Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 am-12 pm MST on Fridays.

The starting salary range for this role is between $26.50/hour and $39.75/hour depending on experience.

• Apply underwriting judgment in order to review, evaluate and price crop insurance policies while adhering to company policy, state and federal regulations within established authority.
• Ensure complete and accurate policy processing activities by reviewing and/or data entry of applications, policy changes, actual production history (APH), acreage report (AR), written agreements, gathering missing information, resolving inconsistencies and confirming next steps.
• Print status reports and track policy cycle to completion, ensuring coverage continuation and avoiding late penalties.
• Provide processing and support for claims and compliance departments and complete transactions within area of responsibility.
• Review all written agreement documents before submission.
• Track, monitor and route written agreements to ensure timely processing.
• Correct errors and resolve issues with the FCIC Error Report.
• Effectively answer requests for information regarding crop hail from key stakeholders.
• Assist team members with questions and training.
• Contribute to a positive work environment by demonstrating cultural expectations and influencing others to reward performance and value "can do" people, accountability, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, continuous improvement, collaboration, creativity and fun.
• Utilize various resources to research and answer crop insurance questions.
• Attend training sessions to continue to gain knowledge on crop insurance.
• Provide exceptional customer service.
• Meet deadlines established by RMA (Risk Management Agency) policies and procedures.

High School Diploma/GED

2 years relevant experience

• Quickly and accurately perform data entry.
• Use multiple resources to gather and analyze information and use logic to underwrite basic risk exposures within authority.
• Understand the needs and goals of a customer and actively look for ways to meet them.
• Build and maintain professional networks.
• Clearly and confidently convey information to a wide audience.
• Prioritize interests of the company and community during decision‑making.
• Complete tasks by taking decisive or quick action.
• Utilize established procedures to guide decision‑making.
• Communicate information in a clear, well‑organized and professional manner.
• Follow established guidelines to focus on details and complete tasks attentively and thoroughly.
• Escalate issues when necessary.
• Demonstrate multitasking while maintaining accuracy.
• Maintain highest confidentiality.
• Make decisions and act in uncertain and ambiguous situations.
• Quickly learn, understand and take action.
• Multi‑task and handle competing priorities.
• High attention to detail.
• Adapt and be flexible in a complex changing environment.
• Motivational, inspirational and enthusiastic approach to team involvement and engagement.
• Demonstrated interest in enhancing knowledge; seeks opportunities to learn and grow.
• Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines while maintaining accuracy.
• Able to self‑start and manage to an end.
• Able to assist team members with learning.

Associate's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Experience in an underwriting capacity.
• Insurance industry experience.
• Crop insurance experience.

• Working knowledge of crop insurance industry and underwriting policies, practices and processes.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficient with Easy Mapping, Easy Hail, On Base and workflow.
• Terminology, function and fundamental capabilities of common computer, software, information and communication technology devices, components and concepts.