Underwriter 1 (Entry Level/Workers Compensation)

Location: Hybrid in San Francisco, California; initial onsite training is required, followed by a minimum of three days per work week in the San Francisco office.

Starting hourly wage: $34.6154.

Company

hirify.global is a national insurance group offering insurance products across the United States.

What you will do

• Complete the underwriting training curriculum covering workers compensation law, rating and pricing regulations, negotiation techniques, and service standards.
• Review new and renewal insurance applications for accurate and complete information needed for pricing.
• Analyze current and prospective policyholders and determine quotations, indications, or declinations within established authority levels.
• Communicate pricing and underwriting decisions to brokers, producers, agency partners, and internal resource teams.
• Coordinate policy binding with Underwriting Support Specialists and prepare Loss Control requests for appropriate accounts.
• Support agency relationships and client retention through timely communication, agency visits, customer service, and special assignments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write detailed reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals and present information to management and public groups.
• Ability to work with probability, statistical inference, arithmetic, percentages, ratios, and proportions in practical situations.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and ability to quickly master proprietary and vendor software applications.
• Strong verbal and written communication, collaboration, customer service, and organizational skills are required to meet deadlines and respond promptly.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with initial onsite training and at least three office days per week after training.
• Collaborative and approachable workplace focused on integrity, customer service, curiosity, and professional development.
• Work is performed under established guidelines and supervision while allowing increasingly autonomous responsibilities as proficiency develops.
• Opportunity to build workers compensation industry knowledge and progressively manage accounts of greater number and complexity.