Emerging Underwriter, Contract Surety Bond

Associate Underwriter - UYTRAN

We're determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals - and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

As a Contract Surety Bond Underwriting Associate, professional development opportunities will come in the form of hands on training where shadowing team members within and outside of the contract surety bond underwriting team with various levels of experience is standard

Your underwriting career at The Hartford means collaboration, inclusivity, innovative thinking and so much more. We value self-starters and all ideas are welcome. Opportunities exist to hone your underwriting skills by working with our sales teams, experienced underwriters and other leaders - and your career path can take any direction you might choose.

• A customer-first mindset, putting our customers at the center of everything you do.
• A passion for making decisions through both analyzing data and employing critical thinking skills.
• A team spirit and desire to work collaboratively.
• A financial mindset to help make the best decisions.
• Ability to own your work and following through on commitments.
• Ability to decipher and execute within a fluid and changing business environment.
• An understanding of how to build relationships and trust among diverse groups.
• The ability to advance your career into technical OR leadership positions.

• Rigorously analyze underwriting information and assess varying risk within the framework of company standards and make recommendations to regional management.
• Maintain disciplined adherence to underwriting and service standards.
• A high degree of decision-making authority in the regional office while reviewing, renewing, and recommending changes or risk based adjustments to an existing book of business.
• Learn to weigh decisions between underwriting standards and customer needs and expectations.
• Balance risk relative to return to make effective and acceptable underwriting decisions.
• Co-travel with senior underwriters and assist with preparing for client meetings and agency visits.
• Learn the importance of cultivating customer and producer relationships to promote Bond products and services within the regional office.
• Seek out resources to identify and satisfy customer and producer needs.
• Share pertinent information to support product development, market research and identification of business opportunities between surety bond lines of business and other Hartford business units.
• Develop and implement strategy across the regional office.
• A balance of 50% Relationship Management and 50% Analytical
• Relationship Management involves marketing within your set territory to develop and strength relationships with insurance agents and brokers.

• Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Ability to think analytically about business problems, make recommendations and propose solutions
• Possession of resilience and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Demonstration of solid time, organizational, and desk management skills
• Goal orientation and ability to deliver outcomes in timely manner
• Challenge the status quo to implement improvement and compete to win