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Urbandale, Iowa, United States

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

• Accelerated the deployment of a revamped transfer network tool within 18 months, slashing manual processes by 26% and reducing processing costs by 35% through strategic IT collaboration.
• Spearheaded a proactive strategy to stress-test our new transfer data upload tool, efficiently managing the upload of over 36,000 policies 5 days ahead of schedule, ensuring optimal system performance, and delivering.
• Orchestrated the seamless execution of numerous transfer agreements in close partnership with sales and product teams, catalyzing a surge in transfer growth from $5M to $75M in issued premiums.
• Partnered with the Information Technology team to enhance and implement technology solutions for the transfer process, resulting in heightened efficiency and empowering agencies with self-service capabilities.
• Co-led 500 transfer agreements to manage all aspects of scheduling, uploading, and best practices, streamlining efficiencies, reduced costs, and 20-day improvement in Service Level Agreement.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

• Championed the design, development, and rollout of the initial phase of our transfer network tool within just six months, enabling agencies to manage transfer quotes and activities smoothly and significantly boosting.
• Oversaw the onboarding and training of 10 new hires in the expanding transfer underwriting department, orchestrating a comprehensive program resulting in improved quality scores exceeding 90%.
• Managed a diverse portfolio of complex risks averaging $25M Direct Written Premium, guaranteeing appropriate coverage and minimizing potential losses.
• Teamed with the sales counterparts to successfully cross-sell company products, consistently surpassing book transfer goals by 25%.
• Delivered training, mentoring, and coaching to underwriters, nurturing both technical and professional expertise, reinforcing best practices, and maintaining individual quality scores of 95%.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

• Applied extensive knowledge of insurance principles, policies, and procedures to assess risk and make informed decisions on policy submissions.
• Handled agency partnerships across a multi-state territory exceeding $10M in Direct Written Premium, prioritizing client-specific needs for prompt attention.
• Drove the successful management of a significant $1.5M premium volume book transfer, orchestrating weekly stakeholder meetings, maintaining communication, and achieving an outstanding 55% issue rate, surpassing.
• Boosted profitability by consistently surpassing premium growth targets, leveraging market analysis, and fortifying relationships with agency partners.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

• Prepared basic level loss, expense, and/or premium data for actuarial pricing reviews.
• Estimated future loss and premium results.
• Became familiar with data sources and requirements to retrieve and manipulate data.
• Conducted analyses that adhered to actuarial standards of practice and made assumptions when data integrity was questionable.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

• Used judgment in accepting or rejecting risks based on loss experience, investigative reports, claims activity, and nature of risk.
• Made account-based decisions based on policyholder tenure, number of accounts, claims history and long-term performance indicators.
• Managed assigned underwriting territory to ensure profitability.
• Participated in agency evaluation reviews and recommend termination of agent contracts based on review and analysis of profitability measures of assigned territory.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

• Accepted, rejected, and retained risks in accordance with policies, practices, and standards.
• Authorized the issuance of approved policies and coverage within non-standard auto program.
• Identified missing policy information and contacted agents to secure needed information.
• Maintained positive and professional relations with agents.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

• Managed, motivated, and implemented vendors for Electronic Data Interchange.
• Researched data transmissions for buyers, vendor compliance, distribution centers, and accounts payable.
• Communicated shipping issues and resolution strategies to all impacted buyers, vendors, and distribution centers.
• Monitored vendor conformity to VICS guidelines.