Garage Broker or Garage Underwriter/Broker

Arthur J. Gallagher - Little Rock, AR

Full-time - Mid Level

Little Rock, AR

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

At Risk Placement Services, we pride ourselves on being more than just a team; we are a collaborative and innovative group that thrives on tackling challenges head-on. Our culture fosters an environment where every idea counts, and every individual's contribution matters. As a Garage Underwriter/Broker, you will play a crucial role in driving revenue growth by providing Retail Agents with a highly responsive underwriting capability and access to national markets through relationships with Specialty Carriers. This position offers the opportunity to unleash your potential and join a spirited team where you will have the freedom to explore and the support to grow. In this role, you will be responsible for prospecting new business by actively networking and building relationships with Independent Retail Agents and Carrier Underwriters to achieve production goals. You will build strong relationships with Specialty Carriers to ensure competitive pricing and access to coverage on various types of risk. Your expertise will be essential in pre-qualifying submissions and ensuring a focus on high probability sales opportunities while adhering to Carrier guidelines to maintain a profitable book of business. You will develop and maintain deep expertise on insurance solutions for specific product lines, industry segments, and business types, analyzing submissions from Retail Agents to determine the best available Carrier, coverage, forms, and premium. Additionally, you will gather information on client risks and identify potential areas of exposure that RPS could quote. Staying abreast of relevant industry and market trends that impact underwriting guidelines, pricing, and premiums will be crucial. You will ensure that business partners understand RPS' full range of risk solutions as their business needs evolve. Depending on the needs of the team, you may also be assigned a support team to lead, train, and oversee work product. This position may require travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Prospect for new business by actively networking and building relationships with Independent Retail Agents and Carrier Underwriters to achieve production goals.
• Build strong relationships with Specialty Carriers to ensure competitive pricing and access to coverage on various types of risk.
• Pre-qualify submissions and ensure focus on high probability sales opportunities, while following Carrier guidelines to maintain a profitable book of business.
• Develop and maintain deep expertise on insurance solutions for specific product lines, industry segments and business types.
• Analyze submissions from Retail Agents and quickly determine the best available Carrier, coverage, forms and premium.
• Gather information on client risks and determine potential areas of exposure RPS could also quote.
• Proactively stay abreast on relevant industry and market trends that impact underwriting guidelines, pricing and premiums.
• Ensure business partners understand RPS' full-range of risk solutions as their business needs evolve.
• May be assigned a support team to lead, train and oversee work product.
• Able to travel as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years related work experience.
• Understand Garage Underwriting.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications and Microsoft Office.
• Home state P&C license, or willing to obtain within first 90 days of employment.

Nice-to-haves

• Detail-oriented; strong analytical skills and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates appropriate urgency in driving towards production goals.
• Sets challenging revenue growth goals and develops and executes sales plans to ensure success.
• Leverages data and tools to identify client risks and develop a comprehensive insurance solution.
• Sets a high standard for responsiveness and commitment to meet the needs of Retailers and their clients.
• Conveys insurance and risk management expertise in ways that build trust, credibility and establishes RPS as the 'one source' insurance provider.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave
• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program - elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more.