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Kinsale Insurance Company

Associate Underwriter - 2025 College Graduates

Kinsale Insurance Company, Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23214


Are you graduating from college in 2025? Are you interested in high growth and endless career potential? Kinsale Insurance is seeking new graduates to fill Associate Underwriter positions! Join our team for opportunities to establish and grow in your career quickly - Kinsale is a leader both in the insurance industry and within the Richmond community and can help you discover a career ripe for advancement and financial success.

Kinsale Insurance is an excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance company located in Richmond, VA. We pride ourselves on our high-quality, high-touch customer service and innovative, personalized solutions. In each of our divisions, we take ownership of every step of the process, doing all our underwriting in-house at our new office space in Richmond. We reward the doers: the people who seek new opportunities, take initiative, and challenge the status quo.

Underwriting is a fascinating career involving research, data analysis, and making decisions based on judgement, and we are seeking candidates to come in on the ground floor into our Associate Underwriter position. Our teams are extremely collaborative and give you the processes and tools to be successful, so you do not need to have any underwriting experience to begin your career path as an Associate Underwriter. Instead, picture yourself in a position with a day-to-day and skills that look like this:

A typical day as an Associate Underwriter might include...

Underwriting commercial insurance risks: reviewing, analyzing, accepting, and declining risks to ensure profitability for Kinsale.Communicating with management on individual accounts, current and proposed producers, and recommendations concerning operations, systems, and procedures when appropriate.Building relationships with our brokers through email and phone conversations.Underwriting and selecting new business that will produce an underwriting profit.Reviewing submissions to identify exposure/risk and determine accurate classifications, rates, and premium charges.Monitoring producers for profitability and production.Marketing products to producers by coordinating marketing plan with various stakeholders in and outside UnderwritingDeveloping forms and coverages in partnership with others, as applicable.A successful candidate has...

Excellent oral and written communications skills.PC literacy, with emphasis on Outlook, Word, and ExcelStrong analytical and organizational skills.A collaborative, entrepreneurial spirit, seeking a flexible, spontaneous business environment.An expected graduation of May 2025 with a bachelor's degree, especially in business, economics, risk management, or related field.A compelling candidate has...

Advanced Excel skills, including comfort with V-Lookup and PivotTable functions.Strong negotiation skills.Ability to maintain precision while moving quickly through workload.Hiring Schedule:

Initial phone screens October 2024-January 2025Onsite or Virtual Interviews in January 2025Offers extended after interviews with start dates of May, June, and July 2025.At Kinsale we offer the following great benefits:

Competitive salary with performance-based bonus opportunitiesSingle and Family Health, Dental and Vision Insurance plans with HSA funds contributedShort-Term and Long-Term disabilityLife InsuranceMatching 401(k) which starts on your first contribution with no vesting periodGenerous Paid Time Off and HolidaysEducation dollars for training and certificationsPromotion from within the company with clear goals and developed career paths