Commercial Lines Product Specialist - Commercial Auto (hybrid/remote)

Commercial Lines Product Specialist- Commercial Auto (Hybrid/Remote)

If you're excited about this role but don't meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply! At Grange, we value growth and are committed to supporting continuous learning and skill development as you advance in your career with us.

Summary: This role is responsible for monitoring, maintaining, and modifying the Company's Commercial Auto insurance product with primary focus on coverage and compliance issues. This role creates value by being the mechanic for the engine of the Commercial Auto product. You will need to understand how our system works, why it works that way, downstream impacts, while also understanding underwriter/tech processes and the ability to research complicated underwriting questions to provide guidance.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Develop, maintain and monitor policy language standards for Commercial Auto contracts and forms to ensure and promote consistency, when possible, between states and products.
• Develop a high level of knowledge and understanding of the contract and form language used in all Commercial Auto product in relationship to competitors.
• Conduct market analysis and competitive intelligence gathering in relation to coverages, endorsements, underwriting rules, and form language. Monitor claims issues, regulatory changes, environmental and societal issues, and changes by competitors for the purpose of developing, maintaining and recommending changes to Commercial Auto policy contract and forms in all operating states.
• Maintain and revise Commercial Auto product manuals, policy forms and endorsements as needed to support product management. Coordinate and monitor implementation of all Commercial Auto product language changes to ensure changes are made in a timely manner within acceptable standards. Communicate all changes to all impacted departments, groups, associates and agents.
• Review, evaluate, develop and manage implementation plan for coverage rule and form changes for products supported by Insurance Services Office, American Association of Independent Insurers, Surety Association of America, NCCI, Hartford Steam Boiler and any other bureau or coverage partner.
• Assist with training for new coverages, changes to existing coverages and/or reinforcement of coverages and issues identified.
• Complete and submit product filings, as required, with each Department of Insurance to support changes.
• Assist with coordination, implementation and communication of all product/price changes for a line of business with impacted departments, groups, associates and agents. Includes internal and external communication and training, as necessary.
• Provide support for project implementations relating to compliance.
• Assist Quality Assurance in the resolving of production defects and system issues from a compliance perspective.

What You'll Bring To The Company:

Three to five years' experience as a Commercial Auto Underwriter or comparable position with knowledge of commercial coverages, rating plans, and underwriting criteria required. Must be self-motivated; able to work autonomously; able to communicate with all levels of personnel on a verbal or written basis; possess good analytical skills; demonstrate good organizational skills; demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks, projects and deadlines. A Bachelor's degree and/or CPCU is strongly desired. Demonstrated project management skills are strongly desired.

Grange Insurance Company, with $3.2 billion in assets and more than $1.5 billion in annual revenue, is an insurance provider founded in 1935 and based in Columbus, Ohio. Through its network of independent agents, Grange offers auto, home and business insurance protection. Grange Insurance Company and its affiliates serve policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin and holds an A.M. Best rating of "A" (Excellent).

Grange understands that life requires flexibility. We promote geographical diversity, allowing hybrid and remote options and flexibility in work hours (role dependent). In addition to competitive traditional benefits, Grange has also created unique benefits based on employee feedback, including a cultural appreciation holiday, family formation benefits, compassionate care leave, and expanded categories of bereavement leave.

We are committed to an inclusive work environment that welcomes and values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We hire great talent from various backgrounds, and our associates are our biggest strength. We seek individuals that represent the diversity of our communities, including those of all abilities. A diverse workforce's collective ideas, opinions and creativity are necessary to deliver the innovative solutions and service our agency partners and customers need. Our core values: Be One Team, Deliver Excellence, Communicate Openly, Do the Right Thing, and Solve Creatively for Tomorrow.

Our Associate Resource Groups help us create a more diverse and inclusive mindset and workplace. They also offer professional and personal growth opportunities. These voluntary groups are open to all associates and have formed to celebrate similarities of ethnicity/race, nationality, generation, gender identity, and sexual orientation and include Multicultural Professional Network, Pride Partnership & Allies, Women's Group, and Young Professionals. Our Inclusive Culture Council, created in 2016, is focused on professional development, networking, business value and community outreach, all of which encourage and facilitate an environment that fosters learning, innovation, and growth. Together, we use our individual experiences to learn from one another and grow as professionals and as people.

We are committed to maintaining a discrimination-free workplace in all aspects, terms and conditions of employment and welcome the unique contributions that you bring from education, opinions, culture, beliefs, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, pregnancy, veteran status, and citizenship.