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Transportation Underwriter

Gallagher
  • Rolling Meadows, Illinois
  • Full-time
8 days ago
Gallagher

Job Description

Introduction:
At RPS, we don’t just embrace bold ideas, we make them happen. We’re a team of entrepreneurs, big-picture thinkers, and passionate experts who thrive on possibility. Every day, we collaborate across teams, challenge convention, and push boundaries to design innovative solutions for our clients. With access to top-rated carriers and a dynamic marketplace, we bring strategy and creativity together to deliver what others might call impossible. Here, every voice counts, every perspective matters, and every challenge is an opportunity to grow. You’ll be supported by a culture that celebrates ownership, curiosity, and high performance, where you’re trusted to do your best work and encouraged to keep learning along the way.
How you'll make an impact:
  • Underwrites individual insurance applications to cover property and casualty with guidelines set for the issuance of policies on a standard or substandard basis.
  • Determines whether to accept, modify or decline a risk through evaluation of the property's value, location, usage, and safety features, and other information pertinent to the decision.
  • Has frequent contact with field to gather information on which to base and defend underwriting decisions.
  • Does not have any assigned Production goals.
  • May provide support to Underwriter Senior in servicing and management of accounts.
About you:

Required: Bachelor's degree and 2 years related experience required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications and Microsoft Office.

Behaviors: Detail oriented; strong analytical skills and good communication and interpersonal skills

Compensation and benefits:

At Gallagher, we believe supporting our colleagues goes far beyond the role itself. For more information, visit our Benefits page.

  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive benefits programs designed to support your well-being 
  • Career development opportunities and ongoing learning 
  • A collaborative, people-first culture with accessible leadership 
  • The opportunity to do meaningful work with global reach and local impact 

At Gallagher, we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to join our Talent Community to stay connected to additional career opportunities. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles.

Gallagher is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)

Numbers & Facts

LocationRolling Meadows, Illinois
Job TypeFull-time
IndustryInsurance
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1927
Websitehttps://www.ajg.com/

About Company

Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, helps clients address risk, protect assets and recover from losses. The products and services we provide keep businesses and institutions running, and enable individuals and families to rebuild their lives. Gallagher is the only insurance broker recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as a World's Most Ethical Company.

Gallagher provides retail and wholesale property and casualty brokerage, alternative risk transfer services, employee benefit consulting, and actuarial services. Gallagher also offers claims and information management, risk control consulting and appraisal services, human resource consulting, and retirement services.

Skills

  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Data Collectionunmatched
  • Entrepreneurshipunmatched
  • Insurance Underwritingunmatched
  • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Microsoft Officeunmatched
  • Microsoft Windows Operating Systemunmatched
  • Property Insuranceunmatched
  • Risk Analysisunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Underwritingunmatched

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