Transportation Underwriter

@ RPS
RPSrps.com

Transportation Underwriter

Rolling Meadows, IL
Posted 3 days ago

About the job

RPS is a company that designs innovative insurance solutions, emphasizing teamwork, ownership, and continuous learning. The Transportation Underwriter evaluates property and casualty insurance applications, working with field contacts to make informed decisions without sales targets.

Requirements

  • 2+ years underwriting experience
  • Knowledge of property and casualty
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Excellent communication
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Detail-oriented personality
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to evaluate risks
  • Commitment to continuous learning

Full 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)

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