Assistant Marine Account Speciliast

Job Details: Assistant Marine Account Specialist

Locations: Lynnwood, WA

SMI Invests in Your Success

We don’t fill job openings, we build careers:

We are currently looking for an Assistant Marine AccountSpecialist. This offers you a unique opportunity to cultivate strong client andteam relationships within an independent brokerage and unique client base. Theright person for this role takes pride in the relationship, not just thetransaction. If that's you, apply.

What Can YOU Expect?

• Competitive compensation
• 401k plan with company match up to 4% depending on your contribution
• Work-life balance for your wellness
• Employer sponsored professional development through our partners at Incite Learning Group and TotalCSR.
• A supportive, diverse, people-first culture and mindset
• Top of the line tech to maximize efficiency

YOUR Keys to Success -

• Cultivate strong relationships with - and serve as the main point of contact for your portfolio of clients, key vendors, and carriers.
• Respond to clients, insurance carriers, sales team, and supervisors’ correspondences and requests in a timely, effective, and professional manner.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on marine related carrier products, guidelines, underwriting, and legislative changes in order to make effective recommendations to clients.
• Analyze and compare current marine exposures to develop renewal or new business specs for marketing.
• Process and submit new and renewal clients for marketing and placement, review and summarize quotes for competitiveness and accuracy, and negotiate rates when appropriate.
• Champion SMI’s spirit and core values with every client interaction and community connection

What YOU Bring -

• 3+ years of account management experience in a brokerage or captive agency with an active Property & Casualty insurance license
• Strong knowledge of Property & Casualty insurance
• Highly motivated, goal oriented, hungry and driven to learn marine coverages, carriers and policies
• Superior communication, negotiation, presentation, organization and listening skills
• Strong customer focus and follow up skills
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment within tight deadlines. Highly-organized and strong time management skills
• Growth mindset is a must.
• Embrace the power of modern technology to streamline your workflow, drive results and stay ahead of the curve.
• Works with integrity and a high-level of confidentiality

Who WE Are -

SMI boasts a well accomplished commercial marine lines team. We are a locally owned independent agency with superior carrier relationships. We have built our incredible culture on our core principles, Family, Relationships, Care, Service and Passion to Improve. Every member of SMI is truly a member of our family. At SMI, we provide a creative, collaborative, professionally casual, supportive culture where we consistently celebrate our teammates wins. We live out what we advertise, driving core purpose and meaningful relationships with our teammates.

SMI is committed to providing competitive benefits for our teammates. We offer a wide range of health, welfare and financial benefits including medical, wellness, dental, vision as well as paid holiday time and PTO.

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