Agency Services Analyst

Agency Services Analyst

AgriSompo North America combines industry experience, resources, capital, and talent to deliver both traditional and innovative crop insurance and productivity tools to farmers, ranchers, insurers, and agribusinesses in the United States. Our organization operates within a culture rooted in ethics, integrity, and a belief that accountability, collaboration, and agility are crucial to long-term success.

AgriSompo North America is a part of AgriSompo, Sompo International's global agriculture platform. This platform is an integrated underwriting, technology, and distribution platform delivering innovative insurance and reinsurance solutions to agriculture partners worldwide. Sompo International, AgriSompo's parent company, is a global organization driven by its core values, a carrier that holds promise, trust, and the commitment to protect. Through operating subsidiaries, Sompo International writes agriculture, casualty, and other specialty, professional lines, property, marine / energy, and aviation lines of insurance and catastrophe, property, casualty, professional lines, and specialty lines of reinsurance.

As a leading provider of crop insurance and other agricultural risk management tools, we recognize that our success is derived directly from those whose contributions matter most : our people. AgriSompo North America has major offices in Lenexa, Kansas and Des Moines, Iowa as well as regional offices around the country. A shared commitment to integrity, accountability, collaboration, and agility define our culture, and we strive to create exceptional value for our clients and shareholders and maintain AgriSompo North America as a desirable place to work.

Job Description

Position Summary

AgriSompo provides renowned, cutting-edge analytics to address risk and the risk exposures of each of its product lines. Through a deep-rooted commitment to customer service, AgriSompo is positioned to make a long-lasting impact on this nation's farmers and ranchers for generations to come. The Agency Services Analyst is responsible, highly organized, and focused with a positive attitude and excellent communication skills. In addition to being resourceful and independent, the individual should have a willingness to learn and take on additional responsibilities over time. They should possess the leadership skills and drive that are needed to meet deadlines, handle multiple priorities and build trust and credibility with the team.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the applicable team members through the on-boarding and off-boarding process of the appropriate parties.
• Verify and process appointment and cancellation requests. Deliver appropriate notifications and reports.
• Maintain appointment records for AABIC and document storage.
• Record and reconcile fees for appointments.
• Perform various tasks relating to the agent, agency, and adjuster's licensure and appointing procedures.
• Perform various reporting responsibilities, as determined by the AVP Agency Services.
• Monitors and tracks compliance requirements and error reports for agents, agency employees, and agencies.
• Document management in applicable systems and necessary portals for all users and agencies.
• Review and update licenses for agents and agencies.
• Facilitate CIA and AgWorks access for all applicable users and assist IT team with AgriNet Access.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding information received from managerial staff.
• Cross-train with other supporting departments to expand knowledge of insurance products offered by AgriSompo North America.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Position Requirements

Education and Work Experience :

Required High school diploma or equivalent or equivalent work experience.

Previous experience in federal or state regulated programs and regulations.

Previous experience in the management of licensure, specifically agent, agency, and / or adjuster licensing.

Previous experience with the management of Fresh Service IT Service Desk tickets or a like system.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Physical Requirements & Work Conditions

Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and / or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Ability to stand or sit constantly / continuously.

Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as : preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and extensive reading.

Environmental Conditions

The work environment described here are meant to be representative of those an employee would normally encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

The physical environment requires the employee to work both inside and outside in heat / cold, wet / humid, and dry / arid conditions.

Travel, up to 5% to attend meetings and / or trainings.

Salary Range : $40,000-55,000 Actual compensation for this role will depend on several factors including the cost of living associated with your work location, your qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience.

At Sompo International, we recognize that the talent, skills, and commitment of our employees drive our success. This is why we offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees.

Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.

We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents. Below is a summary of our current comprehensive U.S. benefit programs :

Sompo International is an equal-opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. M / F / D / V