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Hovaness Papazyan

Los Angeles,USA

Summary

Experienced and Knowledgeable Individual in the insurance industry with a passion for finding solutions and mitigating risk.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Underwriter

Hiscox Insurance
Los Angeles, California
02.2025 - Current
  • Working in the Entertainment division, serving as a new business and renewal underwriter for various risks such as DICE, rental houses, film, touring, etc.
  • Managing and building relationships with many brokers, as their main point of contact for submissions and all other requests.
  • Underwriting Entertainment risks for the following lines of coverage: General Liability, Auto, Property, Production, Umbrella, Workers Comp
  • Using internal systems and underwriting guidelines to rate, quote, and negotiate terms and conditions.
  • Working internally with all other departments to ensure a timely and efficient process from the clearance of a submission to policy issuance.

Associate Broker

XPT Specialty
Los Angeles
08.2023 - Current
  • Supporting broker with commercial book of business throughout various aspects of workflow process, for General Liability, Property, Inland Marine, and Umbrella risks
  • Underwriting a wide range of risks, utilizing brokerage and binding markets for both renewals and new business. Marketing and negotiating pricing and forms
  • Acting as primary correspondence with both carriers and retailers to ensure an efficient, timely, and accurate process
  • Assisting broker with servicing aspects such as binding, inspections, subjectivities, loss control, endorsements, internal accounting and policy issuance issues

Technical Assistant

AmWINS
01.2023 - 08.2023
  • Working in the Brokerage Division, assisting on a team focused on large property risks, including builders risk projects
  • Utilizing Arrowhead and ICAT market portals to obtain quotes on renewals and new business
  • Acting as primary correspondence with both markets and retailers, throughout workflow process of binding, endorsements, inspections, loss control, subjectivities, and accounting issues
  • Sending out submissions to markets, following up for quotes and additional possible enhancements on coverages

Associate Underwriter

AmWINS
01.2022 - 03.2023
  • Working in the Access Division, underwriting wide range of risks for a broker's book of business, including General Liability, Property, Inland Marine, Umbrella
  • Handling the workflow process for both new business and renewals, from the original submission, marketing/quoting, to presenting and binding
  • Assisting with internal policy issuance questions, accounting issues, endorsement requests, binding process
  • Helping incorporate new internal team processes to ensure efficiency with binding, and issuing

Education

Bachelor of Science - Finance

California State University - Northridge
Northridge, CA
05.2021

Skills

  • Microsoft: Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint
  • Database: Image Right
  • Extensive Analytical and Research skills which are used in day to day underwriting
  • Multi-lingual: English, Armenian
  • Detail oriented, results driven

Certification

  • Insurance Producer, Casualty and Property, License 0F42702
  • Issued: 2024-01
  • Expires: 2026-01

Websites, Portfolios, Profiles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hovaness-papazyan-4b4490139/

Timeline

Underwriter

Hiscox Insurance
02.2025 - Current

Associate Broker

XPT Specialty
08.2023 - Current

Technical Assistant

AmWINS
01.2023 - 08.2023

Associate Underwriter

AmWINS
01.2022 - 03.2023

Bachelor of Science - Finance

California State University - Northridge

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