Keri Rios
Colorado Springs,CO
Summary
Senior Underwriter Assistant at Everest Re Group who excels with a proven track record in team collaboration and mentoring junior staff.
Proficient in billing reconciliation and team collaboration, enhancing efficiency and decision-making processes.
Successfully led initiatives to streamline workflows, significantly reducing turnaround times for policy issuance and renewals.
Overview
41
41
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Underwriter Assistant
Everest Re Group
08.2016 - Current
- Developed and implemented underwriting guidelines to enhance decision-making processes.
- Collaborates with team members in accounting in order to solve billing discrepancies spanning many years.
- Mentored junior assistants, providing training on best practices and compliance standards.
- Processed non-renewal notices on various business segments which Everest was exiting; these projects are ongoing from 2019 through present.
- Collaborates with team members on an ODEN automation BOT which is used to generate Conditional Renewal notices.
- Reconciles quarterly Surplus Lines error reports
- Reviews loss history for any claim activity on existing accounts
- Performs follow-ups for missing information
- Collaborates with my underwriters daily on several topics, such as binding, follow-ups, and other items.
- Previously, I was an underwriting assistant for Motor Truck Cargo, Auto Physical Damage and various Inland Marine coverages.
- Currently, I am an underwriting assistant for Builders Risk.
- Involved in Catastrophe modeling for endorsements
Underwriter Assistant
USI Insurance Services LLC
04.2013 - 09.2015
- I was a temporary employee working on an Equipment Rental program; agency was the MGA for Travelers and Hartford
- Collaborated to gather necessary information to be rated in the Travelers rating system.
- Analyzed MVRs/driver records in order to prepare this information for the underwriter.
Underwriter Assistant
QBE Insurance Group
06.2010 - 06.2012
- Front desk receptionist as this was a small office
- Collaborated with underwriters to gather necessary documentation and streamline the pre-renewal processes
- Performed various office tasks at the direction of the office manager and underwriting manager.
Underwriter Assistant
Fireman's Fund
05.1985 - 03.2009
- Collaborated with agents to gather necessary documentation and streamline underwriter assistant processes.
- Mentored junior underwriter assistants on best practices, improving team efficiency and knowledge retention.
- Led initiatives to refine workflows, reducing turnaround times for policy issuance and renewals.
- Rating and issuance of package, umbrella, and international policies and endorsements.
- Pre-renewal preparation including analyzing loss runs and expiring terms.
- From 4th quarter 2008 through March of 2009, I was a programs underwriter for auto through the company's Inland Marine Program business. I was responsible for setting up the files, screening new business, ordering/reviewing MVRs and issuing policies/endorsements.
Skills
- Underwriting guidelines
- Billing reconciliation
- Team collaboration
- Junior mentoring
Timeline
Senior Underwriter Assistant
Everest Re Group
08.2016 - Current
Underwriter Assistant
USI Insurance Services LLC
04.2013 - 09.2015
Underwriter Assistant
QBE Insurance Group
06.2010 - 06.2012
Underwriter Assistant
Fireman's Fund
05.1985 - 03.2009