Insurance Innovation Associate

About Vouch:

Insurance... sounds slow, old-fashioned, and unexciting. Exactly. Insurance is broken, and it's failing fast-moving, innovative startups.

Vouch is a new, technology-first insurance company backed with $160M in funding from world-class investors. Like Stripe for payments or Brex for credit cards, Vouch is creating the go-to business insurance for high-growth companies.

We're doing this by making insurance fast, responsive, and focused on our customers -high growth and innovative companies. Instead of printed PDF applications and week-long waits, Vouch is building new technology to solve real problems, writing policies that actually cover relevant startup scenarios, and designing simple experiences in an otherwise frustrating industry.

What does a work environment look like at Vouch?

Vouch is a Virtual First Workplace with SF, Chicago, and NYC office locations. Preference is for this role to be located in Chicago, but consideration will be given to virtual candidates in the U.S. as long as you can work our Vouch core collaboration hours (8:30 am-2:30 pm Pacific Time.)

Location Eligibility: This position is not eligible for employment in the following locations: SF Bay Area and NY Metro.

Role Responsibilities: 

To deliver on this exciting category-defining product, we seek a creative, motivated, and innovative commercial P&C professional to lead new insurance product innovation for property, general liability, and other P&C coverages.

As a key Insurance Operations team member, you will play an integral role in shaping our insurance product strategy. Working closely with our Underwriting, Actuarial, Claims, Product, Go-To-Market, Marketing, and Partnership teams, you will be responsible for the development of both new insurance products as well as driving continuous improvements to Vouch’s current insurance products. Also, you will be responsible for ensuring all of Vouch’s distribution capabilities have the technical insurance information and content needed for your products.

Job Duties: 

• Monitor and research external trends and developments related to commercial P&C to identify opportunities to develop, expand or adjust insurance products to ensure leading coverage suited for clients and suited for digital distribution
• Track, manage, and prioritize all insurance product solution improvements and changes related to commercial P&C
• Coordinate and drive the development of product and coverage expansions and changes in partnership with Vouch’s insurance advisors, success team, product team, underwriting, claims, marketing team, and partnership team
• Deliver ongoing technical commercial P&C training, content, and tools to Vouch’s insurance advisors, success team, marketing team, and partnership team to ensure clients recognize differentiated solutions
• In partnership with the filings team, coordinate various filings for assigned products to deliver differentiated and well-suited insurance solutions highly valued by Vouch’s target customers and tailored for digital distribution
• Be a leading voice and perspective of our customers within insurance ops

About you:

• 5+ years experience in commercial P&C, either in product development/management, underwriting, or brokerage
• Technical knowledge of multiple commercial P&C lines, ideally including commercial package or BOP, property, and general liability
• Experience working with ISO forms, rates, and rules
• Adept at identifying and delivering creative insurance ideas to solve ambiguous problems
• Excellent project management skills
• Exceptional communication skills, with an emphasis on change management communications, content, and material
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects with the ability to prioritize high-impact work
• Ability to manage both details and strategy
• Bachelor’s Degree

Nice to have:

• Exposure to and passion for early-stage startups and/or high-growth environments
• Experience developing insurance products and policy forms
• Experience working with a product and engineering team to develop tech-first insurance products
• Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation or equivalent
• Startup experience or fast-paced environment
• Diverse background across insurance functions and/or products

Vouch provides a number of benefits to help you bring your best self to work:

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Parental leave
• Flexible vacation time (Unlimited PTO)
• Wellness allowance ($80/month)
• Technology allowance ($100/month)

Salary Range: 

The pay range for this role is: $100,000 to $125,000 per year. 

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry and are one part of our total compensation package that also includes benefits and other perks. We also include stock options in all compensation packages and believe all Vouch employees should have the opportunity to become owners in the company.

Individual pay decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, location, and business need. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Vouch believes in putting our people first and building a diverse team is at the front of everything that we do. We welcome people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate the diversity of our growing team. 

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [recruiting @ vouch.us]