Consultant, Risk Management

Role Description

If you’re passionate about helping people protect what matters most to them at a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, as well as innovating and simplifying processes and operations to provide the best customer value, then Nationwide’s Property and Casualty team could be the place for you! This Consultant, Risk Management will support agribusiness working on large accounts. The territory is the eastern seaboard. Qualified candidates will reside in PA, NC, SC, VA or WV.

Do you have a keen sense of observation, the ability to assess a situation and make recommendations to improve safety practices? If you are a consultant at heart, with an affinity for the agriculture and food industries and the desire to learn and use your knowledge to improve a variety of operations to assist in reducing their exposures to potential loss, we want to hear from you!

Our agribusiness risk management team is an integral part of our organization. We develop relationships with customers, perform survey work to look at property and casualty exposures and recommend improvements that decrease risk. Through collaboration we share our knowledge and expertise across Nationwide to enhance our agriculture insurance lines and their market position.

With minimal supervision, this role evaluates largest premium and highest complexity middle market risks in select geographic regions of the United States. Conducts onsite surveys of clients’ operations to identify and evaluate risk exposures associated with all lines of Property and Casualty insurance coverage. Visually inspects operations and interviews client representatives to determine underlying risk exposures and potential causes of loss. Works with the ambiguity of limited code enforcement and regulation. Determines if the risk controls in place are adequate to prevent or mitigate losses. Develops recommendations which will assist client with managing risk. Consults with Underwriting regarding risk exposures, controls and improvement opportunities. Writes comprehensive reports and recommendations that document client’s hazards, exposures, controls and effectiveness of controls associated with all lines of insurance coverage.

Qualifications

• BS/BA studies in insurance, risk management, agriculture, food, engineering, business administration, safety related field desired or equivalent experience.
• Associates must obtain the required Federal and/or State licenses/registrations within the time period designated by the business unit.
• Ten years’ commercial underwriting, commercial claims adjusting, loss control/safety or associated commercial insurance fields preferred.

Requirements

• Knowledge of worker’s compensation, fleet, general liability and property insurance coverage.
• In-depth knowledge of risk management issues, loss drivers and risk controls associated with various commercial industries.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with all levels of internal and external contacts.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with leadership, internal business partners and peers.
• The ability to work with the ambiguity of limited code enforcement and regulation.
• Ability to prioritize work/time.
• Ability to operate a personal computer and learn/use applicable systems.
• Ability to consistently and effectively communicate on the most complex exposures and controls of those exposures through efficient reports.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision.
• Life insurance, short and long term disability coverage.
• Paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date.
• Nine paid holidays.
• 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off.
• 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Company-paid pension plan.
• Business casual attire.