Changing for the better, but change comes slowly in CL. - Commercial Lines Underwriter Grange Insurance Employee Review

3.0
Jun 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong Leadership, benefits, opportunities for development and focus on work on work-life balance. Many great improvements in the development of things like an Appetite Guide and Letter of Authority to provide clarity in areas that truly needed it in the CL department Have really looked to bring in younger people to help grow the talent and the company. Promote a lot from within the company, including across departments.

Cons

Level above CL UW Mgrs are not as in tune with our agency plant as they could be and tend to cater to agencies too much, which undermines the front line person. CL Underwriters and their mangers are truly agency facing and have to deal with the day to day questions, phone calls and account decisions. Letters of authority were not updated when or as often as we were told they would be. They also did not reflect an individuals ability as they apply on a per position basis. That may have since changed. Training dept for CL has few people in it, with much of the training falling on the UW managers and more experienced underwriters. That could be strengthened to have more help from other positions above the UW manager to help in the development and retention of younger employees.

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Grange Insurance Response
9y
Thank you for your feedback and recommendations. We will provide this information to the appropriate people at Grange, so they can look into it further and make improvements where needed. We also want to thank you for your more than five years of contributions to Grange Insurance and for your continued interest in our associates and our success in CL. We wish you the best of luck in all your current and future endeavors.

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Cons

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Grange Insurance Response
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We appreciate you sharing your thoughts about your time at Grange and we’re glad to hear you enjoyed our company and culture and found opportunities for advancement while you were here. We wish you the best in your future endeavors and will share your feedback with the appropriate people. Thank you.
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Cons

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Grange Insurance Response
1mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback about the structure in Commercial Lines. We will make sure to share this with the appropriate people at Grange. As a member of our Commercial Lines team, we value your opinion and encourage you to speak with your Human Resources Business Partner or your manager if you have additional ideas or feedback you would like to share.
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