LAUREN HOOK
**** ********* ****** **** ****** Ca 93065
Cell Phone 805-***-****
E-mail – *******@*****.***
SUMMARY
A solution oriented leader with 12 years of supervisor experience specializing in customer service. Strengths include conflict resolution, organized, time management, working well under pressure, analytical and multi-tasking with strong work ethics.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Farmers Insurance Group – Austin, TX 04/2009 – 10/20012
Sr. Service Consultant, Inspection Team, Property and Casualty
Communicates with internal (agents, and team inspection underwriters) as well as external customers (inspectors) concerning the underwriting of policies and servicing customer accounts. Using current underwriting insurance rules and guidelines,
Analyze and resolve policy and account related questions from internal and external customers.
Communicates with appropriate personnel to obtain information when necessary.
Review of home inspection documents, including New Business and existing business, to insure compliance and current guidelines are met and verify continued acceptability of fire insurance business.
Farmers Insurance Group – Simi Valley, CA 12/2006 – 04/2009
Underwriting, Property and Casualty
Handling of inbound and outbound calls, faxes, document retention and approval of documents. Maintain a thorough, up-to-date, working knowledge of established procedures, methods, contractual provisions and regulatory requirements.
Handled letters from the California Department of Insurance, developing written responses
Provided technical support to Agents and their personnel.
Insured compliance and current guidelines are met and verify continued acceptability of fire insurance business.
Farmers Insurance Group – Simi Valley, CA 01/1999 – 12/2006
Call Center Supervisor, Property and Casualty
Experience in recruiting, hiring and developing of new personal in the Customer Service Call Center. Strong administrative skills. Supervised the handling of inbound and outbound calls and faxes. Maintained detailed reports of call center results. .
Developed reports for Reengineering/Realignment team
Assume additional tasks of the other Call Center Supervisors while still managing all of my current duties.
Maintained staffing levels to provide efficiencies in productivity through resource management and forecasting
Assisted in preparing the Personal Lines Budget.
Farmers Insurance Group – Simi Valley, CA
Other Supervisory Positions held within Personal Lines
01/1994 – 12/1998
Compliance & Quality Control
Training and Auditing
Specialist product handling
Mail Center
EDUCATION
BSBA, Business Administration, University of Phoenix, Southern California
Insurance Institute of America, ACS100
Six Sigma Yellow Belt Designation
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Power Point12 years of progressive experience in the customers service field. My professional history includes positions such as Sr. Service Consultant as well as Call Center Supervisor at Farmers Insurance .