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Underwriting Assistant
An Underwriting Assistant provides administrative and analytical support to underwriters at an insurance company, handling data entry, policy documentation, and preliminary risk assessment within underwriting software systems. They verify applicant information and ensure submissions align with insurance policy guidelines before escalating complex cases to senior staff. This entry-to-mid-level role demands strong attention to detail and often serves as a stepping stone toward a full underwriting career.
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Senior Underwriting Assistant
American International Group
$59,000 – $68,500
A senior-level support role within underwriting that manages submissions, renewals, and policy processes while mentoring junior staff. Suited for someone with commercial insurance experience who can handle multiple systems and work collaboratively with brokers and underwriters.
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Underwriting Assistant
Westfield Insurance
Alpharetta, GA
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Manager, Underwriting
Cigna
HKGN 348 Kwun Tong Road
This role manages underwriting risk by evaluating insurance applications and claims while mentoring junior underwriters to strengthen their medical knowledge and decision-making abilities. It suits experienced medical underwriters with deep technical expertise who want to combine hands-on assessment work with team leadership.
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Underwriting Specialist, National Accounts Casualty
CNA Financial
Full-time · $115,000 – $140,000
This role manages a complex portfolio of large casualty insurance accounts, designing customized programs and negotiating terms with brokers while working strategically across teams. It suits experienced underwriters who excel at handling multi-layered risks and want to grow into technical leadership within a national accounts environment.
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Entry Level Personal Lines Underwriter
Auto-Owners Insurance
Lansing, MI
Auto-Owners is hiring an entry-level underwriter trainee to learn property and casualty insurance underwriting principles and apply coverage rules to make underwriting decisions. The role suits someone with a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience who wants structured training in insurance and the flexibility of remote work after initial in-person onboarding.
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Regional Product Specialist, Lexington Builders Risk
American International Group
$114,500 – $143,500
This role oversees a portfolio of builders risk construction insurance accounts, managing renewals and new business while coaching an underwriting team. It suits experienced insurance underwriters with strong technical knowledge of construction and property risks who want to balance underwriting decisions with business development and staff leadership.
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Underwriting Manager - Middle Market
Sentry Insurance
Madison, WI
This role involves managing a team of underwriters in commercial insurance's middle market segment, overseeing day-to-day operations and strategy execution while mentoring staff and building client relationships. It suits experienced underwriters ready to move into management with responsibility for process improvement and team development.
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Underwriter, Northeast
Coalition, Inc
Full-time · Any location, United States · $100,000 – $125,000
Coalition seeks an experienced insurance underwriter to manage profitable business from assigned broker relationships and underwrite cyber and specialty risk products across their portfolio, including enterprise accounts. This role suits someone with 3+ years of underwriting experience in complex specialty risks who thrives on building broker relationships and can confidently explain underwriting decisions to sophisticated clients.
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Assistant Manager, Underwriting
Cigna
HKGN 348 Kwun Tong Road
This role involves assessing insurance applications against underwriting guidelines and regulatory standards while maintaining deep product knowledge. It suits someone who can manage detailed risk evaluations, communicate clearly with sales teams and customers, and stay current with industry developments through continuous learning.
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Underwriting Consulting Director - National Accounts Property Shared & Layered
CNA Financial
Plano, TX
A senior underwriting role managing complex property insurance policies for large national accounts, requiring deep technical expertise to assess risks, set pricing, and guide less experienced underwriters. This suits someone with a decade of insurance underwriting experience who wants to expand their influence across a region while remaining hands-on with high-value business.
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Underwriter - Traverse City
Auto-Owners Insurance
Traverse City, MI
Auto-Owners is hiring an underwriting trainee to learn their underwriting philosophy and decision-making process through a structured training program. The role suits someone with a property/casualty insurance background or equivalent who wants to develop expertise in analyzing risks and communicating with agents.
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Senior Underwriter Financial Lines CEE (w/m/d)
American International Group
This role leads the development of AIG's Financial Lines insurance portfolio across Eastern Europe from a Germany-based position, requiring someone with extensive underwriting experience to build relationships with brokers and design sustainable risk strategies across multiple countries. The position suits ambitious professionals with deep Financial Lines expertise and existing connections in the region who thrive managing complex, multi-country portfolios.
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Assistant Actuarial Analyst
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Full-time · Portland, OR · $76,500 – $103,500
As an Assistant Actuarial Analyst, you'll support Cambia's actuarial and healthcare informatics teams in pricing health plans, financial projections, and risk analysis across the Pacific Northwest. This role suits someone with a mathematics, statistics, or actuarial science background who has passed at least one SOA exam and is working toward actuarial credentials while building hands-on experience with data modeling and analysis.
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Actuarial Analyst
American International Group
Full-time · Chicago, IL · $155,376
This role involves pricing commercial casualty insurance lines and collaborating with underwriters to develop pricing strategies and analyze business profitability. It suits actuaries with casualty experience who want to work on rate-setting, loss monitoring, and analytical tool development within a large insurance organization.
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