Senior SME Underwriter, Cyber

Summary

Join Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider, as a Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) Underwriter in the Chicago area. This remote position focuses on helping clients solve cyber risk by managing relationships with brokers, negotiating pricing and coverages, and profitably growing the business. You will analyze policyholders and risks, create and maintain processes for renewal business, and actively participate in determining the approach to emerging threats and market changes. Collaboration with internal teams, including Business Development, Customer Success, and Engineering, is crucial. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience underwriting cyber and technology E&O, strong communication skills, and existing Chicagoland broker relationships.

Requirements

• 5+ years of previous experience underwriting cyber and technology E&O
• Experience handling a high volume of business
• Existing Chicagoland relationships with potential broker partners, wholesale and large retail
• Self-motivated; entrepreneurial spirit
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (verbal & written)
• Aptitude to learn technical concepts/terms

Responsibilities

• Analytically research policyholders and risks as needed
• Manage relationships with insurance brokers to negotiate pricing, coverages and other terms to grow our book profitably
• Attend in person meetings with Business Development staff and brokers as needed
• Create new and maintain current processes for renewal business to meet our customer service standards
• Actively participate in determining our approach to emerging threats, loss trends, marketplace changes and other trends in cyber and technology risks
• Keep an avid pulse on cyber and technology marketplaces and trends in the industry
• Easily identify areas where our unique capabilities provide us with a competitive advantage and build out processes that support these
• Partner with Customer Success and Engineering teams to continually improve our technology and broker experiences
• Work alongside the Business Development team to support their goals and strengthen partnerships with brokers
• Collaborate with Security Engineers to review cyber and tech E&O accounts for risk acceptability
• Serve as a subject matter expert for team on coverage matter and endorsement drafting

Benefits

• 100% medical, dental and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO policy
• Annual home office stipend and WeWork access
• Mental & physical health wellness programs (One Medical, Headspace, Wellhub, and more)!
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement