Senior Renewal Underwriter - Life Sciences; Hybrid or Remote

Senior Renewal Underwriter
- Life Sciences (Hybrid or Remote)

Job Category
:
Specialty
- Underwriting

Requisition Number
: SENIO
002359

Posted
:
July 1, 2026

Employment Type
:
Full-Time

Remote, United States

PA
- Blue Bell, 1777 Sentry Parkway West, Bldg 17, Suite 230, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA

We are looking for a Senior Renewal Underwriter to join our Life Science team. The role will involve reviewing complex risks within underwriting authority, deciding acceptance of renewal applications, and ensuring adherence to underwriting rules, guidelines, and regulations. The Senior Underwriter will also analyze risk quality, monitor and evaluate results for assigned producers and territories, recommend action plans, and mentor newer underwriters.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Manages a profitable book of business by evaluating results and conducting portfolio reviews for assigned territory and individual producers. Develops integrated pictures of factors that affect profitability, growth, retention and recommends, implements, and monitors necessary action plans.
• Has underwriting responsibility for a book of renewal business. Examines, identifies, and evaluates exposures by analyzing documentation from various sources, such as the insurance application, internet searches, inspection reports, credit reports, etc. Makes underwriting decisions to accept, decline, or modify risks within assigned underwriting authority level in partnership with underwriting team. Executes underwriting strategy as determined by management, including portfolio management and self-audits.
  
  Implements underwriting decisions in compliance with state laws and company guidelines.
• Develops superior working relationships with producers to successfully promote achievement of mutual operating goals (growth, retention, and profitability) and to supply the appropriate products and services. Determines and executes strategy for account management and agency planning. Works closely with other departments, including claims, actuary and risk control staff in an effort to better service producers and accounts.
• Gathers and analyzes competitor and producer information including producers’ retention, profitability and potential, in support of pricing and appetite. Works with other underwriting staff to determine and make recommendations for marketing, pricing, products and systems.
• Collaborates with team members to manage work inventories and all production activities to provide accurate and timely service in accordance with business unit standards. Processes underwriting decisions. Documents files and reports via automated desktop systems and tools.
• Monitors agency action plans and participates in account management, agency planning and marketing meetings to best position the business for the future. May participate in industry events and/or committees.
• Provides training and mentoring to less experienced underwriters and/or underwriting assistants.
• Stays abreast of industry, territory and insurance trends.

• Minimum of 3-5 years of Life Science underwriting experience
• CPCU, AINS preferred

Our salary ranges are determined by many factors including location, role, experience and skillset of the candidate. The typical base salary range for this position is $96,000 - $136,000. For candidates located in San Francisco, CA;
Washington DC; our Massachusetts based offices and the New York City metro area, the base salary range is $121,000 - $142,000. In addition to base salary, full‑time Intact employees are also eligible for bonus potential and a full range of benefits to include but not limited to:

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance with no waiting period
• Competitive paid time off programs
• 401(k) savings and annual contributions of up to 12% of annual salary
• Mental health support programs, life and disability insurance, paid parental leave and a variety of additional voluntary benefits

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