Senior Property Underwriter

At Coaction, we’re a unique mix of leaders, achievers, thinkers, and team players with a high-performance mindset and a diverse skillset. We bring our industry expertise together to continually push the boundaries of what insurance can be for our clients.

Coaction is currently building out a unit in the Commercial E & S Property space. We are looking for talented and driven underwriting candidates to help us achieve our growth and profitability goals. The Underwriter will be responsible for developing and managing a book of profitable Commercial E&S Property business, building and maintaining effective relationships with our select wholesale distribution partners, and helping generate and execute true differentiated coverage and services for the unit.

• Account-level evaluation, application of terms and price selection
• Underwrites within established program guidelines and/or underwriting authority
• Works with Home Office Underwriting and distribution to define program parameters
• Sells the product/program advantages of Coaction in a way that differentiates Coaction from its competitors
• Works in conjunction with the Home Office Underwriting team to audit our distribution partners
• Manages assigned books or programs to build sustainable long-term relationships
• Drives product/service/selection/pricing innovation for assigned book or program
• Works with actuarial to best understand trends within the book or program and how to react accordingly
• Ultimately rewarded for building a growing portfolio that is profitable and sustainable over the long term

• Previous underwriting experience with an established book and broker relations required (West coast and/or mid-west wholesale broker relations preferred)
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferred in business or a related field
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Suite with specific emphasis on Excel
• Superior communication and organizational skills
• Strong customer-oriented product management skills
• CPCU or ARM preferred
• Demonstrated ability to articulate a vision for your line of business and prioritize required actions to accomplish it
• Excellent consulting, influencing, and managing business partner skills
• Ability to drive efforts and projects through relationships and a broad knowledge base
• Personal accountability, integrity, and ability to build strong, productive relationships across business
• Track record of solving complex problems, designing creative strategies, and delivering significant impact as a manager and leader
• Challenging the status quo to dig deep to root cause of any issue
• Strong decision-making skills, ability to articulate reasoning and think on your feet
• Data-driven decision maker
• Credible source of information, able to influence decision-makers with excellent verbal and written communication
• Self-starter who requires little management to get things done
• Thrive in entrepreneurial role, with hard work, grit, determination to produce great results

Salary range: $116,000 – $152,000 + discretionary incentive bonus + benefits, depending on individual and organizational performance. Compensation will be based on education, experience, and qualifications. Employees are eligible for a standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Coaction is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Coaction’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coaction also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.