Associate Underwriter, Northeast

About the Role

In this role, you will be responsible for driving profitable business from an assigned group of brokers and partnering closely with our Sales organization. You will underwrite and manage products across Coalition’s portfolio while serving as a trusted partner to brokers and customers. Along the way, you will help clients better understand how to protect their businesses, bringing together underwriting expertise, business acumen and a relationship-first approach. This is a remote opportunity that can be based anywhere in the Northeast with a strong preference for New York City.

Key Responsibilities

• Underwrite new and renewal accounts within authority, while maintaining alignment to underwriting guidelines, risk appetite, and carrier requirements.
• Build and deepen relationships with cyber specialists and sophisticated P&C placing brokers, becoming a trusted underwriting partner in the market.
• Maintain disciplined underwriting files, documentation, and internal tool usage in line with Coalition’s workflows and governance standards.
• Participate directly in broker and client meetings, with responsibility for external presentation, account strategy, and underwriting rationale.
• Handle more nuanced coverage, structure, and wording discussions, escalating or partnering with CPU and other leaders as needed on non-standard issues.
• Partner with Coalition’s security team and other internal stakeholders to bring technical and portfolio insight into underwriting decisions and broker/client discussions.
• Contribute feedback on underwriting guidelines, tools, and process improvements that help Coalition scale high-quality production underwriting.
• Regular travel required for broker relationship management, client meetings, broker education, and market development activity.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience in commercial insurance, account management, or a related broker-facing environment.
• Ability to analyze risks associated with underwriting and pricing decisions using established policies, guidelines, and authority parameters.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and marketing skills, with the ability to represent Coalition professionally with brokers and clients.
• Growth mindset and learning orientation, with comfort taking feedback and developing deeper technical underwriting and coverage knowledge over time.
• Emerging presentation skills and client presence, especially important in larger-account underwriting environments.

Compensation

The US base salary for this position ranges from $70,000/year up to $100,000/year.

Perks

• 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