Senior Underwriter, Northeast

About us

Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to help prevent digital risk before it strikes. Founded in 2017, Coalition combines comprehensive insurance coverage and innovative cybersecurity tools to help businesses manage and mitigate potential cyberattacks.   

Opportunities to make an impact with bold thinking are real—and happening daily at Coalition.

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, including the enterprise segment, 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 fully remote position that can be based anywhere in the Northeast.  Ideal locations are New York City, Boston, or Philadelphia.

Responsibilities

Underwrite new and renewal accounts within authority, including the enterprise segment (accounts with ~$1B+ in revenue), while maintaining alignment to underwriting guidelines, risk appetite, and carrier requirements.

Own senior and specialty broker relationships and play a visible role in client-facing activity for larger and more complex accounts.

Maintain disciplined underwriting files, documentation, and internal tool usage in line with Coalition’s workflows and governance standards.

Lead more granular discussions on coverage, manuscript endorsement requests, alternate forms, and other non-standard structures typical of larger-market underwriting.

Bring deeper technical underwriting judgment to more complex organizations, including risks involving larger networks, subsidiaries, and differentiated operating-company exposures.

Mentor and coach other underwriters, including support on files, broker communication, and deal strategy.

Partner with Sales, Product, Claims, CPU, and Coalition’s security team to improve underwriting decisions, market execution, and client outcomes.

Help shape local or regional underwriting practices, escalation standards, and process improvements for more sophisticated business.

Regular travel required for broker management, client meetings, education, and market-facing activity.

Skills and Qualifications

5+ years of underwriting experience, including at least several years handling high-complex cyber and Technology E&O risks for large enterprise business (~$1B+ revenue); additional experience in underwriting miscellaneous professional liability is a plus.

Ability to analyze complex cyber and technology risks and understand their implications for underwriting, pricing, structure, and profitability.

Ability to combine underwriting expertise with broker and client needs to craft solutions and explain rationale clearly and confidently.

Strong presentation presence, negotiation skills, and comfort handling executive-facing broker and client conversations.

Meaningful experience mentoring others and contributing to underwriting standards, governance, or training.

Compensation

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The US base salary for this position ranges from $120,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $160,000/year in our highest geographic market. Consistent with applicable laws, an employee's pay within this range is based on a number of factors, which include but are not limited to relevant education, skills, job-related knowledge, qualifications, work experience, credentials, and/or geographic location. Your recruiter can share more on target salary for your location during the interview process. Coalition, Inc. reserves the right to modify this range as needed.

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

Why Coalition? 

Work at Coalition is centered on the joint mission to Protect the Unprotected. We have built a remote-first, highly inclusive culture that welcomes people from diverse backgrounds. We trust each other to take responsibility, share ownership of outcomes, and put in the work together to protect businesses from digital risk. Coalition’s exceptional growth stems from its ability to address real-world problems for organizations of all sizes while remaining true to our founding values of character, humility, responsibility, purpose, authenticity, and inclusion.

We’re always looking for collaborative, inquisitive individuals to join #OurCoalition.

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Accommodations

Coalition is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, including applicants and employees, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in each country where we operate. Our policy is to support equal opportunity in the hiring process by considering qualified applicants regardless of disability or other protected characteristics, unless providing accommodation would impose an undue hardship or disproportionate burden. If you require accommodation to complete an application, interview, pre-employment testing, or participate in the selection process, please contact us at candidateaccommodations@coalitioninc.com . We also consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in line with applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction.

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