Underwriting Trainee - National Accounts Casualty, Wholesale Excess

GOTAFE; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Professional development

Job summary

CNA offers an Underwriting Trainee Program in Chicago to provide hands-on experience in underwriting basics, sales, and marketing, with structured instruction and mentoring. Training combines on-the-job and virtual elements to build practical underwriting skills.

Participants gain exposure to multiple lines of business, engage with underwriting, risk control, and claims teams, and learn to price risks with profit potential in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA strongly preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Commitment to developing knowledge and understanding of underwriting.
• Strong sales aptitude.
• Effective analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to learn rapidly.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence, overcome obstacles, and develop positive business relationships.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Participate in CNA’s Underwriting Trainee Program, gaining hands-on experience and unique opportunities.
• Receive instruction in insurance basics, underwriting, professional, sales, and marketing skills.
• Undergo technical training within underwriting disciplines and gain broader industry knowledge.
• Engage in a combination of on-the-job and virtual training.
• Gain exposure to multiple lines of business and industry segments through a formal mentoring program.
• Complete instructor-led training, testing, self-study courses, web-based training, and practical application.
• Work collaboratively with underwriting, risk control, and claim consultants to meet evolving client insurance needs.
• Evaluate businesses by reviewing industry, business, and government data to select and price risks with profit potential.
• Maintain a steady flow of new and renewal business.
• Interact with senior leadership and critical enterprise-wide support functions.
• Work on a hybrid schedule from CNA’s offices in Chicago, IL.

Skills

Sales aptitude

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Rapid learning

Education

Bachelor’s degree (GPA 3.0 preferred)

Job description

Your Role

Here’s what you will be doing:

• Participate in CNA’s Underwriting Trainee Program, gaining hands‑on experience and unique opportunities.
• Receive instruction in insurance basics, underwriting, professional, sales, and marketing skills.
• Undergo technical training within underwriting disciplines and gain broader industry knowledge.
• Engage in a combination of on-the-job and virtual training.
• Gain exposure to multiple lines of business and industry segments through a formal mentoring program.
• Complete instructor‑led training, testing, self‑study courses, web‑based training, and practical application.
• Work collaboratively with underwriting, risk control, and claim consultants to meet evolving client insurance needs.
• Evaluate businesses by reviewing industry, business, and government data to select and price risks with profit potential.
• Maintain a steady flow of new and renewal business.
• Interact with senior leadership and critical enterprise‑wide support functions.
• Work on a hybrid schedule from CNA’s offices in Chicago, IL.

About You

The company is looking for candidates with:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA strongly preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Commitment to developing knowledge and understanding of underwriting.
• Strong sales aptitude.
• Effective analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to learn rapidly.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence, overcome obstacles, and develop positive business relationships.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Compensation & Benefits

• National base pay range: $35,000 to $65,000 annually, depending on experience, skills, certifications, and location.
• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package supporting physical, financial, emotional, and social wellbeing.