Workers' Comp Production Underwriter - Growth & Partnerships

CopperPoint Insurance Companies; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401k plan

Paid time off

Job summary

CopperPoint Insurance Companies is seeking a Workers Compensation Production Underwriter to manage an agency territory and underwriting book for profitable growth. You will lead new business development, risk selection, pricing, and agency relationship management within delegated authority, collaborating with underwriting leadership and internal teams.

The role requires 3–5 years of P&C underwriting with a workers' compensation focus, in addition to strong communication and producer partnership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, insurance, risk management, marketing or related field preferred.
• 3–5 years of commercial property and casualty underwriting experience; workers' compensation underwriting strongly preferred.
• Experience managing agency relationships, producer pipelines, territory plans, or assigned books of business.
• Professional insurance designation (CPCU, ARM, AU, CIC) preferred but not required.
• Strong technical knowledge of workers' compensation underwriting, including exposure analysis, loss history review, experience modification analysis, pricing, risk selection, and account profitability.

Responsibilities

• Owns an assigned agency territory and book of business, with accountability for profitable new business production, renewal retention, risk selection, pricing discipline, and agency engagement outcomes.
• Evaluates workers compensation submissions by analyzing class codes, exposures, payroll, loss runs, experience modification factors, hazard controls, financial considerations, and overall risk characteristics.
• Makes underwriting decisions within assigned authority and escalates risks that exceed authority levels or require leadership review.
• Prices new and renewal business in accordance with company underwriting and pricing guidelines while balancing growth, profitability, retention, and producer relationships.
• Develops and manages agency partnership plans, including production goals, pipeline management, target account strategies, agency performance, and profitability improvement opportunities.
• Conducts regular agency visits and producer meetings to communicate appetite, underwriting strategy, service expectations, pipeline status, and mutual business commitments.
• Identifies and pursues opportunities to expand profitable workers compensation production through assigned distribution channels.
• Presents new and renewal proposals to agency personnel, clearly explaining underwriting decisions, pricing rationale, coverage terms, and account strategies.
• Maintains current knowledge of the assigned territory, including production sources, competitor activity, economic trends, regulatory considerations, and geographic risk characteristics.

Skills

Underwriting experience

Agency relationships

Pricing discipline

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, insurance, risk management, marketing, or related field

Job description

CopperPoint Insurance Companies is seeking a Workers Compensation Production Underwriter to manage an agency territory and underwriting book for profitable growth. You will lead new business development, risk selection, pricing, and agency relationship management within delegated authority, collaborating with underwriting leadership and internal teams.

The role requires 3–5 years of P&C underwriting with a workers' compensation focus, in addition to strong communication and producer partnership