Workers' Comp Production Underwriter | Territory Growth

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Job summary

CopperPoint Insurance Companies is seeking a Workers' Compensation Production Underwriter to manage an assigned agency territory and book of business, focusing on profitable growth, renewal retention, and strong customer service.

You will lead new business development, risk selection, pricing discipline, and agency relationship management within delegated authority, partnering with underwriting leadership and internal teams to execute territory strategies and achieve objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, insurance, risk management, marketing, or related field preferred; equivalent relevant work experience may be considered.
• 3–5 years of commercial property and casualty underwriting experience preferred, with workers compensation underwriting experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing agency relationships, producer pipelines, territory plans, or assigned books of business preferred.
• Professional insurance designation such as CPCU, ARM, AU, CIC, or equivalent coursework 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.
• Partners with underwriting leadership, claims, loss control, audit, and operations to support account performance, service standards, and overall portfolio quality.
• Provides a high level of service to internal and external stakeholders while maintaining accurate documentation and adherence to company policies, procedures, and authority standards.

Skills

Commercial underwriting

Agency relationship management

Pricing and risk selection

Communication skills

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 assigned agency territory and book of business, focusing on profitable growth, renewal retention, and strong customer service.

You will lead new business development, risk selection, pricing discipline, and agency relationship management within delegated authority, partnering with underwriting leadership and internal teams to execute territory strategies and achieve objectives.