Underwriters - what’s your book size? Commercial or Personal? YOE?

8/25 Thread (General):

What's that dream job you thought would be sweet, but after hearing more about it, it would actually just suck?

Augusta National is hiring a supervising accountant.

First travel project. Time split with Wilmington and Richmond. Pro tips?

I’m breaking. Each day is a marathon. I can’t afford to drop the ball on any of a million things. There’s no light at the end of the tunnel. Feeling stuck. How am I supposed to get up every day and do this all over again?

I have a query, my Current Salary is 3.15 Lacs with 3 years experience in Customer service , I applied for new position in Airbnb and salary negotiation is next step, how to know what are the market standards for this job and as per discussion with other employee with same experience , he is getting 5 Lacs in that company but asking for 5.5 lacs is like 70% , I was hired by my last company during pandemic and was offered no raise from my previous salary
Is it recommended to ask for 66% raise?

At what level did you enter your firm and what was your time to partner?

Also, do you have kids, and did you feel that delayed your time? If so, by how much?

Hi everyone
How much monthly in-hand for 21 LPA fixed. Includes both employee and employer PF.

Deductions
Home loan

Thanks

anyone know the typical signing bonus in London for an assistant manager advisory?

What will be the casual leave and sick leave balance?how much of these leaves can we apply in Ibm

Are other agencies on promotion freezes due to Covid19? Our company has cancelled this quarter's promotion run (we can only get promoted in April or October each year).

what the hell are beacons and territories

I was offered a position with a non-profit healthcare organization in the DMV as a Program Manager 2 position with low programmatic experience but very strong finance experience. What do you think is the starting salary.

We’ve had a lot of people leaving for Small PE consulting firms. Is anyone else noticing this?

What do others do project-wise when you have a bad mental health day? Really depressed all day, I got nothing done, but I’m trying to keep it together and not slip to the point my team notices

With kids returning physically back to school, are you planning on having students work in groups or more of individual learning? Will there be team work in your classes this year?

Looking to pivot from consulting to a product analyst role, operations and strategy, or some form of those. Is anyone able to give me a referral? Tyia!

Aside from short term emergency declarations where visas are handed out, has anyone found any countries that provide a visa due to a skill shortage, or carriers that offer sponsorship for senior insurance professionals? Curious mostly about Europe and Oceania.

Does anyone here work for the custom or express underwriting department at Liberty Mutual? Wondering how you like it and the differences between the two as far as work life balance goes. Appreciate any insight.

I am currently working as an entry level claims adjuster. I am just about done with onboarding and I am interested in growing and earning more. I’m relatively young (30) and I want to make a good career for myself. My current salary is 50K and I am curious what growth is available financially. I am interested in fire and theft and SIU, but these are not the only roles I want to try. Does anyone have any idea the salary ranges available as I go further into different roles? (URBI,ARBI,F&T) etc?

I am an personal lines account manager/client manager (property and casualty) going on 6 years experience and I am being paid $53k a year. I am living in CA and work for a large corporation (about 1500 employees). Do you think that $53k is low or seems like adequate pay?

What is the average salary for an account manager in employee benefits at brokers firm? And what about a senior account manager salary? I have 7 years of experience in the health insurance industry. I want to see if I’m on track or if it would be out of line to ask for a raise.

Hi All!
Anyone from the insurance industry based in Jakarta, Indonesia? Would be happy to connect/network over coffee

How do you think climate change will impact insurance coverage in the future?

Random Tangent: After year end results were delivered, staff received meager 3.8% adjustments, which is far from the news reports of 7.9% USA inflation. In short, essentially everyone in the company just took a paycut. And yet there's bafflement in the C suite when we see less than a week later a handful of key contributors leaving.

As far as claims adjusting, does working in the excess world make more money than working in primary?

Any RT brokers here willing to share their thoughts on their work environment/experience? What do you like? What do you not like? What’s better/worse about it than your previous role?

thinking about studying law .. i feel this would be pivotal in not only my insurance career but in business overall regardless of where my career takes me . I’m 32 and have two young kids , living in Australia .. anyone here studied law later on in their career ? what would be your main advice out there ? was it worth it ? anything you would do differently?

Are there any independent adjuster recruiter in the group. If so I would like to network with you.

Just accepted a position as a Claim Specialist (Salaried) at State Farm in Atlanta. Start date is pushed out couple months from now. Does anyone know if the company pays twice a month, or biweekly? Forgot to ask the recruiter.

I'm a new adjuster but have great metrics and feel I'm doing fairly well. My family is struggling living paycheck to paycheck. I've been with my company about 7 months but I feel other companies pay more. I don't want to leave though. Any tips for asking for a salary increase? I was promoted a few months in to a tier 2 but no pay raise goes with that.

Thanks for any advice.. I'm at 47k a year. I wanted to go SIU but obviously there is no immediate significant pay bump. Ultimately aiming for 60k

I have several months of experience as a remote Personal Lines Insurance Agent with TTEC/ Progressive. Are there another insurance companies that offer remote roles? Thank you!

So I’m currently in the training process (20 weeks) and we start live phone calls next Monday and I’m a bit nervous to start talking to people on the phone in regards to their insurance. It’s been a lot of information to retain.. I know that we get 6 months of coaching after training but I still feel really uneasy. Is there any advice for a new health care concierge? Thank you!! @

I was referred for a position at Progressive a week ago but I haven’t received an email to apply, does it take long for the referral to go through?

Has anyone done a drastic job change in the past year? I just can’t take working in insurance much longer. But, I’m nervous 😅