Senior Underwriter

About the role

CopperPoint and Alaska National have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Underwriter, where a strong, collaborative culture takes center stage. Here, partnership and open communication fuel everything we do, creating an environment where ideas are shared, expertise is valued, and success is collective. Our vibrant culture is grounded in continuous learning and professional development, with opportunities to stretch, grow, and advance. Whether you’re deepening your technical skills or expanding your career path, you’ll find the support, mentorship, and momentum to thrive and make a lasting impact. This role supports both short- and long-term business strategies to achieve profit and growth objectives through disciplined underwriting and effective agency marketing within an assigned territory. The Senior Underwriter partners closely with a business development representative and other experienced underwriters to drive profitable growth while analyzing commercial lines accounts, pricing business in line with guidelines, maintaining strong agency relationships, and communicating underwriting decisions. We are primarily targeting candidates in Western Washington and are also open to professionals across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

Work Location: This role may be remote or hybrid, depending on the candidate’s location.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes commercial lines accounts to make sound decisions based on individual risk characteristics, exposure analysis, hazard recognition and controls.
• Adheres to individual authority levels.
• Prices business according to company underwriting and pricing guidelines.
• Must balance effective pricing and risk selection that produces profit and growth while maintaining successful producer relations.
• Communicates with agency personnel on underwriting issues including declinations, cancellations, exposure concerns and loss control survey results.
• Present new and renewal proposals to agency personnel.
• Maintains the highest level of customer service internally and externally.
• Meets with agency personnel on a regular basis to develop and maintain positive and productive relationships.
• In collaboration with their business development representative must be able to hold the agency accountable for flow, hit ratio, new business and retention goals.
• Serves as a resource to others in the resolution of complex problems and issues.
• Educating the agency staff on company products, services and underwriting philosophy.
• Responsible for training and mentoring less experienced underwriting team members.
• Establishes positive relationships with internal/external stakeholders through communication and collaboration.

Qualifications

• BS/BA college degree resulting in the knowledge and skill levels acquired