CFC

Cyber risk underwriting through MGA platform

Media Underwriter

UnderwritingUpdated on Nov 13

Full-time$110k - $150k /yrRemote

About the Job

Requirements

Bring experience in media, professional indemnity, or related specialty lines.
Be comfortable analysing complex risks and making informed decisions, with strong attention to detail and commercial awareness.
Have strong relationship-building skills and the ability to present to a range of audiences.
Be self-driven and able to work to targets and deadlines while managing multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

Take a holistic approach to risk by underwriting across Media Liability, Errors and Omissions, Cyber, and General Liability.
Build broker relationships, develop new business opportunities, and deliver profitable solutions to grow the US presence.
Own new business and renewals, respond to broker enquiries, and produce quotations within agreed timeframes.
Build and evolve a broker network through in-person and virtual engagement to generate growth beyond existing relationships.
Work with specialist underwriting teams to structure tailored client programmes and support cross-selling across the product suite.
Contribute to product development, including supporting an admitted media offering and raising awareness of new and enhanced products.
Represent the company externally by presenting to brokers and clients about media exposures and emerging trends.
Share expertise internally and support junior team members.
Contribute to wider team initiatives to shape underwriting strategy, improve processes, and support continued growth.
Travel across the US to build relationships with brokers and clients.

Desired Qualifications

Exposure to multiple classes of business is preferred.

This role can be based remotely within one of our US hiring hubs; Atlanta, California, Chicago, Austin or Dallas Texas, or located in proximity to our offices in New York or Walnut Creek.

Our US Media team sits at the forefront of one of the most dynamic areas of underwriting. With one of the broadest books of media business in the market, we work with clients across the creative and digital economy, helping them navigate complex and emerging risks.

As a Media Underwriter, you will take a holistic approach to risk, writing across multiple lines including Media Liability, Errors and Omissions, Cyber and General Liability. You will play a key role in growing our US presence by building strong broker relationships, developing new business opportunities and delivering profitable solutions.

This is a highly commercial underwriting role, combining technical expertise with relationship building and market development.

You will take ownership of both new business and renewals, responding to broker enquiries and producing quotations within agreed timeframes. A key part of the role is building and evolving a broker network, through both in person and virtual engagement, to generate growth beyond existing relationships.

You will work closely with specialist underwriting teams across the business to structure tailored programmes for clients and support cross selling across the product suite. You will also contribute to product development, including supporting the development of an admitted media offering and raising awareness of new and enhanced products.

Alongside this, you will represent CFC externally by delivering presentations to brokers and clients on media exposures and emerging trends, as well as internally by sharing expertise and supporting junior team members. You will contribute to wider team initiatives, helping to shape underwriting strategy, improve processes and support continued growth.

The role will involve travel across the US to build relationships with brokers and clients.

You are an experienced Media/Professional Liability/Entertainment underwriter who enjoys working in a fast paced, growth focused environment where you can combine technical expertise with commercial thinking.

You will bring experience in media, professional indemnity or related specialty lines, with exposure to multiple classes of business preferred. You are comfortable analysing complex risks and making informed decisions, with strong attention to detail and commercial awareness.

You are confident and articulate, with strong relationship building skills and the ability to present to a range of audiences. You are self driven and enjoy working to targets and deadlines, while managing multiple priorities.

Above all, you are a team player who will contribute to a collaborative, high performing culture.

About the Company

CFC

Cyber risk underwriting through MGA platform

CFC Underwriting is a specialist insurance provider operating as a managing general agent (MGA) that underwrites on behalf of a panel of carriers, focusing on emerging and specialty risks with a strong emphasis on cyber. It uses a proprietary global insurance platform powered by data science to streamline underwriting across a portfolio of 50+ products, including cyber and professional liability, with an in-house incident response team adding comprehensive cyber risk management. It differentiates itself through its early focus on cyber, large in-house claims and incident response capabilities, and a global broker-driven distribution model. Its goal is to deliver fast, precise underwriting and robust risk management for technology-related and other specialty risks worldwide.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1999

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