Full-Time

Underwriting Assistant

Builders Risk

Posted on 11/30/2025

Starr Insurance

Starr Insurance

1,001-5,000 employees

Global insurance and risk management provider

No salary listed

Houston, TX, USA

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Category
Finance & Banking (1)
Requirements
  • Strong portfolio management and production skills with an understanding of the company’s business objectives.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong Computer skills.
  • Candidates must be able to work in a high volume atmosphere.
  • Candidates must be extremely organized.
Responsibilities
  • Assist underwriters in servicing new and existing accounts as the primary responsibility.
  • Book accounts, prepare endorsements and binders, evaluate new and renewal policies and endorsements, prepare and issue manuscript policies.
  • Service accounts, including resolving agent’s inquiries, complaints, requests, and policy processing activities with guidelines.
  • Gather and organize specified information and reports to assist in the underwriting decision.

Starr Insurance provides commercial property and casualty insurance, plus travel and accident coverage, and also offers investment services for businesses across many industries. Its products are delivered through an underwriting process that assesses risk, then issues tailored policies to transfer that risk and cover losses, with support for claims and risk management. The company operates in 128 countries across six continents, giving it a global network and local market knowledge that help it cover almost any business location. Unlike others, Starr combines a long history (founded in 1919) with a wide international footprint and deep relationships in many markets, enabling it to serve clients wherever they do business. Its goal is to help customers succeed anywhere by providing broad insurance protection and financial solutions through its worldwide platform.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1919

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • IQUW acquisition expands underwriting classes across London, Bermuda, motor.
  • Peter Bilsby leads unified international business in APAC, LATAM, EME.
  • Atlanta office buildout invests $1M in 20,170 sq ft for U.S. growth.

What critics are saying

  • IQUW integration fails due to UK motor and system clashes eroding profits.
  • Chubb relationship end disrupts property/casualty distribution channels.
  • Lloyd’s capital hikes strain Starr’s balance sheet post-acquisition.

What makes Starr Insurance unique

  • Starr completed $1.9B IQUW acquisition, becoming ninth-largest Lloyd’s agency.
  • Launched Twin Maples Specialty led by Bob Gadaleta for wholesale brokers.
  • Integrated IQUW Bermuda Re as Starr Re for diversified reinsurance.

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Company News

NewsnReleases
Oct 29th, 2025
Starr Acquires IQUW Group for $1.9B

Starr has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IQUW Group, expanding its underwriting classes and positioning it as the ninth-largest agency at Lloyd’s. IQUW Group, with gross written premiums of approximately $1.9 billion, includes two Lloyd’s syndicates and a Bermuda-based reinsurance platform. Post-acquisition, Peter Bilsby will lead Starr’s international business. The acquisition aims to diversify and enhance underwriting profitability.

Business Wire
Mar 12th, 2024
Starr Insurance Introduces Twin Maples Specialty To Serve The Wholesale Market

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starr Insurance today announced the establishment of Twin Maples Specialty, a division of Starr Specialty Lines Insurance Agency, LLC, to focus on the wholesale brokerage community. Twin Maples will be led by industry veteran Bob Gadaleta, Executive Vice President, Wholesale Commercial Insurance. Bob joined Starr to assume this newly created position, bringing over 29 years of insurance industry experience in underwriting and field sales leadership, including stints at Hiscox and AIG. Twin Maples will focus on business placed through wholesale brokers, who continue to gain market share in the U.S. insurance landscape. The new Starr division will deliver products and client-focused solutions for the middle market and small business segments through a dedicated wholesale channel underwriting team

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Functional Finance - a software platform that integrates and automates data and reporting functions for insurance companies - recently announced that it has secured $8 million in seed capital, plus $2 million in SAFE notes for future equity investments, which will go towards product development and client relationships. This funding round round was led by venture capital and growth equity firms New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA), Walkabout Ventures and Altai Ventures, with participation from industry titan Hank Greenberg's C.V. Starr Insurance and other premier investors.

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