Underwriter - Workers' Compensation
About the job
- A high school diploma or GED is required.
- A minimum of 3 years of underwriting experience or equivalent experience is required.
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of workers' compensation class codes is required.
- Ability to sell the product while simultaneously discerning risk characteristics within the direct-to-business market.
- Ability to execute processes effectively while handling a high volume of transactions.
- Experience verifying businesses using resources and databases such as Google, Yelp, LinkedIn, Facebook, and similar sites.
- Assess medium to complex risks using workers' compensation or commercial insurance underwriting expertise to underwrite and bind new and renewal coverage.
- Decide each request using underwriting guidelines and known risk exposures, loss frequency, and loss severity.
- Achieve profitable growth through appropriate risk evaluation while building and maintaining payroll partner customer relationships.
- Prioritize and resolve payroll partner customer inquiries for documentation or support.
- Provide technical assistance to the payroll partner sales team and customers regarding policy and endorsement provisions and underwriting acceptability for designated insurance coverages.
- Maintain industry knowledge of commercial insurance underwriting and changes in market and account positions.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of forms, coverages, ratings, and manuals for the specific line being underwritten.
- Participate in review and evaluation of the risk portfolio and make recommendations on book management issues.
- Take on other tasks, responsibilities, and projects as needed.
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with some college coursework is preferred.
- Experience with Insurity, HubSpot, and Salesforce is preferred.
- Experience underwriting insurance for payroll partners is valuable.
- Strong expertise in the California workers' compensation market is preferred.
About the company
Pie Insurance provides workers’ compensation insurance for small businesses. Its product uses data-driven technology to underwrite and price policies, delivering fast, online access with quotes in about three minutes. The platform processes, underwrites, and issues workers’ comp coverage, with nationwide availability across 38 states and Washington, D.C., offering potential savings of up to 30% and straightforward terms for small business owners.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$620.3M
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
Founded
2017
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- January 2026 milestones showed 55,000 policies in-force and continued geographic expansion.
- Pie says 2026 priorities are responsible growth and deeper agent partnerships, strengthening retention.
- More than $615 million funding and A.M. Best A rating support carrier credibility.
What critics are saying
- May 2023 layoffs cut 14% after management said profitability required no additional investment.
- Pie Development v. Pie Insurance keeps trade-secret claims alive around its founding.
- If capital markets stay shut, Pie’s cash runway and growth stall before profitability.
What makes Pie Insurance unique
- Pie’s 2026 agent network tops 5,000 agencies, embedding distribution others lack.
- Its 2026 Connecticut expansion and 55,000 policies-in-force show scaled underwriting breadth.
- Data science, AI pricing, and reinsurance specialization remain Pie’s core moat.
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Benefits
Competitive cash compensation
Equity
Comprehensive health plans
Generous PTO, including paid sick leave
Future focused 401k match
Generous parental & caregiver leave
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
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Pie Insurance (www.pieinsurance.com) today announced the completion of an $11M Series A funding round. The round was led by Greycroft, and included pa
Pie Insurance (“Pie”), an insurtech company specializing in commercial insurance for small businesses, today announced the appointment of insurance executive Audra Foglietta as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Foglietta joins Pie during a pivotal period of growth—Pie is the fastest growing workers’ comp insurer in the U.S.1, achieving a 271 percent increase in direct written premiums, surpassing the growth of all other insurers.Foglietta brings a wealth of financial leadership and strategic expertise to Pie, having spent more than twenty years at Chubb, the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. Most recently, Foglietta served as Chubb’s executive vice president and CFO of Global Operations and Technology, in addition to previously serving as CFO of Westchester Specialty, the company’s excess and surplus division. Foglietta has a proven track record of driving financial performance and operational efficiencies in the public insurance sector. Her expertise includes global business transformations, corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, business analytics and operations.“I’m honored to join Pie as its CFO and be part of an organization that is redefining the small commercial insurance landscape and growing at an impressive rate,” said Audra Foglietta, incoming CFO at Pie. “Pie’s commitment to technology and innovation combined with its dedication to serving the unique needs of small businesses resonated with me
Pie Insurance, an insurtech company specialising in commercial insurance for small businesses, has appointed Audra Foglietta as the new Chief Financial Officer.
Carla Woodard, Jaime Gilliam-Swartz, Arash Sadati and Kris Bagchi join Pie's leadership team as Vice Presidents.