Full-Time
Senior Underwriter
Northeast
Updated on 8/21/2026
Coalition
501-1,000 employees
Active cyber insurance with risk management
Compensation Overview
$120k - $160k/yr
Remote in USA
Remote
Remote within the United States; Northeast-based roles preferred (New York City, Boston, or Philadelphia).
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- 5+ years of underwriting experience, including at least several years handling high-complex cyber and Technology E&O risks for large enterprise business (~$1B+ revenue); additional experience in underwriting miscellaneous professional liability is a plus.
- Ability to analyze complex cyber and technology risks and understand their implications for underwriting, pricing, structure, and profitability.
- Ability to combine underwriting expertise with broker and client needs to craft solutions and explain rationale clearly and confidently.
- Strong presentation presence, negotiation skills, and comfort handling executive-facing broker and client conversations.
- Meaningful experience mentoring others and contributing to underwriting standards, governance, or training.
- Underwrite new and renewal accounts within authority, including the enterprise segment (accounts with ~$1B+ in revenue), while maintaining alignment to underwriting guidelines, risk appetite, and carrier requirements.
- Own senior and specialty broker relationships and play a visible role in client-facing activity for larger and more complex accounts.
- Maintain disciplined underwriting files, documentation, and internal tool usage in line with Coalition’s workflows and governance standards.
- Lead more granular discussions on coverage, manuscript endorsement requests, alternate forms, and other non-standard structures typical of larger-market underwriting.
- Bring deeper technical underwriting judgment to more complex organizations, including risks involving larger networks, subsidiaries, and differentiated operating-company exposures.
- Mentor and coach other underwriters, including support on files, broker communication, and deal strategy.
- Partner with Sales, Product, Claims, CPU, and Coalition’s security team to improve underwriting decisions, market execution, and client outcomes.
- Help shape local or regional underwriting practices, escalation standards, and process improvements for more sophisticated business.
- Regular travel required for broker management, client meetings, education, and market-facing activity.
Coalition combines active cyber insurance with preventive cybersecurity tools to help businesses reduce digital risk before attacks occur. Its platform, Coalition Control, delivers automated alerts, risk guidance, and third-party risk management, while partnerships with global insurers and Coalition Insurance Company provide policy coverage in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. The company also runs Coalition Security Labs to educate policyholders and the broader security community. Its goal is to prevent cyber incidents by pairing risk transfer with proactive protection.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$770M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2017
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Coalition launched Enterprise cyber insurance on 2026-07-15, raising U.S. limits to $25 million.
- Allianz's equity stake and board seat signal durable capital support and channel access.
- Coalition's 2026 claims report and MDR assets improve product differentiation against commodity insurers.
What critics are saying
- Coalition's Allianz dependency concentrates distribution, capacity, and governance through a single 10-year framework.
- Coalition's 2026 report shows initial ransom demands surged 47%, stressing pricing and claims.
- A major systemic cyber event could overwhelm limits, reinsurance, and Coalition's underwriting model.
What makes Coalition unique
- Allianz made Coalition its exclusive global cyber partner on 2026-05-06.
- Coalition combines insurance underwriting with security products and 100,000+ policyholders' claims data.
- Wirespeed acquisition on 2025-11-06 deepens automated MDR and risk-monitoring integration.
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Benefits
Enjoy a highly fulfilling, mission-driven culture
Health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
Life insurance and disability benefits
Paid parental leave
401(k) plan
Wellness and commuter benefits
Flexible working hours
Open vacation days
We embrace distributed work; some benefits will vary by location
You are an owner. We offer stock options to each of our employees
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↑ 1%Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced it has acquired Wirespeed™, an ind...
MSI's investment in Coalition marked the largest cyber insurtech raise in the first half of the year, highlighting Coalition's credibility and the broader confidence in the cyber insurtech market. Despite a subdued funding landscape, this significant investment underscores the importance of strategic partnerships in a volatile industry. Investors are favoring established companies, reflecting broader economic trends and market caution. The need for innovative cyber insurance products remains critical as digital threats evolve.
Coalition has secured $205 million in funding from Durable Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price Associates, Whale Rock Capital Management, and existing investors, raising its valuation to $3.5 billion. This investment supports Coalition's technology-driven approach to cyber risk and will help expand its offerings and enhance its platform. Coalition serves over 52,000 businesses in North America and reports 70% fewer claims than the industry average.
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Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced a new $30 million equity in