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Coalition

Active cyber insurance with risk management

Executive Underwriter

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$150k - $190k/yr+ 401(k) match + Annual home office stipend
Senior, Expert
Remote in USA
RemoteWork may be based anywhere in the Central US; strong preference for the Greater Chicago area.
InsuranceUnderwriting

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 8 years of underwriting experience, including deep experience in cyber and Technology Errors and Omissions and sustained success in complex production underwriting roles.
  • Demonstrated experience underwriting large or enterprise accounts with approximately $1 billion or more in revenue and managing a profitable book.
  • Expertise in analyzing complex cyber and Technology Errors and Omissions risks and understanding their impact on underwriting, pricing, and portfolio outcomes.
  • Ability to combine underwriting expertise with broker and client needs to craft solutions and explain rationale credibly at senior levels.
  • Strategic thinking and ability to connect individual account decisions to broader portfolio, profit-and-loss, and market objectives.
  • Significant experience mentoring underwriters and influencing underwriting culture, standards, and operating practices.
  • Executive presence, presentation skills, and comfort leading complex broker and client conversations in high-stakes settings.
Responsibilities
  • Underwrite and manage the largest and most complex new and renewal accounts while maintaining alignment with underwriting guidelines, risk appetite, and carrier requirements.
  • Shape portfolio strategy by managing broker relationships responsible for placing the largest and most complex accounts.
  • Maintain disciplined underwriting files and documentation, and use internal tools in line with workflows and governance standards.
  • Lead complex negotiations on pricing, terms, structures, and exception requests in line with risk appetite and carrier requirements, in close partnership with CPU.
  • Serve as the senior underwriting representative for priority brokers, strategic clients, and flagship accounts, including executive-level discussions and regional market leadership.
  • Mentor other underwriters to improve underwriting discipline, broker communication, and deal strategy.
  • Represent Underwriting in cross-functional strategy discussions related to portfolio optimization, product evolution, and market growth.
  • Partner with Security, Claims, Product, Actuarial, and CPU to address complex risk issues and translate technical, wording, and portfolio considerations into underwriting decisions.
  • Travel regularly for senior broker relationship management, client meetings, broker education, and market-facing leadership activity.

About the company

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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What believers are saying

  • July 2026 enterprise launch opened larger U.S. accounts with $25 million limits.
  • September 2026 UK enterprise launch and Loesti hire signal international expansion.
  • Allianz, MS&AD, and recent 2026 strategic investment reinforce capital access.

What critics are saying

  • Carnelian Point v. Coalition in September 2026 exposed policy wording and payout disputes.
  • Insureds sue Coalition over delay and coverage, weakening trust before 2027 renewals.
  • Crowded cyber-insurance rivals and commoditized MDR pressure pricing and retention.

What makes Coalition unique

  • Coalition bundles cyber insurance with Active Cyber Insurance and Wirespeed MDR.
  • Allianz Commercial expanded Coalition limits to $25 million in July 2026.
  • Coalition claims 110,000 policyholders and 4,000 annual claims handled.

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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

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