Senior Commercial Underwriter

$50–80/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: US, CA
Field: Finance

Assess commercial insurance risks, evaluate loss history and exposures, and develop coverage terms, pricing, and quotes. This is a remote, part-time contractor role for experienced commercial underwriters based in the United States or Canada.

The work

You will review commercial business operations, exposures, loss histories, coverage needs, and other underwriting information. Day-to-day work includes assessing risk acceptability, determining terms and conditions, pricing coverage, preparing or reviewing quotes, and identifying underwriting concerns or coverage gaps.

What the screening covers

micro1 uses a short AI interview focused on professional experience and commercial underwriting expertise. Expect follow-up questions that test whether you can describe the risks you have handled, explain how specific facts affected pricing or coverage, and defend an underwriting decision using guidelines, loss experience, and exposure analysis.

Engagement details

The engagement is remote and open to candidates based in the United States or Canada. It is a part-time independent contractor role, but the listing does not specify weekly hours, schedule overlap, project duration, or whether work is fully asynchronous, so be prepared to state your realistic availability.

Pay band: $50–80/hr

What they look for

commercial insurance underwriting
risk assessment
insurance pricing and quoting
coverage evaluation
loss history analysis

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This tests whether your claimed seniority is supported by a verifiable scope of work, such as product exposure, account complexity, underwriting authority, and ownership of decisions.
A strong answer: Give a concise career timeline with at least five years of relevant work, then specify the commercial risks handled, typical account complexity, and whether you quoted, bound, renewed, declined, or referred business. Distinguish work you personally performed from work completed by brokers, analysts, or managers.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by naming job titles without clarifying what risks they evaluated or what decisions they were authorized to make.

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