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Insurance Underwriters
Review individual applications for insurance to evaluate degree of risk involved and determine acceptance of applications.
What an insurance underwriter does
Become an insurance underwriter
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good insurance underwriter
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $45 per hour with an average salary of $93,700 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $30 and $56 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $62,700 and $117,200 per year.
Insurance Underwriter job outlook
- There are 1,623 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 112 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.