Finance

Insurance Underwriters

Official O*NET title: Insurance Underwriters (13-2053.00)

Also called: account underwriter, automobile and property underwriter, commercial lines underwriter, health underwriter, life underwriter

✓Your job
2What you do
3Your result
4Your plan

Do you do this at work?

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1 of 7
7 yes
Not meYesMAIN TASK

Do you do this at work?

Decline excessive risks

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How AI is changing insurance underwriters work

2 of 7 measurable main tasks for this job show up in real AI-use data, so we rate it Amber (some AI use) — 29%.

This shows where people already use AI, not whether the job will disappear. How we measure this.

Tasks in this job and recorded AI use

Tasks: O*NET 31.0. AI use: Anthropic Economic Index (exact or close text match).

Your first steps (guidance)

  1. Week 1: Open a free AI assistant and say hello. Follow our “Getting started with AI” guide. Ask it one simple question about your work.
  2. Week 2: Use AI on one task you do often. Try the prompt for: “Decline excessive risks”. Try the prompt for: “Write to field representatives, medical staff, or others to obtain further information, quote rates, or explain company underwriting policies”.

Tick your own tasks above to get a plan based on what you really do. The first 2 weeks are free; Premium (coming soon) adds weeks 3–12. New to AI? Read our beginner’s guide.

Questions about AI and insurance underwriters

Will AI replace insurance underwriters?

Our data can’t predict job losses, and we don’t try to. What it does show: 2 of the 7 main tasks for this job match tasks people already use AI for (Anthropic Economic Index), giving a Amber rating (some AI use). Using AI on a task is not the same as AI doing the whole job, and 5 of the 7 listed tasks show no recorded AI use yet.

Which insurance underwriter tasks is AI used for most?

In the data, the most AI use among this job’s tasks is for: decline excessive risks; write to field representatives, medical staff, or others to obtain further information, quote rates, or explain company underwriting policies.

Which insurance underwriter tasks show little or no AI use?

For example: examine documents to determine degree of risk from factors such as applicant health, financial standing and value, and condition of property; evaluate possibility of losses due to catastrophe or excessive insurance; review company records to determine amount of insurance in force on single risk or group of closely related risks. These are good places to keep building your own skills.

How does this job compare to others?

In Microsoft Research’s “Working with AI” study, this job’s AI applicability score is equal to or higher than 56% of the occupations they scored. That measures overlap with AI chat use, not risk of job loss.

How can a insurance underwriter start learning AI?

Start small: open a free AI assistant, try it on one task you do often, and always check facts and numbers yourself. The plan on this page is guidance, not professional advice.

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This job isn’t ranked: it has fewer than 8 main tasks we can measure, or its rating is an estimate.

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