Senior Underwriter, Midwest
Company websitehoneycombinsurance.com (Honeycomb Insurance, opens in new tab)
Base salary $100K to $120K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Chicago, IL
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- LocationChicago, IL
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Honeycomb Insurance
At Honeycomb, we're not just building technology; we’re reshaping the future of insurance.
In 2025, Honeycomb was recognized by Dun & Bradstreet as “Top 10 Best Start Up Companies to Work For” in Israel, named by LinkedIn as “Top 10 Startups in Chicago”, and Newsweek’s "Greatest Startup Workplaces in America, 2025". Through the first half of 2026 we’ve been recognized on Inc. Magazine’s "Best Workplaces" List and Forbes "Fintech 50".
How did we earn these honors?
Honeycomb is a rapidly growing global startup, generously backed by top-tier investors and powered by an exceptional team of thinkers, builders, and problem-solvers. Dual-headquartered in Chicago and Tel Aviv (R&D center), and with 6 offices across the U.S., we are reinventing the commercial real estate insurance industry, an industry long overdue for disruption. Just as importantly, we ensure every employee feels deeply connected to our mission and one another.
With over $100B in insured assets, Honeycomb operates across 23 states, covering more than 65% of the U.S. population and increasing its coverage.
If you’re looking for a place where innovation is celebrated, culture actually means something, and smart people challenge you to be better every day - Honeycomb might be exactly what you’ve been looking for.
What You'll Do
Next-generation risk assessment – divesting from binary underwriting and revisioning risk selection utilizing mega data, AI and curiosity. Modernized underwriting using cutting edge technology to more accurately and quickly assess risk, price and bespoke coverage/terms to profitably grow and manage a book of business spanning Habitational and Lessor's Risk Only (LRO) package and excess liability. Honeycomb offers an environment of personal and career growth to achieve your best self through mentorship, engaging project assignments, personalized training and development, and internal and exterior exposure opportunities to expand your network and sphere of influence.
- Evaluate renewal Habitational accounts for underwriting acceptability, make risk-based decisions on referred accounts, and partner with the Director of Underwriting and AVP of Renewal Underwriting to support portfolio profitability and retention.
- Analyze and approve requested policy changes across the LRO and Habitational portfolio
- Maintain familiarity and compliance with state insurance regulations and ISO rules for all states within assigned underwriting territory
- Maintain open, transparent and supportive communications with team members and interdivisional partners
- Monitor portfolio composition via reports, audits and inspections
- Support marketing functions and efforts to build and promote Honeycomb
- Complete special projects and assignments
- Some travel as deemed necessary <20%
Basic Requirements
- 4+ years of underwriting/insurance experience with a strong LRO background required; Commercial Habitational and Specialty Property experience is a valued addition to that background, not a standalone requirement
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education/experience preferred
- Retail agency relationship preferred
- AI Proficiency and desire to seek automation and efficiency opportunities
- Curiosity, hardworking, self-accountable, positive attitude, humble and fun
- Have an opinion, share your opinion and be open to other opinions
- Passion to obtain, retain and employ knowledge – as well as share knowledge
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- This position is remote in the Midwest or Hybrid out of our Chicago Office, 3X weekly
Benefits
- Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000 (Pending Experience) + Bonus
- Health Benefits
- Employee options grant
- 401K with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
- Paid national holiday
Source: Honeycomb Insurance on Greenhouse · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($100,000) is above 0% of the 89 Finance & Accounting roles in Illinois listed on this site; 10 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $120,800; the middle half runs from $107,000 to $147,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingSenior Underwriter, Midwest$100K to $120K
Business Operations Manager$120K to $150K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Underwriter, Midwest (this listing) | $100K - $120K |
| Business Operations Manager | $120K - $150K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-11-02
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Chicago, IL
- Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000 (Pending Experience) + Bonus
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