Specialty Lines Underwriting Review - Anonymous employee Chubb Employee Review

4.0
Apr 13, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Overall ACE/Chubb was a great company to work for over the past five years. They compensated me well right out of college and allowed me to move across the country and stay with the company. My first manager was very helpful in educating me on the insurance industry. I completed my CPCU, which they paid for, and I was encouraged to attend the annual graduation ceremony.

Cons

Chubb is such a large company and it is very segmented. Smaller insurance companies seem to have people wearing more than one hat - underwriting 9-12 coverage lines, helping out with other divisions and learning more from those experiences. Chubb has you underwriting 1-4 products at most. Their divisions do not interact with one another and you do not learn about any other product lines than the ones you underwrite. It was a great place to start my career but I wanted more versatility in my day to day tasks. Also, my last manager was in the office one day every two weeks. It was difficult to establish a relationship and perform well for someone who did not care to show up to work.

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