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Development Underwriter - SME
Travelers Indemnity Company · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 45 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Travelers Indemnity Company
The US Department of Labor certified 45 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it. Job Category Underwriting Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? Business Insurance, SME provides Property and Casualty insurance for Small to Medium sized businesses through our Broker networks and deals with high volume eTrade Insurance. Do you thrive on winning new business and building lasting broker relationships? As an SME Underwriter, you'll own the full trading cycle — from submissions and quotes through to binds — applying sharp risk analysis to consistently hit your targets. We're looking for a commercially minded underwriter who brings strong negotiation skills and a genuine drive to grow and deepen broker partnerships. Travelers Europe currently offers flexibility to employees who wish to work on a hybrid basis in accordance with our Hybrid Work Arrangements Policy. This entails full time employees working three days a week in the office and two days at home (or pro rata for part-time employees). This policy may be changed at the Company’s discretion. What Will You Do? • Manage the profitability, growth, and retention of an assigned book of business comprised of low to moderately complex accounts across most of our products. • Underwrite and skillfully negotiate risks to minimise risk and maximise profitability, including Mid Term Adjustments (MTAs). • Proactively manage your portfolio, ensuring key performance indicators are consistently achieved and you actively target new business and retention. • Identify and take corrective action in collaboration with your Manager / Team on individual risk characteristics identified through Portfolio Management. • Identify and capture opportunities to write additional lines of business using knowledge of products, risk characteristics and appetite. • Proactively utilise various technology platforms to quote and bind E-Trade risk efficiently. • Provide input and support the presentation of Underwriting Reviews for individual policies or portfolios and manage action points. • Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal partners within the business unit and across the enterprise to identify cross-selling opportunities. • Foster and maintain relationships with brokers by phone, email or other communication channels to market and sell Travelers products with a goal of writing and retaining accounts consistent with our risk appetite. • Develop and execute individual pipeline (and/or retention) plans that align with the team’s sales plans to drive success working in partnership with the sales team. (NB only) • Train and mentor less experienced underwriters. • Support and collaboration for more junior members of the team, including referrals. • Perform other duties as assigned. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? • Knowledge: Good knowledge of products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market. • Analytical/Critical thinking: Good critical thinking skills with the ability to underwrite, market products, identify financial challenges, and analyse available information to make decisions in alignment with our risk appetite. • Communication/Influence: Communication skills with the ability to successfully negotiate with brokers. • Inclusion: Ability to work with people from different backgrounds, experiences, cultures, races, etc. and views those differences as assets to be leveraged to accomplish business goals and objectives. • Industry / Competitor Analysis: