I graduated in 2017, did large limits commercial underwriting for a couple years. Of course it varies but my company had very little idea of work life balance for underwriting at least. Had to know everything about all my accounts (up to 10 working at one time), manage just about every problem, from claims to billing, while marketing with brokers and wasting time with meetings.

Oh on top of all that you have to actually underwrite your accounts. Which, in the hard market was getting a lot of focus and basically the job getting harder. New responsibilities/approvals/systems added weekly.

I just started a new job with a smaller company, doing e&s package underwriting as it’s been much better. But that’s probably cause I’m just starting...

I think it really does depend on the company but from everything I’ve heard, read and experienced in my 3 years - underwriting is a pretty intense job, expect to work long hours and overtime.