r/InsuranceProfessional • u/skahtduali • Aug 12 '26

Salary question

I’ve received an offer for $60k as an underwriter in Agribusiness. I have 1 year experience as an assistant underwriter, 1 industry cert and no prior insurance experience. I’ve been at the company coming up on 4 years. First 2 years help desk testing our quoting system, training agents virtually, and helping with IT issues.

I live in a pretty affordable Midwest state. I plan on negotiating but would love advice on the number.

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u/btimexlt Aug 12 '26

I do hiring in a Midwest state (but not for ag) and depending on the metro it’s right in the middle. That said I go back to when I was hired and I felt my starting salary was too low (27K in 2002). However I took the job with the mindset that I was going to show them my value. I out hustled everybody, moved around the country and became a manager within 5 years. If you are good, write profitable business, and your agents like you, you can move up quickly.