Underwriter (Property and Casualty) practice interview
Property and casualty risk selection, policy terms, portfolio discipline and evidence-based pricing decisions. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Mid level
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview tests how you select and price property and casualty risks while protecting the quality of the wider book. The panel is looking for structured hazard analysis, sound use of policy terms, commercial judgement and clear conversations with brokers.
How to prepare
- Revise how construction, occupancy, protection and exposure affect a property risk.
- Prepare an example where loss history or survey findings changed your underwriting decision.
- Practise explaining the purpose of a deductible, sublimit, warranty and exclusion in plain language.
- Think through how you monitor accumulation and deteriorating performance across a portfolio.
- Prepare to defend a price or term change when a broker challenges it.
Common mistakes
- Treating premium volume as more important than exposure quality.
- Quoting before resolving material gaps in risk information.
- Listing hazards without connecting them to price, limits or conditions.
- Using technical policy language without explaining its practical effect.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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