Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

mortgage loan underwritertoinsurance rating analyst

A mortgage loan underwriter already meets 42% of what the insurance rating analyst role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mortgage loan underwriter
42%
Overlap1
To insurance rating analyst
12 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
55.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.4/ 100

1 Share of the insurance rating analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mortgage loan underwriter profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A insurance rating analyst role treats 6 of its required skills as things a mortgage loan underwriter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • actuarial science
  • analyse financial risk
  • analyse loans
  • credit control processes
  • examine credit ratings
  • obtain financial information

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A insurance rating analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mortgage loan underwriter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create underwriting guidelines information skills
  • already held apply credit risk policy assisting and caring
  • already held analyse loans information skills
  • already held credit control processes business, administration and law
  • already held consult credit score information skills
  • already held debt systems business, administration and law

All 12 carried skills, including the 6 the insurance rating analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 business, administration and law 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held principles of insurance required
  • required, not held insurance law required
  • required, not held insurance market required
  • required, not held types of insurance required
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
02 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare credit reports required
  • required, not held synthesise financial information required
  • optional, not held analyse financial performance of a company optional
  • optional, not held analyse insurance risk optional
  • optional, not held forecast future levels of business optional
  • optional, not held perform debt investigation optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on financial matters required
  • optional, not held promote financial products optional
  • optional, not held advise on credit rating optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held create cooperation modalities optional
  • optional, not held review investment portfolios optional
04 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held create credit policy optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held statistics optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a insurance rating analyst role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held actuarial science knowledge
  • already held analyse financial risk skill
  • already held analyse loans skill
  • already held credit control processes knowledge
  • already held examine credit ratings skill
  • already held obtain financial information skill
  • already held advise on risk management skill
  • already held apply credit risk policy skill
  • already held communicate with banking professionals skill
  • already held consult credit score skill
  • already held create underwriting guidelines skill
  • already held debt systems knowledge
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held create credit policy optional
  • optional, not held promote financial products optional
  • optional, not held advise on credit rating optional
  • optional, not held analyse financial performance of a company optional
  • optional, not held analyse insurance risk optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held create cooperation modalities optional
  • optional, not held forecast future levels of business optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held perform debt investigation optional
  • optional, not held review investment portfolios optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
14 held skills the insurance rating analyst role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess debtor's financial situation skill
  • not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect property financial information skill
  • not needed by the target role decide on loan applications skill
  • not needed by the target role examine mortgage loan documents skill
  • not needed by the target role foreclosure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role interview bank loanees skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain credit history of clients skill
  • not needed by the target role manage loan applications skill
  • not needed by the target role mortgage loans knowledge
  • not needed by the target role property law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role real estate underwriting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role securities knowledge
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held principles of insurance required
  • required, not held insurance law required
  • required, not held insurance market required
  • required, not held types of insurance required
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
Index
Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.