property insurance underwritertoinsurance claims handler
A property insurance underwriter already meets 47% of what the insurance claims handler role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
47%
55.2/ 100
1 Share of the insurance claims handler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the property insurance 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 this move works
A insurance claims handler role treats 9 of its required skills as things a property insurance underwriter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- actuarial science
- analyse claim files
- claims procedures
- handle incoming insurance claims
- insurance law
- organise a damage assessment
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A insurance claims handler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a property insurance underwriter background worth leading with.
- already held assess coverage possibilities information skills
- already held handle incoming insurance claims communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held decide on insurance applications management skills
- already held analyse claim files information skills
- already held claims procedures business, administration and law
- already held review insurance process information skills
All 15 carried skills, including the 9 the insurance claims handler role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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.
- required, not held calculate compensation payments required
- required, not held classify insurance claims required
- required, not held manage claim files required
- required, not held maintain records of financial transactions required
- required, not held synthesise financial information required
- optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
- optional, not held trace financial transactions optional
- required, not held communicate with beneficiaries required
- required, not held interview insurance claimants required
- required, not held apply technical communication skills required
- required, not held provide financial product information required
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held manage claims process optional
- required, not held fraud detection required
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a insurance claims handler role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 calculate compensation payments skill · occupation specific
- 02 classify insurance claims skill · sector specific
- 03 communicate with beneficiaries skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held actuarial science knowledge
- already held analyse claim files skill
- already held claims procedures knowledge
- already held handle incoming insurance claims skill
- already held insurance law knowledge
- already held organise a damage assessment skill
- already held principles of insurance knowledge
- already held review insurance process skill
- already held types of insurance knowledge
- already held analyse financial risk skill
- already held assess coverage possibilities skill
- already held decide on insurance applications skill
- already held estimate damage skill
- already held handle financial disputes skill
- already held insurance market knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
- optional, not held manage claims process optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
- optional, not held trace financial transactions optional
18 held skills the insurance claims handler role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on insurance policies skill
- not needed by the target role analyse insurance needs skill
- not needed by the target role analyse insurance risk skill
- not needed by the target role calculate insurance rate skill
- not needed by the target role collect property financial information skill
- not needed by the target role create insurance policies skill
- not needed by the target role create underwriting guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role develop investment portfolio skill
- not needed by the target role examine mortgage loan documents skill
- not needed by the target role manage contract disputes 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 negotiate on asset value skill
- not needed by the target role property law knowledge
- not needed by the target role real estate market knowledge
- not needed by the target role real estate underwriting knowledge
- not needed by the target role review investment portfolios skill
- not needed by the target role track changes in text editing skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held fraud detection required
- optional, not held statistics optional
Other moves recorded from property insurance underwriter
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.