Property and casualty underwriters specialize by the type of risk being insured. These types are fire, home, car, boat, property, or workers' compensation. In some cases companies offer a policy. This type of policy covers several types of risk at once. In these cases, underwriters must know different lines of insurance.
Some underwriters only handle business insurance.
They are called commercial account underwriters. Life insurance agents and brokers are often called life underwriters. For more information about insurance agents, see the CIS occupation Insurance Agents. Underwriters is in the Marketing, Sales, and Promotion Career Cluster.