24160

Insurance underwriter

Insurance underwriter identifies and measures the risks associated with an activity, determines whether this risk is insurable and what the terms of that acceptance are. He/she assesses a risk according to the likelihood of a claim being made by weighing up a number of factors and asking for detailed information from prospective clients (policyholders).

SSOC hierarchy Crosswalks

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

unit-group 2416 Insurance Underwriters

Official data

Official name	Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authority	Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authority	Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
Purpose	Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active version	SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy level	Unit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Source	https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versions	SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

• Liability underwriter • Underwriting service representative

Elsewhere

• Insurance actuary, see 21213 • Financial adviser (insurance), see 33211 • Insurance/Underwriting clerk, see 43122

Hierarchy context

2→24→241→2416→24160 Insurance underwriter

Major group

2 PROFESSIONALS

Sub-major

24 BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION PROFESSIONALS

Minor group

241 FINANCE PROFESSIONALS

Unit group

2416 Insurance Underwriters

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

24160 — Insurance underwriter

ISCO-08

3321 — Insurance representatives

Alphabetical index entries

Principal Title 24160 Insurance underwriter Alternative Title 24160 Liability underwriter Alternative Title 24160 Life underwriter Alternative Title 24160 Underwriter Alternative Title 24160 Underwriting account representative Alternative Title 24160 Underwriting service representative

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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