Job Placement · Insurance · Fort Worth

That open insurance role in Fort Worth is costing you every week.

Fort Worth is a fast-growing DFW market where employers compete with Dallas for the same shortlist of candidates. We source passive insurance candidates directly and place permanent hires in 23-35 days at roughly 50% less than contingency firms.

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23-35Days to fill on average
86%Fill rate on active searches
~50%Less than contingency pricing

The Fort Worth Talent Market

Why insurance roles are hard to fill in Fort Worth

Fort Worth sits in the South and is a fast-growing DFW market where employers compete with Dallas for the same shortlist of candidates. The strongest insurance candidates here are already employed and are contacted constantly, which means a job posting reaches the people who are easiest to find, not the ones you actually want. We reach the passive insurance talent in Fort Worth and the surrounding TX market directly, before they ever see a listing.

Fort Worth Compensation Data

What underwriters earn in Fort Worth

The Fort Worth area employs roughly 4,140 underwriters. Getting the offer right against the local pay band is the difference between a hire that closes and a search that stalls.

$94,020
Mean salary
$79,590
Median salary
$56,840
10th percentile
$159,360
90th percentile

At a $94,020 mean, underwriters pay in Fort Worth runs about 0% above the national mean of $93,700. We factor the local band into every search so your offer is competitive on day one, not after two counteroffers.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

The Math on Waiting

Every week that Fort Worth seat stays open is a choice.

An open underwriting or production seat does not just sit idle. Submissions go unquoted, renewals get rushed, and revenue that should be bound walks to a competing carrier or agency. An underwriter seat open for 90 days can cost an agency lost new business, strained renewals, and roughly $27,000 in absorbed overhead before the search even ends.

The Talent Window

The best candidates are available for a few weeks.

The best underwriters, producers, and claims leaders are employed, performing well, and contacted constantly. When one opens up to a move, the decision window is two to three weeks, and the offer usually comes from whoever was already in front of them. A posting-and-waiting search misses that person every time.

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