Casualty Excess Executive Underwriter
$170,000–$200,000 year
Remote · United States
Job Summary
Own and grow an Excess Casualty book of business with a wholesale broker focus, underwriting complex risks with disciplined pricing and terms, delivering strong service levels, and providing technical leadership that reinforces consistent underwriting practices. Manage a profitable Excess Casualty portfolio including renewals and targeted new business with clear accountability for results. Evaluate exposure, attachment, limit, pricing, and terms using sound underwriting judgment and documented rationale. Negotiate coverage and structure within authority and appetite, and drive opportunities to bind when risk selection and pricing are right. Build and maintain strong wholesale broker relationships through planned broker and insured meetings and purposeful market engagement. Develop and execute a production plan that supports profitable growth and balanced portfolio construction. Serve as a technical resource on complex deal structuring, coverage intent, and risk management considerations. Support coaching and development of underwriters and reinforce file quality, documentation standards, and peer review discipline. Monitor market conditions, loss trends, and emerging hazards and incorporate insights into underwriting decisions. Partner with claims, actuarial, operations, and product to support portfolio initiatives and process improvements.
Required Qualifications
- Significant underwriting experience in Excess Casualty and umbrella, ideally within E&S and wholesale distribution.
- Demonstrated ability to drive profitable growth and manage a book of business with strong execution and follow through.
- Proven broker management and negotiation capability, with comfort in market facing work.
- Strong ability to evaluate complex risks, structure coverage appropriately, and price for severity driven outcomes.
- Ability to communicate decisions clearly, both verbally and in writing, with strong documentation habits.
Additional Requirements
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
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