AVP, Commercial Lines Home Office Corporate Underwriting

King's Insurance Staffing; Newark (NJ); Remote; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work capability

Competitive benefits

Generous PTO

Job summary

King’s Insurance Staffing is partnering with a major national P&C carrier to recruit a senior underwriting leader. The role focuses on enterprise-level governance, risk discipline, and underwriting quality across divisions, stepping away from production and broker-facing duties.

An ideal candidate has 10+ years in commercial underwriting, with strong technical knowledge and the ability to communicate credibly with senior leaders and cross-functional teams. Remote work capability is offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of commercial P&C underwriting experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of underwriting principles and risk selection.
• Experience in production, home-office, corporate, product, or portfolio underwriting.
• Exposure to underwriting audit, quality assurance, governance, or authority management is highly attractive.

Responsibilities

• Shape corporate underwriting quality and review standards.
• Oversee underwriting guidelines, authorities, referrals, and exceptions.
• Ensure consistency of underwriting practices across divisions.
• Monitor portfolio-level risk trends and emerging exposure areas.
• Drive underwriting reporting, controls, and operational efficiencies.
• Facilitate collaboration between underwriting leadership, executives, and enterprise risk teams.

Skills

Commercial underwriting

Leadership

Governance

Risk assessment

Senior stakeholder communication

Education

Professional designations CPCU AU ARM

Job description

Are you an experienced commercial underwriter who enjoys the technical side of the business but ready to step away from constant broker meetings, production goals, and account-by-account responsibilities?

King’s Insurance Staffing is partnering with a well-established national P&C insurance carrier seeking a senior underwriting professional for a highly visible corporate role. This position will use broad commercial underwriting expertise to help strengthen underwriting quality, governance, and risk discipline across multiple business divisions.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has built a career in production underwriting and wants to influence underwriting strategy at the enterprise level. It could also be a natural fit for a home-office underwriting professional with experience involving underwriting authorities, guidelines, quality reviews, audit, product oversight, or governance.

Candidates currently working at the Senior Manager, Director, AVP, Underwriting Officer, or senior individual-contributor level are encouraged to apply. Professional designations such as CPCU, AU, or ARM are beneficial but not mandatory.

What you’ll influence:

• Corporate underwriting quality and review standards


• Underwriting guidelines, authorities, referrals, and exceptions


• Consistency of underwriting practices across multiple divisions


• Portfolio-level risk trends and areas of emerging exposure


• Underwriting reporting, controls, and operational efficiencies


• Collaboration between underwriting leadership, business executives, and enterprise risk teams

What we’re looking for:

• Approximately 10+ years of commercial P&C underwriting experience


• Strong technical knowledge of commercial underwriting principles and risk selection


• Experience in production, home-office, corporate, product, or portfolio underwriting


• Exposure to underwriting audit, quality assurance, governance, or authority management is highly attractive but not required


• Ability to evaluate underwriting decisions and communicate credibly with senior leaders


• Interest in transitioning from an individual underwriting assignment into a broader corporate role


• Commercial P&C experience is required; Accident & Health backgrounds will not align

Salary/Benefits Information:

• Compensation: Competitive base salary between $175k - $200k, with potential flexibility for an exceptionally qualified candidate, plus annual bonus and comprehensive benefits


• Flexible schedule with remote work capability


• Extremely competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance plans


• Employer-matching 401(k)


• Generous PTO plan


• Performance-based annual incentive opportunity

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