AVP, E&S - Excess Casualty Underwriter

Sompo; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision benefits

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Sompo is seeking a seasoned AVP, E&S - Excess Casualty Underwriter to join our U.S. E&S team in Alpharetta, GA. The role focuses on underwriting lead and excess liability, managing broker relationships, and guiding a cross-functional team.

You will drive profitable growth, adapt techniques to guidelines, and develop marketing plans while collaborating with claims, legal and actuarial staff.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of casualty underwriting experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university.
• CPCU designation and/or Surplus Lines license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite lead and excess liability business with evaluation of risk characteristics, capacity, attachment points, terms and pricing.
• Maintain and enhance broker relationships and develop new ones regionally and beyond.
• Adapt underwriting techniques to guidelines and rating plans for a wide range of account sizes and operations.
• Develop and execute marketing plans to retain existing business and generate new opportunities.
• Lead a cross-functional team including claims, legal and actuarial staff.

Skills

Casualty underwriting

Broker relationships

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

CPCU designation

Surplus Lines license

Job description

Are you looking for your next opportunity? Sompo has a unique opportunity for an

Are you looking for your next opportunity? Sompo has a unique opportunity for an AVP, E&S - Excess Casualty Underwriter in our E&S Excess Casualty business unit. Our seasoned U.S. Excess Casualty – E&S team applies significant expertise and creativity to complete placements. Leveraging our relationships with appointed wholesale brokers, we provide meaningful capacity, a consistent underwriting approach and timely coverage and claims responses. Sompo Insurance’s U.S. E&S Excess Casualty team brings significant expertise and deep-seated relationships with select appointed wholesale brokers. They offer meaningful in-house capacity, a consistent underwriting approach, timely and efficient turnaround, and a seasoned claims team.

Location:

This position will be based out of our Alpharetta, GA office. We strive for collaboration, which is why we offer a work environment where our employees thrive and develop long-lasting careers.

Our Business, Your Impact, Our Opportunity

What you’ll be doing:

• Underwriting of lead and excess liability business with the ability to evaluate all individual risk characteristics to properly determine capacity, attachment point, terms and pricing.
• Maintain and enhance existing broker relationships and identify and develop new relationships both regionally and outside the territory.
• Adapt underwriting techniques to underwriting guidelines and rating plans to write a wide range of account sizes and operations.
• Develop and execute marketing plan aimed at retaining existing business and producing new business.
• Ability to operate and lead a team-based environment which includes claims, legal and actuarial staff.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong Established relationships with regional wholesale brokers with ability to move business a plus.
• 8+ years of casualty underwriting experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year College or University.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Willingness to travel as needed to support business activities.
• CPCU designation and/or Surplus Lines license preferred.

Actual compensation for this role will depend on several factors including the cost of living associated with your work location, your qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience.

At Sompo, we recognize that the talent, skills, and commitment of our employees drive our success. This is why we offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees.

Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.

Summary

We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents. Below is a summary of our current comprehensive U.S. benefit programs:

• Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution
• Pharmacy benefits with mail order options
• Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children
• Vision benefits
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children
• Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions
• Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays
• Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tax-Free Commuter Benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits

Who We Are And What We Stand For

At Sompo, our shared purpose is to create meaningful value for clients, communities, and each other. We strive to foster a workplace where everyone feels respected, included, and empowered to excel. As a global organization, we embrace diversity and champion equal opportunity. Guided by our core values—Accountability, Agility, Collaboration, Development, and Integrity,we build trust and support one another to achieve our goals worldwide. Life at Sompo page

Our values come to life in how we hire and grow talent. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and organizational need, and we strive to ensure equitable access to opportunities so everyone can do their best work. If you need an accommodation for any part of the application process, please contact the recruiter in charge.