AVP ES Primary Casualty Leader West Coast

Genesis Resources; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Genesis Resources is seeking an AVP of Specialty Casualty Underwriting to lead a high-performing team focused on contractors, hospitality, real estate, and habitational risks. This role carries P&L responsibility for roughly $80M in premium and partners with wholesale brokers to drive profitable growth regionally.

You will oversee a team of about 12 underwriters and assistants, maintain a small personal book, and set marketing strategies that strengthen broker partnerships while maintaining

Qualifications

• Experience leading specialty casualty underwriting teams.
• Proven ability to grow regional book of business.
• Strong broker relationships and profitability focus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a team of ~12 underwriters and assistants.
• Drive regional growth and profitability.
• Manage Primary Casualty and Supported Excess placements up to $5M excess.
• Maintain wholesale broker partnerships and underwriting discipline.

Skills

Leadership

Underwriting

P&L management

Broker relationships

Strategic growth

Job description

AVP, Specialty Casualty Underwriting

Lead a High-Performing Casualty Team While Driving Regional Growth

Our client is seeking an accomplished underwriting leader to oversee a successful Specialty Casualty operation focused on contractors, hospitality, real estate, and habitational business. This is an outstanding opportunity for a seasoned E&S casualty professional to lead an established underwriting team while driving regional growth and maintaining key wholesale broker relationships. In this leadership role you will have P&L responsibility for $80M in premium.

The team writes both Primary Casualty business and Supported Excess placements up to $5M excess limits, with a strong emphasis on profitable growth, broker engagement, and underwriting discipline.

The Opportunity

This role combines technical underwriting expertise, people leadership, and business development. The AVP will oversee a team of approximately 12 underwriters and underwriting assistants.

While maintaining a small personal book of business, the primary focus of this role is leading the underwriting team, developing regional marketing strategies, strengthening wholesale broker partnerships, and driving underwriting profitability.