Casualty Underwriter (Central)

Ledgebrook Insurance, LLC.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity incentive program

Job summary

Ledgebrook Insurance, LLC. is seeking a Casualty Underwriter with a strong E&S background to join our fast-growing team in Chicago.

You will work with wholesale trading partners to drive appetite submission flow, quote opportunities, and secure profitable placements in general liability. The role emphasizes underwriting new business and renewals, leveraging deep broker relationships and data-driven risk selection to achieve favorable loss ratios.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as a Casualty underwriter.
• Experience with admitted and non-admitted paper.
• Able to work in fast-paced environments either independently or as a team member.
• Underwrite new business and renewal policies for Casualty.
• Strong wholesale broker trading relationships.
• Understand pricing and risk selection criteria for profitability.
• Advanced data analysis to support portfolio management objectives.
• Innovative problem solving and solutioning.
• Responsive, customer service oriented mindset.
• Intellectual curiosity and comfort with a blank sheet.
• Able to make timely decisions with necessary information.
• Strong entrepreneurial drive to build and win with the team.
• Willingness to travel independently for broker or event meetings.

Responsibilities

• Interact with wholesale trading partners to drive appetite submission and conversion.
• Underwrite new business and renewals for Casualty lines.
• Leverage broker relationships to source opportunities and quotes.
• Apply pricing and risk selection to achieve profitable loss ratios.
• Travel to meet brokers and attend industry conferences or events.

Skills

Casualty underwriting

Admitted/non-admitted paper

Team player / independent

Underwrite new business / renewals

Wholesale broker relationships

Pricing & risk selection

Data analysis

Problem solving

Customer service mindset

Entrepreneurial drive

Travel to meet brokers

Decision making with information

Industry knowledge (multiple segments)

Job description

We are seeking Casualty Underwriters, in General Liability, to join our growing team whose mission is focused on building a profitable book of casualty business.

As a member of the Casualty team, you will regularly interact with our wholesale trading partners over the phone, virtually and in-person to drive in-appetite submission flow and convert on the best opportunities quoted. We are looking for disciplined underwriting candidates that possess a strong overall E&S casualty background with experience across multiple industry segments, i.e. manufacturing, distributors, construction, real estate, retail, mercantile, habitational and hospitality.

About You

As a Casualty Underwriter, your experience and qualifications must include:

• 3+ years experience as a Casualty underwriter
• Experience working with admitted and non-admitted paper
• Ability to work as a team player or independently in a fast-paced work environment
• Ability to underwrite new business and renewal policies for Casualty
• Deep wholesale broker trading relationships
• Understanding of pricing and risk selection criteria to achieve profitable loss ratios
• Advanced understanding of data analysis and execution of portfolio management objectives
• Innovative problem solving and solutioning skills
• Responsive, customer service focused mindset and behaviours
• Intellectual curiosity and comfort in dealing with the concept of a blank sheet of paper
• Ability to make timely decisions with appropriate information and consultation
• A strong entrepreneurial drive and desire to build and win together as a high performing team
• Ability to travel independently to meet with assigned brokers or with the broader team to participate in industry conference or events

About Ledgebrook

Ledgebrook is a tech-enabled E&S MGA dedicated to the wholesale distribution channel. Our mission is to provide our wholesale brokers with the fastest, easiest quoting experience while delivering best-in-class pricing and risk selection. Ledgebrook's guiding principle is to eliminate friction for both our wholesalers and our underwriters.

Our next-gen tech stack supports faster, risk differentiated solutions to be crafted and delivered in response to the fast-paced needs of the E&S market. Our data driven approach seeks to unlock more opportunities and value from every submission received, leading to a faster 'yes' more frequently, but may also lead to a quick 'no'.

We are motivated and structured to move faster than traditional insurance organizations. To fully align business objectives with a long-term view that supports our culture and values, all employees will have the opportunity to participate in company ownership through equity grants. We aim to deliver a highly compelling overall employee value proposition and a total compensation package that couples equity grants with base pay and benefits offerings.

Compensation

• Base Salary Range $75,000-$150,000- This is a good-faith compensation range based on what Ledgebrook reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of this posting. Actual compensation may vary based on a variety of relevant factors including experience, qualifications, geographic location and other relevant factors.
• Employees in this position are eligible to participate in Ledgebrook's equity incentive program.