EVP, Surety

Arch Insurance Group Inc.; Illinois; On-site; USD 330,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Arch Insurance Group Inc. is seeking an experienced insurance leader to provide strategic direction, management, and leadership for the Surety Underwriting Group across North America.

You will develop underwriting strategy, drive profitable growth, and partner with internal and external stakeholders to meet business objectives. This role requires leading high-performing teams, mentoring talent, coordinating with actuarial, claims, finance, and legal functions, and ensuring compliance with

Qualifications

• 15–20+ years of insurance underwriting experience in home office and field environments.
• Strong leadership of cross-functional teams with varied experience levels.
• Proven talent development, mentoring, coaching, and performance management.
• Ability to align underwriting strategy with day-to-day operations to hit business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction to maximize product-line underwriting results and competitive positioning.
• Partner with stakeholders to achieve business unit goals and support profitable growth.
• Lead management of the group to meet underwriting and line-of-business goals while optimizing resources.
• Evaluate performance, renewals, new business opportunities, actuarial trends, and ceded reinsurance.
• Represent the organization with customers, agents, and brokers in the marketplace.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and underwriting guidelines.
• Promote underwriting discipline, product application, and market execution.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Team leadership

Mentoring & coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Tools

Analytics tools

Job description

With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility.

Job Summary

Arch Insurance North America is seeking an experienced insurance leader to provide strategic direction, management, and leadership for the Surety Underwriting Group. This role is responsible for developing and executing underwriting strategy, achieving business unit objectives, supporting profitable growth, and partnering effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Location

This position can be performed from any location that is near an Arch Insurance office.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction and execute actions that maximize product-line underwriting results and strengthen competitive positioning.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to achieve business unit goals and support profitable growth.
• Lead ongoing management of the group to achieve underwriting and line-of-business goals while optimizing the use of business unit and support resources.
• Evaluate underwriting performance, renewals, new business opportunities, actuarial trends, ceded reinsurance, market opportunities, and product applications.
• Represent the organization in the marketplace through engagement with key customers, agents, and brokers.
• Ensure underwriting products, practices, guidelines, and authority limits comply with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Promote underwriting discipline, product application, and marketing execution to sustain business results and growth.

Required Qualifications

• 15–20+ years of insurance underwriting experience across home office and field environments, with strong knowledge of surety products.
• Demonstrated experience leading high-performing, cross-functional teams with varied experience levels and skill sets.
• Strong talent development capabilities, including mentoring, coaching, leadership development, and performance management.
• Ability to align strategy with day-to-day operations to achieve key business objectives and drive organizational success.
• Willingness and ability to travel across North America for account and marketing visits.
• Ability to travel up to 35%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, insurance, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Successful completion of coursework in finance, management, accounting, and marketing.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking, sound judgment, problem solving, and decision making.
• Executive communication, relationship management, negotiation, and marketplace presence.
• Team leadership, collaboration, operational discipline, compliance orientation, and strong industry knowledge.

Technical Knowledge

• Exposure identification and analysis.
• Analytics tools and data-informed underwriting practices.
• Cross-functional understanding of claims, risk control, audit, premium accounting, finance, and legal disciplines.
• Regulatory and compliance requirements impacting surety underwriting.

Salary and Benefits

For individuals assigned or hired to work in the location(s) indicated below, the base salary range is provided. Range is as of the time of posting. Position is incentive eligible.

$330,000 - $380,000/year

• Total individual compensation (base salary, short & long-term incentives) offered will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to geographic location, scope & responsibilities of the role, qualifications, talent availability & specialization as well as business needs. The above pay range may be modified in the future.
• Arch is committed to helping employees succeed through our comprehensive benefits package that includes multiple medical plans plus dental, vision and prescription drug coverage; a competitive 401k with generous matching; PTO beginning at 20 days per year; up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Offer; basic Life and AD&D Insurance as well as Short and Long-Term Disability; Paid Parental Leave of up to 10 weeks; Student Loan Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement, Backup Child and Elder Care; and more.

For Colorado Applicants - The deadline to submit your application is: October 30, 2026.

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