Excess Workers' Compensation, Senior Regional Underwriting Manager

SN Branding; Burbank (CA); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Health savings accounts

401(k) matching

Profit-sharing

Adoption support

Fertility & surrogacy benefits

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental & caregiver leave

Hybrid work environment

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

Safety National, a leading specialty insurer, seeks an Excess Workers’ Compensation Senior Regional Underwriting Manager to drive profitable growth across an assigned territory. You will balance technical underwriting with business development and relationship management, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver customized solutions.

You will mentor junior underwriters and help shape underwriting strategy while traveling up to 40% to engage brokers and clients.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience underwriting large workers’ compensation accounts.
• Strong knowledge of regional insurance markets, brokers, and customer relationships.
• Ability to coordinate with facultative reinsurance, actuarial, legal, claims, and business development partners.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite excess workers’ compensation to drive profitable growth.
• Serve as a trusted partner to brokers, clients, and internal stakeholders.
• Mentor less experienced underwriters.
• Collaborate with Business Development, Claims, Actuarial and Legal teams.
• Travel up to 40% to meet brokers and clients.

Skills

Underwriting excellence

Broker relationships

Analytical thinking

Negotiation skills

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

At Safety National, we don’t just offer jobs – we build careers with purpose! Since 1942, we’ve been an industry leader, valuing integrity, teamwork, and stability while providing competitive rewards, top-tier benefits, career growth opportunities, and flexible work options that promote balance. With tuition reimbursement, wellness perks, and a strong community impact, we invest in your success—both personally and professionally. Ready to grow with us?

This opportunity is in the Insurance Underwriting Department.

The Insurance Underwriting Department offers a culture of empowerment to produce results and resolve clients’ issues. Our team has an excellent track record of success with an experienced and creative group of people that work well together while underwriting various lines of coverage for large accounts representing numerous industries.

Role Description

As the Excess Workers’ Compensation Senior Regional Underwriting Manager, you will play a critical role in driving profitable growth within an assigned territory while serving as a trusted partner to brokers, clients, and internal stakeholders. You will leverage your expertise in excess workers’ compensation underwriting to evaluate complex risks, develop strategic underwriting solutions, and strengthen agency relationships that support long-term business success.

In this role, you will be the face of Safety National throughout your territory, balancing technical underwriting excellence with business development and relationship management. You will collaborate closely with Business Development, Claims, Actuarial, Legal, and other underwriting teams to deliver customized solutions, manage regional strategies, and identify opportunities to expand our market presence. You will also contribute to underwriting initiatives, mentor less experienced underwriters, and help shape the future direction of our Excess Workers’ Compensation underwriting operations.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree is required, or equivalent underwriting experience.

Required Qualifications

• 10 or more years of experience underwriting large workers’ compensation accounts.
• Strong knowledge of regional insurance markets, brokers, and customer relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex risks, evaluate loss trends, determine appropriate attachment points and pricing, and make sound underwriting decisions.
• Experience coordinating with facultative reinsurance, actuarial, legal, claims, and business development partners.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to develop and execute territorial strategies while managing agency relationships and driving profitable growth.
• Proven ability to mentor and provide guidance to less experienced underwriters.
• Highly analytical, organized, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 40% of the time to meet with brokers, clients, and industry partners.
• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future.
• This position allows for a hybrid work schedule which includes a minimum of 3 days per week in our Burbank, CA Office. All employees are required to submit work from home requests and follow our Work From Home policy, which will be provided to all candidates selected to interview.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with other products such as General Liability or Commercial Auto
• Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Insurance, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or a related field.
• CPCU or other professional insurance designation.
• Experience participating in underwriting strategy development and departmental initiatives.
• Experience developing underwriting procedures and improving underwriting processes.
• Experience representing an organization at industry conferences, seminars, and client events.
• Experience collaborating across underwriting, claims, legal, and business development functions to deliver enterprise-wide solutions.

Protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and technology assets against unauthorized disclosure, destruction and/or alteration, in accordance with Safety National policies, standards, and procedures.

Safety National is a leading specialty insurance and reinsurance provider. Our culture is built upon relationships, which allow us to demonstrate our expertise gained through our rich 80-year history. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine, Inc., we appreciate the benefits and support provided by our affiliation with one of the top 10 insurance companies in the world.

Total Rewards That Put Employees First

In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation that includes base salary, holiday bonus, and incentive awards is only a small portion of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. Our total rewards approach recognizes and rewards the time, talents, efforts, and results of our valued employees. Highlights of our exceptional benefits include generous health, dental, and vision coverage, health savings accounts, a 401(k)-retirement savings match and an annual profit-sharing contribution. We proudly offer family forming benefits for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy, generous paid time off and paid holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave, a hybrid work environment, and company-paid life insurance and disability. To support employees in their career journeys, we provide professional growth and development opportunities in addition to employee recognition and well-being programs.

• generous health, dental, and vision coverage
• health savings accounts
• a 401(k)-retirement savings match and an annual profit-sharing contribution
• family forming benefits for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy
• generous paid time off and paid holidays
• paid parental and caregiver leave
• a hybrid work environment
• company-paid life insurance and disability

Safety National is committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-based compensation. In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation is only one piece of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. The target base salary range for this position is $133,975 to $242,500. Compensation for the successful candidate will consider the candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, experience and geographic location.