Remote Director of Underwriting & Program Quality

Ledgebrook; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full remote flexibility

Asynchronous work culture

Unlimited PTO

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k) and equity eligibility

Job summary

Ledgebrook is hiring a Director of Underwriting to lead underwriting quality and discipline across the program book for Stonehaven Specialty Insurance Company. You will set appetite and guidelines and supervise the Underwriting Manager(s).

This role acts as the senior underwriting authority in new‑program due diligence and BAA negotiations, partnering with Legal, Actuarial, and Claims to align risk with strategic growth across remote teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of P&C underwriting experience.
• 4+ years supervising underwriters in a delegated-authority/MGA-oversight environment.
• Experience negotiating binding authority terms directly with program partners.

Responsibilities

• Set underwriting appetite and guidelines across all programs with the CPO and CRO's Actuarial function.
• Supervise and develop the Underwriting Manager(s); review their program-level underwriting audits and sign off on findings that need escalation.
• Own the underwriting side of new-program due diligence ("underwrite the underwriter") jointly with Business Development, escalating go/no-go recommendations to the CPO.
• Serve as the senior underwriting authority in BAA negotiations - binding authority limits, referral thresholds, and underwriting guideline provisions - working with Legal on final language.
• Track underwriting audit findings to remediation across the book and report portfolio-level underwriting quality trends to the CPO.
• Coordinate with Actuarial and Claims on loss experience, emerging trends, and guideline changes across programs.

Skills

P&C underwriting

Managing underwriters

Underwriting guidelines

Binding authority negotiations

Education

CPCU or AU designation

Job description

Ledgebrook is hiring a Director of Underwriting to lead underwriting quality and discipline across the program book for Stonehaven Specialty Insurance Company. You will set appetite and guidelines and supervise the Underwriting Manager(s).

This role acts as the senior underwriting authority in new‑program due diligence and BAA negotiations, partnering with Legal, Actuarial, and Claims to align risk with strategic growth across remote teams.