Senior VP, Healthcare Underwriting & Strategy

hyperiongrp; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Unlimited PTO

401k with company match

Volunteer days

Job summary

DUAL North America, Inc. is seeking a Senior Vice President in Underwriting for the Healthcare division based in Atlanta, GA, with travel up to 15% and a hybrid work arrangement.

The SVP will lead a Healthcare Underwriting team, shape underwriting strategies, manage risk, and drive performance against underwriting goals and metrics. You will own and develop pricing tools within UW guidelines, mentor staff, define production goals, and nurture broker and client relationships to grow profitable

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of healthcare underwriting experience required; surplus lines and wholesale broker experience preferred.
• Professional certifications such as CPCU, AU, or similar designations preferred.
• In-depth understanding of technical underwriting principles and risk assessment.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Proven ability to manage and build broker and client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small to mid-sized team and is responsible for performance evaluations, hiring and recruiting, and termination decisions
• Define team production goals that align to division goals, and drive execution in both a hands-on fashion while also accomplishing work often through direct reports
• Review referrals from team members
• Curate a portfolio of business in accordance with Underwriting Guidelines and prescribed pricing tools within UW guidelines; may provide input to governance and defining underwriting guidelines
• Owns division level projects or initiatives outside of direct area of expertise to gain knowledge and exposure to larger organizational operations
• May manage budget for a small team or portion of the division, including staffing and T&E costs
• Working level knowledge of capacity and expectation to build relationships with capacity providers
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for their respective business to peers and leadership and those within their team
• Demonstrates advanced understanding of technical underwriting principles and risk underwriting characteristics which could include more nuanced risks, limits, and how to price them
• Execute on annual new and renewal business goals by achieving agreed premium income and hitting quote numbers with desired hit ratios and retentions, and ensuring the team is executing on these goals as well
• Foster and build new relationships with key producers - expectation is to gain more business
• Underwriting Authority : Has Underwriting authority as outlined in LOA

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Decision making

Leadership

Underwriting knowledge

Broker relationships

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in risk management, finance, business, or a related field

Job description

DUAL North America, Inc. is seeking a Senior Vice President in Underwriting for the Healthcare division based in Atlanta, GA, with travel up to 15% and a hybrid work arrangement.

The SVP will lead a Healthcare Underwriting team, shape underwriting strategies, manage risk, and drive performance against underwriting goals and metrics. You will own and develop pricing tools within UW guidelines, mentor staff, define production goals, and nurture broker and client relationships to grow profitable