SVP – Inland Marine

Questpro Consultants LLC; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Questpro Consultants LLC represents a client, a leading A-rated commercial insurer, recruiting a Senior Vice President to lead the national Inland Marine unit from Georgia. You will own the unit’s strategy, financial plan and underwriting results, building a high-performing team across regional offices.

You will drive profitability, manage mix and catastrophe exposures, and collaborate with wholesale and retail producers to grow submissions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of inland marine underwriting experience
• Strong knowledge across inland marine lines and products
• Experience leading underwriting teams across multiple offices
• Proven track record of managing profitability and portfolio performance

Responsibilities

• Lead the unit’s annual financial plan and stretch goals
• Grow premium and underwriting profit with profitability as the priority
• Recruit, develop and retain top underwriting talent across regions
• Manage business mix, new business and renewal retention within risk tolerances
• Strengthen relationships with wholesale and retail producers to increase submissions
• Collaborate with Corporate Underwriting, Actuarial and Claims on strategy and pricing
• Run management meetings and track KPIs such as quote activity and loss ratios
• Review and approve complex risks
• Oversee underwriting guidelines and reinsurance terms
• Present unit results to reinsurers during treaty renewals
• Manage underwriting resources and operating expenses

Skills

Inland Marine underwriting

Team leadership

KPIs & portfolio management

Executive communication

Strategic planning

Profitability focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in economics, risk management, actuarial science or related field

Graduate degree or CPCU/CIC a plus

Job description

Our client, an A rated commercial property and casualty insurer is hiring a Senior Vice President to lead its national Inland Marine business.

The role reports to the Head of Field Underwriting and works closely with the Chief Underwriting Officer. It leads a team of about 10 underwriters and 6 underwriting assistants across regional offices, with full ownership of the unit’s strategy, financial plan and underwriting results. The company wants a hands-on leader with deep inland marine expertise who can grow the book profitably, build and keep a strong team, and expand relationships with wholesale and retail producers.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the unit’s annual financial plan, setting stretch goals that are still achievable
• Grow premium and underwriting profit, with profitability as the first priority
• Recruit, develop and retain top-quartile inland marine underwriters, and assign them across producers, segments and territories
• Manage business mix, new business and renewal retention while keeping catastrophe accumulations within corporate risk tolerances
• Strengthen relationships with wholesale and retail producers to improve responsiveness and bring in more submissions for target classes
• Work with Corporate Underwriting, Actuarial and Claims to adjust underwriting strategy and pricing as trends emerge
• Run regular management meetings and track KPIs such as quote activity, bind-to-quote ratio, premium by class, commission and loss ratios
• Review and approve larger, complex risks that exceed individual underwriter authority
• Oversee compliance with underwriting guidelines and reinsurance treaty terms
• Present the unit’s underwriting practices and results to reinsurers during treaty renewals
• Manage underwriting resources and operating expenses

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of underwriting experience, mostly in inland marine, preferred
• Expert technical knowledge across inland marine lines, including:
• Builders’ risk, renovation and installation floaters
• Contractors’ equipment, including heavy equipment
• Riggers’ liability
• Motor truck cargo
• Scheduled floaters
• Commercial output policies
• Warehouse legal liability
• Automobile physical damage
• Record of leading high-performing underwriting teams across multiple offices
• Strong command of KPIs and portfolio management
• Executive presence and polished communication with senior leaders, reinsurers and producers
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in economics, risk management, actuarial science or a related field. A graduate degree, CPCU or CIC is a plus.