Underwriter

Relevant Search; United States; On-site; USD 225,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity available

Top-quartile pay

Job summary

Relevant Search is seeking a VP, E&S Underwriter (Excess Casualty / Property) to underwrite and price complex excess casualty and property risks. You will grow a profitable book, manage broker relationships, and help steer program growth within an MGA model.

You will use AI tools in day-to-day underwriting and provide feedback to the team. This leadership role offers top-quartile pay and equity opportunities. You will own your book and drive appetite decisions.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in excess casualty, or in property or a closely adjacent line.
• A book of roughly $50M to $150M in premium, with the track record to back it.
• Appetite for the MGA model: you want to run your own book and own the results.
• Nice to have: a carrier background, active broker relationships, experience in adjacent specialty lines, and curiosity about AI and data as tools (no tech background needed).

Responsibilities

• Underwrite and price excess casualty and property risks, and write new business within agreed guidelines
• Bring in and grow deal flow from your broker relationships
• Grow your book profitably, with a focus on premium growth and loss ratios
• Work with leadership on appetite and where the program can expand, including adjacent lines like builders risk, inland marine, cargo, professional lines and D&O
• Use their AI tools in your day-to-day underwriting and give the team feedback on them

Skills

Excess casualty underwriting

Property underwriting

Broker relationships

AI familiarity

Tools

AI tools

Job description

VP, E&S Underwriter (Excess Casualty / Property)

Compensation: $225,000 to $250,000

A fast-growing specialty underwriting MGA with a hands-on technology team is adding experienced underwriters to expand programs that already work. The team is hiring in excess casualty and/or property. Individual hires or a full team are both welcome.

The role

• Underwrite and price excess casualty and property risks, and write new business within agreed guidelines
• Bring in and grow deal flow from your broker relationships
• Grow your book profitably, with a focus on premium growth and loss ratios
• Work with leadership on appetite and where the program can expand, including adjacent lines like builders risk, inland marine, cargo, professional lines and D&O
• Use their AI tools in your day-to-day underwriting and give the team feedback on them

What you bring

• Proven expertise in excess casualty, or in property or a closely adjacent line
• A book of roughly $50M to $150M in premium, with the track record to back it
• Appetite for the MGA model: you want to run your own book and own the results
• Nice to have: a carrier background, active broker relationships, experience in adjacent specialty lines, and curiosity about AI and data as tools (no tech background needed)

Why it's worth a look

• You run your own book, with top-quartile pay and equity available
• AI built into submission triage and early underwriting, so underwriters stay in charge and spend more time underwriting
• A growing team adding underwriters to expand programs that already work