Vice President, South Central Zone Leader - Underwriting

Ledgebrook; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Ledgebrook is seeking a heavyweight senior underwriting leader to take full ownership of the South Central region, driving strategy, growth and profitability. You will build and lead a high-performing regional underwriting team and establish credibility with major wholesale brokers to steer capacity deployment and pricing decisions.

This senior appointment carries broad authority, visibility, and accountability in a fast-moving, data-driven environment, with the aim of delivering profitable

Qualifications

• Senior-level expertise in commercial casualty underwriting.
• Deep experience in E&S or specialty lines.
• Proven track record growing a regional underwriting business.
• Strong relationships with South Central wholesale brokers.
• Ability to lead and develop underwriting talent.
• Judgment to balance growth with risk discipline.
• Experience across GL, excess casualty, construction, hospitality, manufacturing risks is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, growth, profitability and performance of the South Central region.
• Build and lead a high-performing regional underwriting team.
• Establish influential relationships with major wholesale brokers.
• Decide capacity deployment and risk acceptance.
• Collaborate with exec, actuarial, claims, product and reinsurance.
• Drive underwriting discipline while pursuing attractive opportunities.

Skills

Casualty underwriting

E&S insurance

Regional leadership

Broker relationships

Pricing strategy

Talent development

Risk discipline

Job description

Ledgebrook is looking for a genuine heavyweight to lead its South Central underwriting operation.

This is not a conventional underwriting management position. We need an established senior leader with the market presence, technical authority and commercial ambition to take full ownership of the region and run it as a business.

You will own the strategy, growth, profitability and underwriting performance of the South Central region. You will be expected to build a high-performing team, command credibility with major wholesale brokers and make clear decisions about where Ledgebrook should deploy capacity—and where it should not.

This is a senior appointment with substantial authority, visibility and accountability.

The mandate includes:

• Taking full ownership of South Central production, profitability and portfolio performance
• Setting and executing an ambitious regional growth strategy
• Building Ledgebrook’s presence and reputation across the South Central wholesale market
• Developing influential relationships with senior leaders at key wholesale brokers
• Leading, recruiting and developing a first-class regional underwriting team
• Providing decisive technical leadership on complex casualty risks and referrals
• Maintaining a detailed understanding of pricing, submission flow, hit ratios, limits deployment and loss trends
• Identifying attractive opportunities for growth while protecting underwriting discipline
• Working closely with executive leadership, actuarial, claims, product and reinsurance
• Playing a significant role in the wider development of Ledgebrook’s underwriting platform

We are looking for someone who brings:

• Deep commercial casualty underwriting expertise
• Significant experience within E&S or specialty insurance
• A demonstrable record of building and profitably growing a regional underwriting business
• Strong, established relationships across the South Central wholesale broker market
• The technical standing to command the respect of experienced underwriters and make decisions on complex casualty exposures
• The commercial instincts to identify and convert high-quality opportunities
• Experience attracting, leading and retaining strong underwriting talent
• The judgment to balance ambitious production targets with disciplined risk selection

Experience across general liability, excess casualty, construction, habitational, hospitality and manufacturing risks would be particularly relevant. A background within an MGA, delegated-authority platform or entrepreneurial specialty carrier would also be highly valuable.

This opportunity is most likely to suit someone already running a substantial regional underwriting operation, business unit or casualty portfolio who wants greater ownership and the opportunity to build.

It is not a developmental step for someone moving into senior leadership for the first time. Nor will it suit someone accustomed to operating through several layers of approval.

Ledgebrook is entrepreneurial, data-driven and growing quickly. The successful individual will have considerable influence over the direction of the South Central business—but will also be expected to deliver meaningful, profitable results.