VP, Southwest Zone Underwriting Leader (Remote + Equity)

Ledgebrook Insurance, LLC.; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Remote flexibility with regionalTravel

Career development opportunities

Equity incentive program

Job summary

Ledgebrook Insurance, LLC. is seeking an experienced underwriting leader to drive profitable growth for our Southwest Zone. The role oversees a regional underwriting team, ownership of production, portfolio profitability, and broker relationships.

The ideal candidate will combine strong casualty underwriting expertise with proven leadership, business development capability, and commercial judgment to guide strategy and performance in a growing specialty insurance business.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of commercial casualty underwriting experience.
• Proven experience leading underwriting teams and driving profitable growth.
• Strong technical knowledge of complex casualty and general liability risks.
• Experience operating through a wholesale distribution model.
• Strong understanding of pricing, portfolio management and underwriting profitability.
• Established relationships within the wholesale brokerage community.
• Entrepreneurial, data-driven leadership style for a fast-growing environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Southwest regional business plan, delivering profitable premium growth while maintaining underwriting discipline.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing underwriting team.
• Own regional production, pricing, profitability, portfolio management and service objectives.
• Monitor KPIs, submission flow, hit ratios, loss trends and pricing adequacy.
• Provide technical guidance and referral authority on complex casualty risks.
• Build senior-level relationships with key wholesale brokers and distribution partners.
• Identify market opportunities and lead regional business-development initiatives.
• Partner with Product, Actuarial, Claims, Reinsurance and Distribution to refine underwriting strategy and appetite.
• Support forecasting, budgeting, recruitment, operational improvement and new product launches.
• Ensure compliance with underwriting authorities, carrier guidelines and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Underwriting leadership

Casualty underwriting

Pricing & profitability

Broker relationships

Team development

Strategic planning

Job description

Ledgebrook Insurance, LLC. is seeking an experienced underwriting leader to drive profitable growth for our Southwest Zone. The role oversees a regional underwriting team, ownership of production, portfolio profitability, and broker relationships.

The ideal candidate will combine strong casualty underwriting expertise with proven leadership, business development capability, and commercial judgment to guide strategy and performance in a growing specialty insurance business.