Vice President, Aviation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee Skyward Specialty's aviation portfolio, managing its complete profit and loss responsibilities.

• Develop the annual class strategy and implement it according to key performance objectives.

• Lead and cultivate the underwriting team while providing support to the supervisor.

• Directly underwrite, price, and negotiate major aviation accounts.

• Conduct underwriting meetings, technical reviews, and training workshops.

• Recognize growth opportunities and enhance the value proposition of the class.

• Collaborate with the Apollo Aviation team to create opportunities, enhance product development, and exchange market insights.

• Prepare yearly production forecasts and departmental budget for expenses.

• Establish, oversee, and execute the account pipeline.

• Strengthen partnerships with key brokers and clients while upholding exceptional service levels.

• Work together with actuarial, claims, compliance, risk, human resources, capital, and underwriting teams.

• Lead the reinsurance procurement process for the class.

• Evaluate risk selection, underwriting standards, and pricing across the department.

• Maintain pricing models, underwriting guidelines, policy forms, coverage specifications, and rates.

• Coordinate form and rate filings, and prepare new submissions for state regulators.

• Review and authorize modifications to the underwriting database system.

• Monitor portfolio performance and implement controls and initiatives within defined risk boundaries.

• Assess aviation loss notifications and analyze loss and claims information.

• Participate in management discussions and committees.

• Ensure underwriting activities comply with governance, regulatory, and internal control standards.

• Act as Skyward's market authority for aviation.

• Engage with brokers and participate in client presentations.

• Represent Skyward externally within the insurance sector.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of underwriting experience in general aviation insurance.

• More than 5 years of experience in people management, leading underwriting teams.

• At least 5 years of profit and loss responsibility for an aviation class, portfolio, or business unit.

• Demonstrated history of profitable growth within established risk and loss ratio parameters.

• Senior underwriting authority on complex aviation accounts, with robust pricing and negotiation expertise.

• Established relationships with aviation brokers and producers in the U.S. market.

• Familiarity with state form and rate filing processes and regulatory obligations.

• Experience in creating annual business plans, production projections, and expense budgets.

• Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience across various aviation segments (preferred).

• Experience in leading reinsurance purchasing for a class of business (preferred).

• Exposure to the Lloyd's market or collaboration with London-based underwriting partners (preferred).

• Professional credentials such as CPCU, AU, or ARe (preferred).

• Private pilot certificate or other practical aviation background (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits.

• Support for tuition and professional certification.

• 401k savings plan.

• Optional participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program.

• Paid time off.

• Paid holidays.

• Child bonding leave.

• Employee assistance program.