Vice President – E&S Brokerage – Excess

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

📋 Description

• Directly oversee a team of 7 underwriters, reporting to the President of E&S Property & Casualty and Inland Marine.

• Take ownership of the underwriting strategy, risk appetite, and portfolio composition for the E&S Excess Liability book.

• Establish and uphold underwriting standards, attachment point discipline, coverage structure guidelines, and pricing parameters aligned with the profitability goals of the book.

• Lead underwriting decisions for complex and large accounts; act as the technical authority and escalation point for the team.

• Maintain well-defined appetite boundaries — steering clear of invasive medical and NY Labor Law exposure.

• Design layered excess solutions above both occurrence and claims-made underlying policies.

• Monitor and proactively manage loss ratios, combined ratios, and portfolio trends by class and segment; implement corrective actions when performance declines.

• Collaborate with actuarial and finance teams on pricing adequacy, rate monitoring, and reserving inputs for an excess book.

• Track submission flow, hit ratios, and renewal retention effectively.

• Manage premium concentration by class.

• Mentor, lead, and develop a team of 7 excess liability underwriters.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in E&S or specialty casualty/excess liability underwriting, with significant time spent in a wholesale/non-admitted environment.

• Proven leadership experience managing underwriting teams; adept at functioning as both a strategic leader and a technical contributor.

• Established history of building or managing a profitable excess liability book across a varied commercial class mix.

• Comprehensive knowledge of commercial excess and umbrella underwriting, including attachment point analysis, underlying policy review, and identification of coverage gaps.

• Strong understanding of coverage structures for both occurrence and claims-made underlying policies.

• Familiarity with ISO and proprietary excess forms across various lines.

• Experience in underwriting a diverse class mix including contractors, habitational, amusement, and new ventures.

• Capability to assess underlying carrier quality and program structure for risks with non-standard primary placements.

• Excellent communicator and relationship builder.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits.

• Tuition and professional certification assistance.

• 401k savings plan.

• Option to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Program.

• Paid time off.

• Paid holidays.

• Child bonding leave.

• Additional employee assistance programs.