Vice President – Northwest Zone Leader, Underwriting

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

📋 Description

• Oversee all underwriting operations and business outcomes for the Northwest Zone.

• Formulate and implement regional business strategies aimed at achieving profitable premium growth while upholding underwriting standards.

• Take ownership of regional production, profitability, portfolio management, and service targets.

• Track regional KPIs, submission processes, hit ratios, pricing adequacy, loss trends, and overall portfolio performance.

• Spot growth opportunities, market trends, and competitive factors to facilitate strategic decision-making.

• Act as the representative for the Northwest Region with executive leadership, providing regular updates on performance, opportunities, and risks.

• Recruit, nurture, mentor, and retain a high-performing underwriting team.

• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, urgency, and underwriting excellence.

• Conduct regular coaching sessions, file reviews, performance assessments, and career development discussions.

• Set clear underwriting expectations while reinforcing consistency, compliance with authority, and effective execution.

• Offer technical advice and referral authority on complex, high-profile, or large casualty accounts.

• Ensure the quality of underwriting, pricing adequacy, and compliance with company underwriting standards.

• Cultivate and enhance relationships with executive-level contacts at key wholesale brokers and strategic distribution partners across the Northwest.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5-10+ years of experience in commercial casualty underwriting, ideally within E&S or specialty insurance.

• Proven leadership experience in managing underwriting teams and regional operations.

• Strong technical underwriting knowledge with the capability to assess complex casualty risks.

• Demonstrated success in driving profitable growth within a wholesale distribution model.

• Solid understanding of portfolio management, pricing, and underwriting profitability.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, coaching, and relationship-building abilities.

• Strategic thinker with the capacity to balance growth, risk selection, and operational execution.

• Ability to excel in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, high-growth setting.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus potential

• Opportunity for equity participation

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

• Flexibility for remote work

• Opportunities for career advancement within a rapidly growing organization