Underwriting Director, Excess Casualty, Construction
Job Description:
• Continue to refine and execute the underwriting strategy for Excess Casualty, aligning with ICW Specialty’s multi-year growth objectives
• Ensure marketplace is clear on appetite, product design, and distribution strategy across middle market and large account segments
• Build a profitable portfolio that aligns with the strategic business plan, goals and objectives
• Identify opportunities for continued product innovation and differentiation, including niche industries, emerging risks, and new solutions for wholesale brokers
• Represent ICW Specialty externally with brokers, clients, and reinsurers; act as a thought leader and brand ambassador in the marketplace
• Gather pertinent competitive and market information to assist in developing recommendations to evaluating new business and product development
• Oversee underwriting execution across all accounts, ensuring adherence to guidelines, pricing adequacy, and governance controls
• Manage portfolio performance with accountability for profitability, risk selection, and portfolio balance (by industry, geography, attachment, and limits)
• Identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement or innovation
• Partner with actuarial, claims, and reinsurance colleagues to maintain strong analytics, pricing discipline, and portfolio insights
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, underwriting audits, and corporate governance standards
• Build, manage, and mentor a team of underwriters and underwriting assistants, fostering an environment of learning, accountability, and empowerment
• Set clear performance goals, provide coaching and development, and hold team members accountable to underwriting excellence
• Model and reinforce a culture where accountability, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation thrive
• Actively recruit and retain top underwriting talent, with a focus on diverse perspectives and growth mindset
• Work closely with IT, Operations, and Finance to design and optimize the underwriting tech stack, workflow efficiency, and data capture
• Serve as a bridge between the underwriting team and broader ICW Specialty leadership, ensuring transparency, alignment, and shared accountability
Requirements:
• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum 10-12 years of underwriting and leadership experience in casualty insurance, with deep expertise in Excess Casualty
• Proven track record of leading underwriting teams and managing profitable portfolios across multiple industries and account sizes
• Established relationships with wholesalers, with a reputation of credibility, urgency with a get things done attitude
• Strong grasp of underwriting governance, analytics, reinsurance, and regulatory requirements
• Experience building and scaling new teams or product lines is highly preferred.
Benefits:
• Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401K retirement plan and company match
• Bonus potential for all positions
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• 100% support for continuing education
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• Continue to refine and execute the underwriting strategy for Excess Casualty, aligning with ICW Specialty’s multi-year growth objectives
• Ensure marketplace is clear on appetite, product design, and distribution strategy across middle market and large account segments
• Build a profitable portfolio that aligns with the strategic business plan, goals and objectives
• Identify opportunities for continued product innovation and differentiation, including niche industries, emerging risks, and new solutions for wholesale brokers
• Represent ICW Specialty externally with brokers, clients, and reinsurers; act as a thought leader and brand ambassador in the marketplace
• Gather pertinent competitive and market information to assist in developing recommendations to evaluating new business and product development
• Oversee underwriting execution across all accounts, ensuring adherence to guidelines, pricing adequacy, and governance controls
• Manage portfolio performance with accountability for profitability, risk selection, and portfolio balance (by industry, geography, attachment, and limits)
• Identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement or innovation
• Partner with actuarial, claims, and reinsurance colleagues to maintain strong analytics, pricing discipline, and portfolio insights
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, underwriting audits, and corporate governance standards
• Build, manage, and mentor a team of underwriters and underwriting assistants, fostering an environment of learning, accountability, and empowerment
• Set clear performance goals, provide coaching and development, and hold team members accountable to underwriting excellence
• Model and reinforce a culture where accountability, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation thrive
• Actively recruit and retain top underwriting talent, with a focus on diverse perspectives and growth mindset
• Work closely with IT, Operations, and Finance to design and optimize the underwriting tech stack, workflow efficiency, and data capture
• Serve as a bridge between the underwriting team and broader ICW Specialty leadership, ensuring transparency, alignment, and shared accountability
Requirements:
• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum 10-12 years of underwriting and leadership experience in casualty insurance, with deep expertise in Excess Casualty
• Proven track record of leading underwriting teams and managing profitable portfolios across multiple industries and account sizes
• Established relationships with wholesalers, with a reputation of credibility, urgency with a get things done attitude
• Strong grasp of underwriting governance, analytics, reinsurance, and regulatory requirements
• Experience building and scaling new teams or product lines is highly preferred.
Benefits:
• Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401K retirement plan and company match
• Bonus potential for all positions
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• 100% support for continuing education
Apply Now
Apply Now