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Senior Vice President – Underwriting

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Location

United States

Posted

43 days ago

Salary

$225K - $275K / year

10 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Take full accountability for underwriting outcomes across multiple lines, segments, and channels. Jointly drive growth, profitability, and loss ratio management. • Define underwriting appetite, pricing, coverage standards, and referral thresholds. • Review high-impact and high-growth risks, ensuring decisions scale without sacrificing quality. • Partner with Data and Product teams to test new underwriting signals. • Design controlled experiments and move successful signals into standard underwriting rules. • Identify profitable growth opportunities and maintain underwriting speed at scale. • Partner strategically with Business Development to unlock expansion. • Mentor and grow underwriting managers and senior underwriters. • Build a culture of accountability, learning, and disciplined judgment. • Serve as a senior underwriting point of contact, embedding carrier guidelines and capacity into everyday decisions.

Job Requirements

  • 10–15+ years underwriting experience, with deep Workers’ Compensation expertise
  • Senior underwriting leadership experience in an MGA, program, or high-growth carrier environment
  • Demonstrated track record of improving loss ratio while supporting aggressive growth
  • Experience operationalizing data- or technology-driven underwriting insights
  • Strong underwriting judgment and comfort making decisions with incomplete data

Benefits

  • Fast-paced startup environment where your ideas can quickly become reality
  • Opportunity to wear multiple hats and grow beyond your job description
  • Remote-first culture with home office support
  • Comprehensive health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA)
  • 401(k) plan and life insurance
  • Flexible time off and 12 weeks parental leave
  • Professional development reimbursement

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