Executive Underwriting Director, Brokerage Excess

Location: Remote within the lower 48 U.S. states; Chicago, Illinois is listed as the primary location. Travel is required.

Salary: $152,000–$228,000 annually expected starting range; national range $152,000–$269,000.

Company

hirify.global is a Fortune 100 insurance company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales, providing property and casualty and specialty insurance solutions.

What you will do

• Lead strategy, financial performance, growth, and operating results for an assigned regional Brokerage Excess Casualty portfolio.
• Select and underwrite complex risks, including exposure analysis, premium development, endorsements, exclusions, and manuscript coverage forms.
• Manage broker, program manager, and producer relationships, including negotiations, marketing visits, and appetite discussions.
• Monitor premium, losses, submissions, rates, coverage, appetite, and broker performance across the assigned territory.
• Develop business plans, strategic objectives, and solutions for territory and product issues.
• Mentor underwriting professionals and contribute to cross-functional projects, quality audits, and team development.

Requirements

• Eight years of underwriting experience, preferably with large or complex programs and accounts.
• Experience in Excess & Surplus lines underwriting is preferred.
• Knowledge of E&S underwriting policies, rating plans, treaty and facultative reinsurance, regulatory issues, and agency distribution systems.
• Ability to analyze complex mathematical, statistical, and logical data and develop innovative solutions.
• Strong negotiation, communication, prioritization, leadership, and broker relationship-management skills.
• Undergraduate studies in a related discipline or equivalent; a bachelor's degree and CPCU designation are preferred.

Nice to have

• Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.
• Experience with catastrophe modeling and complex coverage forms.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, team-oriented environment within a fast-paced and evolving E&S/S specialty insurance business.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Paid time off, nine paid holidays, Lifetime paid time off, and Unity Day paid time off.
• 401(k) with company match and a company-paid pension plan.
• Normal office environment with required business travel and exempt status.