AVP Program Underwriter

Everest•Warren Township, NJ

1d•$150,000 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Everest is a global leader in risk management, rooted in a rich, 50+ year heritage of enabling businesses to survive and thrive, and economies to function and flourish. We are underwriters of risk, growth, progress and opportunity. We are a global team focused on disciplined capital allocation and long-term value creation for all stakeholders, who care deeply about our impact on communities and the wider world. We take pride in being known in the industry as nimble, entrepreneurial, and responsive. Our culture is innovative; we empower our employees to make business decisions within our risk framework at a local level. At Everest, we are committed to the development of our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. You will benefit from career development and learning opportunities that will let you set career goals and fulfill them, including: • Generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement • Mentoring opportunities • Flexible work arrangements • Talent development initiatives • Networking groups Job Summary The Everest Underwriting Partners division of Everest Global Wholesale & Specialty, a member of the Everest Group is looking for an Assistant Vice President of Programs to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the development and management of insurance programs within the organization, including executing on targeted combined ratio, rate change, and other KPIs. You will drive strategy for program development, oversee partner underwriting teams, ensure compliance with underwriting and corporate governance standards, and foster effective communication across departments. Your focus will be on overseeing Programs in the Property and/or Package Line of Business. You will work closely with the Vice President, Programs and collaborate with multiple functional areas, including Actuarial, Claims, Risk Engineering, Operations, Finance, Information Technology, and Premium Audit—to ensure all facets of the program administrator are executing as expected.

Requirements

10+ years of relevant experience in the insurance or reinsurance industry.
Package and/or Property underwriting experience, preferred.
Bachelor’s degree or greater.
Prior supervisory experience preferred.
Exceptional oral and written communication with the ability to concisely provide executive summaries to management.
Strong problem-solving analytical skills, with an intellectual curiosity to drive data analytics and make appropriate conclusions on results.
Well-organized with relentless attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines across a variety of stakeholders to meet targets and deliverable dates.
Team oriented and ability to collaborate effectively with peers.
Demonstrated bias for action with a high sense of urgency, strong work ethic and drive for results.
Experience with corporate governance and controls management, including processes and systems.
Experience with a wide variety of assignments around operational workflow including systems is an asset.
Some travel, including overnight or extended trips.

Responsibilities

Drive underwriting profitability through effective management of program partners, ensuring disciplined execution of program strategy.
Ensure full compliance with all underwriting guidelines, authority grants and underwriting strategy through direct interaction and collaboration with all program partners on both a transactional and portfolio basis.
This would include but not be limited to: handling referrals; ensuring the proper governance provisions are in place through the audit process; liaising with Legal, Product Development, Corporate Underwriting and Actuarial to deliver suitable policy forms and endorsements and the proper tools to best analyze individual risk and portfolio characteristics; identify existing and potential program portfolio risks, actively track and report out on the exposure.
Responsible for identifying areas for growth in delegated authority and digital distribution by continuing to build and foster new and existing partner relationships.
Function as a subject matter expert to conduct training of Program Administrator partners based upon audit feedback and referral reviews.