Director of Underwriting
About The Position
This is a leadership opportunity within a specialty P&C insurance platform that is scaling both its underwriting capability and distribution footprint across multiple verticals. With operations centralized in Overland Park, the organization is building a structure where underwriting leadership has direct visibility into both portfolio performance and the relationships driving business into the platform. The model is intentionally more aligned than traditional carrier environments—bringing underwriting, distribution, and execution closer together to improve speed, decision quality, and long-term results.
Requirements
- 10–20+ years in commercial or specialty P&C insurance underwriting with exposure to portfolio leadership or team oversight.
- Demonstrated ability to influence underwriting teams, decisions, and outcomes across a broader book.
- Strong understanding of risk selection, pricing discipline, and portfolio management.
- Ability to step back from individual deals and drive performance at a segment level.
- Comfortable operating in an environment where you are accountable for both direction and measurable outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Own and guide a broader underwriting portfolio within a specialty P&C insurance environment.
- Setting the tone on underwriting decisions, ensuring consistency, and maintaining profitability across your area of responsibility.
- Oversee a defined segment of the specialty P&C insurance book with full responsibility for performance, profitability, and growth direction.
- Guide deal-level decisions across the team, ensuring consistent underwriting standards and risk selection discipline.
- Shape how your segment of the business grows—balancing opportunity with long-term portfolio health.
- Act as a leader and escalation point for underwriting talent across the platform.
- Maintain close coordination with broker channels and internal teams to ensure consistent pipeline and deal quality.
- Monitor portfolio trends, loss ratios, and production metrics, adjusting strategy where needed.
Benefits
- Competitive Package: 150K – 250K+ total comp with strong base plus variable upside tied directly to portfolio results and performance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
