Lead Underwriter – Environmental Casualty (Products Liability & Pollution) Manufacturing

AXIS (AXIS Capital)•Alpharetta, GA

28d•$220,000 - $250,000•Hybrid

About The Position

AXIS is building out its Environmental Casualty platform with a focus on the manufacturing segment offering complex product liability and pollution coverage across North America. This is a leadership role within a growing, specialist underwriting team responsible for combining general liability and pollution capabilities into a more integrated client solution. As a Lead Underwriter, you will develop, underwrite, and manage a national portfolio of complex product Liability & pollution risk while helping to shape underwriting strategy, distribution, and team development within our environmental practice. This position is responsible for underwriting and portfolio management of complex environmental casualty risks, with a focus on manufacturing/product exposures. The role combines day-to-day deal execution with broader responsibilities across strategy, relationship management, and team development. You will operate with a high level of autonomy while contributing to longer-term initiatives tied to portfolio growth, product evolution, and market positioning.

Requirements

15+ years of environmental liability underwriting experience
Deep expertise in pollution legal liability (PLL)
Strong knowledge of general liability and product liability and pollution exposures within manufacturing
Demonstrated track record of underwriting profitable business portfolios
Established relationships across retail and wholesale environmental brokers
Proven ability to originate and develop new business opportunities
Strong technical underwriting and analytical skills
Ability to evaluate complex risk and structure solutions across combined GL and pollution coverage
Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
Executive presence with the ability to build long-term broker and client relationships
Self-starter mentality with the ability to operate independently in a national role

Nice To Haves

Senior environmental casualty underwriting professional with a proven track record handling complex product liability & pollution targeting Middle market manufacturing risks within a leading commercial insurance carrier.
Technical depth and strong market connectivity
Willingness to operate in a hands-on, build-oriented environment

Responsibilities

Develop and grow a profitable book of environmental casualty business across manufacturing risks
Underwrite, analyze, and price complex risks across general liability and pollution exposures
Build and manage a diversified portfolio aligned to profitability and risk appetite
Evaluate submissions, perform technical underwriting analysis, and determine appropriate terms and structures
Prepare and issue indications, quotations, and binders
Decline risks outside appetite with clear, market-credible rationale
Develop and manage relationships across retail and wholesale broker channels
Actively market AXIS capabilities and originate new business opportunities
Maintain consistent broker engagement through in-person meetings and remote interaction
Contribute to the build-out of AXIS’s environmental casualty offering, particularly within manufacturing
Support the development of underwriting guidelines, appetite, and product strategy
Establish presence as a market-facing thought partner within the environmental and manufacturing space
Support, mentor, and provide guidance to junior underwriters
Assist with underwriting referrals and training within the pollution liability space
Contribute to team build-out and operational structure as the business scales