Underwriter - Professional Liability / Miscellaneous & Construction PI --- FinPro
About The Position
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is seeking a driven and collaborative Professional Liability Underwriter to join their Construction Professional Liability and Miscellaneous Professional Liability team. This role is ideal for someone who understands the nuances of construction-related professional services, enjoys dissecting contract and project exposures, and can translate sophisticated underwriting thinking into clear, commercially practical solutions for brokers and clients. As a Professional Liability Underwriter on the FinPro team, the individual will take ownership of developing and managing a profitable portfolio of Construction Professional Liability business, spanning both annual practice and project-specific risks. The role involves working across a diverse range of construction professionals, evaluating complex exposures, and playing a meaningful role in shaping Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' continued growth in the professional liability market. This role also includes underwriting selected Miscellaneous Professional Liability risks, offering an opportunity to broaden underwriting capabilities over time.
Requirements
- Five or more years of Professional Liability underwriting experience, including meaningful, hands-on experience with Architects & Engineers or Construction Professional Liability
- Demonstrated experience underwriting construction-related professional risks, such as architects and engineers, contractors, design-build firms, construction managers, project owners, or construction consultants
- Ability to review and interpret construction contracts and professional services agreements, identifying material professional liability exposures with confidence
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate complex risks, analyze claims experience and financial information, assess pricing adequacy, and make sound, well-reasoned underwriting decisions
- Established broker relationships with retail or wholesale brokers active in Architects & Engineers, Construction Professional Liability, or related professional liability lines, with a track record of developing and growing profitable partnerships
- Working knowledge of primary and excess Professional Liability structures
- Strong negotiation and communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate underwriting positions and decision rationale to brokers, clients, and internal stakeholders
- Willingness to travel for broker meetings, client engagements, and industry events
Nice To Haves
- Experience underwriting both annual practice and project-specific Construction PI risks
- Familiarity with contractors' professional liability, protective professional indemnity solutions, or owner-focused project coverage
- Experience working across admitted and surplus lines markets
- Miscellaneous Professional Liability underwriting experience or a strong interest in developing expertise in this area
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, matrixed, global organization and collaborating across functions and geographies
Responsibilities
- Underwrite and manage a portfolio focused primarily on Construction Professional Liability, including risks for architects, engineers, contractors, design-build firms, construction managers, project owners, and other construction professionals
- Evaluate both annual practice policies and project-specific professional liability opportunities, including primary and excess placements
- Analyze insureds' professional services, design responsibilities, project types, delivery methods, contractual obligations, risk management practices, claims history, and financial condition
- Review construction contracts and professional services agreements to assess indemnification obligations, limitations of liability, warranties, guarantees, contractual assumptions, and the allocation of design responsibility
- Assess pricing adequacy, attachment points, limits, retentions, policy terms, project duration, post-completion exposure, and extended reporting requirements
- Identify potential aggregation and capacity exposures across insureds, projects, annual programs, and project-specific placements
- Develop clear, well-supported underwriting recommendations and document the rationale for risk selection, pricing, terms, and conditions
- Negotiate coverage, pricing, and policy terms with retail and wholesale brokers while maintaining disciplined risk selection and underwriting standards
- Build and maintain productive relationships with construction-focused brokers and clients to generate a consistent flow of target business
- Identify new business and cross-selling opportunities that align with Swiss Re's Construction PI and broader Professional Liability strategy
- Collaborate with Claims, Actuarial, Risk Engineering, Contracts & Wording, and other underwriting colleagues when evaluating complex risks or exposures requiring additional technical review
- Monitor portfolio performance, market conditions, claims developments, emerging construction methods, and changes in project delivery and design technology
- Represent Swiss Re Corporate Solutions through broker meetings, client discussions, marketing visits, and industry events
- Underwrite selected Miscellaneous Professional Liability opportunities and continue developing expertise across the broader Professional Liability portfolio
Benefits
- The estimated base salary range for this position is $168,000 to $252,000.
- total compensation approach
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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