Vice President, Large Casualty Underwriting

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This opportunity is in the Insurance Underwriting Department.

The Insurance Underwriting department offers a culture of empowerment to produce results and resolve clients' issues. Our team has an excellent track record of success with an experienced and creative group of people that work well together while underwriting various lines of coverage for large accounts representing numerous industries.

Role Description:

Are you ready to take the next step in your underwriting career and lead a high-performing team in the Large Casualty space? At Safety National, you'll have the opportunity to drive underwriting profitability, shape business strategy, and mentor a team of talented professionals-all while being part of a company that values relationships, integrity, teamwork, balance, and stability.

As a key leader, you will work with the Executive Director of Casualty Field Underwriting to shape the integration of Large Casualty and Excess Workers' Compensation into a unified underwriting team. You'll drive new business production, profitability, and market relationships, while refining account servicing and internal efficiencies. Success in this role includes maximizing renewal retention, enhancing underwriting capabilities, and mentoring underwriters to ensure long-term growth. Step into this leadership role and make an impact.

Your Impact

As a key leader in our Large Casualty field underwriting team, you will:

• Take formal responsibility for managing both new and renewal account underwriting opportunities.
• Provide direct leadership and mentorship to assigned Regional Office Underwriters, guiding the team to success.
• Collaborate closely with Excess WC resources and leadership, fostering a unified underwriting team that spans multiple lines of coverage.
• Partner with Business Development, Credit Risk, Risk Control, VCE, and Claims teams to refine and enhance account servicing capabilities while optimizing internal efficiencies.
• Play an active role in shaping corporate underwriting philosophies, business models, and field office structures.

What You'll Be Doing

Your leadership will be crucial in:

• Driving underwriting profitability and premium growth through strategic oversight of field underwriting resources.
• Strengthening the regional field office structure to create a collaborative, energized underwriting team.
• Serving as the principal local underwriting resource for Large Casualty accounts, ensuring consistent underwriting strategies that align with corporate goals.
• Enhancing Safety National's presence in the broker and risk management community, representing the company at key industry events.
• Engaging with senior and executive leadership to drive underwriting strategy and ensure a competitive, profitable product portfolio.
• Establishing best practices for Large Casualty underwriting, collaborating with Excess WC and other teams to maintain a consistent and disciplined approach.
• Recruiting, training, and mentoring underwriters, helping them develop the technical and negotiation skills necessary to succeed.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• You have a strong underwriting background with expertise in Large Casualty.
• You thrive in leadership roles and enjoy mentoring and developing underwriters.
• You have a strategic mindset and a keen ability to influence underwriting decisions and business outcomes.
• You excel at relationship-building and can effectively collaborate across multiple departments.
• You are a strong negotiator, able to secure favorable outcomes while preserving long-term relationships.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, risk management or similar is preferred

Required:

Qualifications:

• 15 or more years of experience in the P&C industry
• 5 or more years of experience specializing in Large Casualty underwriting
• 2 years or management experience with proven effective mentoring and coaching abilities
• Proven track record in delivering solutions, meeting timelines, establishing strong work ethic and developing strong business relationships both internally and externally
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in a complex operating environment
• Effective at driving change and influencing others and outcomes
• Strong understanding and application of insurance financial concepts
• Strong strategic thinking capability with demonstrated ability to anticipate future trends and strategic opportunities
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations
• Creativity and willingness to help set new policies, systems and procedures for the continued evolution of field underwriting operations
• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future

Protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and technology assets against unauthorized disclosure, destruction and/or alteration, in accordance with Safety National policies, standards, and procedures.

Safety National is committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-based compensation. In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation is only one piece of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. The target salary range for this position is $233,000 to $302,000. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall near the middle of this range. Compensation for the successful candidate will consider the candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience.

Safety National is a leading specialty insurance and reinsurance provider. Our culture is built upon relationships, which allow us to demonstrate our expertise gained through our rich 80-year history. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine, Inc., we appreciate the benefits and support provided by our affiliation with one of the top 10 insurance companies in the world.

A Benefits Structure That Puts Employees First

In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation that includes base salary, holiday bonus, and incentive awards is only a small portion of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. Our total rewards approach recognizes and rewards the time, talents, efforts, and results of our valued employees. Highlights of our exceptional benefits include generous health, dental, and vision coverage, health savings accounts, a 401(k) retirement savings match and an annual profit sharing contribution. We proudly offer family forming benefits for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy, generous paid time off and paid holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave, a hybrid work environment, and company paid life insurance and disability. To support employees in their career journeys, we provide professional growth and development opportunities in addition to employee recognition and well-being programs. Apply today to learn more.

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