Technical Lead, Inland Marine

What We Do

Yesterday's insurance wasn't built for today's risk. We see it in the data and we feel it in the field. Emerging technology can reinvent how risk is priced and managed, faster and smarter, anchored in proven expertise. First-movers will define the next era of commercial risk management, and Shepherd is building it.

Shepherd is a technology-driven Managing General Underwriter (MGU) transforming commercial Property & Casualty insurance for high-hazard industries. Our mission is to make risk frictionless for the builders and operators shaping the physical world, protecting progress from concept through construction and into decades of operation.

• Faster decisions
• Smarter, more accurate pricing
• Better risk outcomes

With Shepherd, safety, speed, and quality no longer trade off against one another. They compound. We're not just modernizing insurance products. We're building the risk infrastructure for the next generation of financial services, where technology, underwriting, and partnerships operate in harmony to support the world's most important industries and the progress they make possible.

In March 2026, Shepherd Raised a $42M Series B — Bringing Total Funding To Over $60M — Led By Intact Private Capital, The Investment Arm Of One Of The Largest Insurers In The World. Intact Is Not Only Our Lead Investor But Also a Carrier Partner, a Testament To The Confidence The Incumbent Industry Has In What We're Building.

• Intact Private Capital, led our Series B round
• Costanoa Ventures, led our Series A round
• Spark Capital, led our Seed round
• Susa Ventures, lead our Pre-Seed round
• Y Combinator
• And several others

We're a team of technologists and insurance enthusiasts, bridging the two worlds together. Check out our About page to learn more.

Reports to:

Head of Property

You are Shepherd's primary technical underwriting resource for Inland Marine. You own the guidelines and advisories underwriters work from, lead coverage form development, and review risks that exceed their authority. You also work with our capacity partners to resolve technical questions and support the underwriting team.

Reporting to the Head of Property, you help underwriters make sound decisions and document them clearly. Your work includes account review, training, and using portfolio results and Claims feedback to improve how we underwrite.

• Review Inland Marine referrals involving TIV thresholds, catastrophe exposures such as wildfire and flood, structural or occupancy complexity, and other guideline triggers.
• Approve or decline referred risks within our delegated authority and document the rationale, terms, conditions, and pricing guidance. Escalate decisions that require approval from the Head of Property or a capacity partner.
• Review bound accounts before issuance to confirm completed form fields, coverage forms, limits, sublimits, and endorsements match the approved quote, binder, and documented approvals.
• Maintain a 24-hour turnaround standard on referrals and communicate any missing information or required carrier approvals promptly.

• Own the development, maintenance, and communication of Inland Marine underwriting guidelines and technical advisories. Gather input from the relevant teams, coordinate required approvals, and keep current versions accessible to underwriters.
• Keep guidance on pricing, deductibles, waiting periods, referral triggers, and authority parameters consistent with approved appetite and carrier requirements.
• Oversee Inland…