Underwriting Specialist, Middle Market Solutions

Underwriting Specialist, Middle Market Solutions

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With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility™.

The Underwriter role is responsible for driving profitable growth through the evaluation and underwriting of new and renewal accounts. This position involves close collaboration with producers to negotiate pricing, terms, and conditions, while proactively managing capacity and ensuring compliance with governance frameworks and underwriting guidelines. The role is market‑facing and involves meeting with brokers in the territory.

• Underwrite new and renewal accounts to meet top and bottom line targets.
• Negotiate price and terms and conditions with producers.
• Underwrite and evaluate Natural Catastrophe Accumulation, ensuring an understanding of catastrophe modeling and interpretation of scenarios for relevant Lines of Business (LoB's).
• Underwrite in line with LoB governance framework – e.g. Underwriting Authorities, Underwriting Guidelines, Rules and Principles.
• Ensure contract certainty is achieved on all accounts at time of inception.
• Utilise global pricing tools.
• Place and bind FAC Reinsurance prior to policy inception.
• Ensure accurate policy documentation is issued to producers or that producers have issued documentation (where producer responsibility).
• Maintain files – establish (whether electronic or paper) and maintain for each risk and transaction handled.
• Proactively support completion of policy administration and credit control processes.

• A minimum of 3+ years of direct experience in underwriting profitable business.
• Specialised expert understanding of sub‑LoB products and portfolio.
• Recognised relationships with brokers at peer group level and well established within market.
• Specialised understanding of regional/local LoB insurance markets and competitor landscape, including global elements.
• Preferably a degree in Economics, Finance, Insurance Management, or Business Administration.
• Professional insurance qualification (e.g. CPCU) is a plus but not required.

$111,100 – $172,465 per year + 16% target bonus.

Individual compensation (base salary, short‑ and long‑term incentives) will be determined based on geographic location, scope, responsibilities, qualifications, talent availability and business needs. The above pay range may be modified in the future.

• Multiple medical plans plus dental, vision and prescription drug coverage.
• Competitive 401(k) with generous matching.
• PTO beginning at 20 days per year.
• Up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Off.
• Basic life and AD&D insurance.
• Short‑ and long‑term disability.
• Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks.
• Student loan assistance and tuition reimbursement.
• Backup child and elder care.
• Additional benefits – to learn more.

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