AVP, Underwriting - Sports and Entertainment

Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company specializes in property and casualty insurance, with a strong emphasis on the excess and surplus ("E&S") lines market, partnering with brokers and wholesale agents throughout the U.S. to provide insurance solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our aim is to establish ourselves as the premier E&S carrier by combining robust technical underwriting, intelligent operational efficiencies, sound risk management, and deep specialization.

Central to this strategy is productized underwriting; translating deep underwriting expertise into repeatable, scalable, and data-driven underwriting frameworks that enable consistent decision-making and disciplined execution.

Ategrity is a proactive, data-obsessed organization with a culture focused on execution and continuous improvement. By combining technical underwriting with clearly defined appetite, pricing, segmentation, workflows, and technology, we are able to scale underwriting expertise while maintaining discipline and speed. Our team is comprised of individuals who act with determination, accountability, and conviction to establish our “right to win” in the SME market.

The Assistant Vice President (AVP), Underwriting – Sports and Entertainment is a market-facing underwriting role responsible for underwriting and managing new and renewal Sports and Entertainment business, developing strong broker relationships, and contributing to the profitable growth and performance of the portfolio.

The AVP will combine deep Sports and Entertainment underwriting expertise with strong commercial judgment and production capabilities to identify, evaluate, price, negotiate, and close complex risks. The role will manage an assigned book, territory, or broker portfolio within established underwriting authority and appetite while maintaining accountability for premium, profitability, retention, rate, and new business objectives.

This position will also contribute to portfolio management and the continued development of Ategrity’s Sports and Entertainment capabilities. The AVP will serve as a technical resource, provide coaching and guidance to underwriters, and partner across the organization to strengthen underwriting execution, product capabilities, and market presence.

• Underwrite and manage Sports and Entertainment business. Underwrite complex new and renewal accounts within established authority, guidelines, and risk appetite, determining appropriate risk selection, pricing, limits, retentions, terms, conditions, and coverage structure.
• Own book performance. Manage an assigned book, territory, or broker portfolio to established premium, profitability, retention, rate, and new business objectives while monitoring performance, trends, exposures, and emerging issues.
• Drive profitable growth. Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities and execute transactions with wholesale and retail brokers while maintaining disciplined risk selection, pricing, terms, and conditions.
• Provide technical underwriting expertise. Evaluate complex Sports and Entertainment risks and provide technical guidance across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, clinical research, healthcare technology, and related sectors.
• Lead broker and market development. Develop and strengthen relationships with wholesale and retail brokers, proactively market Ategrity’s Sports and Entertainment capabilities and appetite, and identify opportunities to expand relationships, submission flow, and conversion.
• Maintain a strong market presence. Represent Ategrity in broker and client meetings, industry conferences, and market events while staying current on market conditions, competitor activity, pricing trends, and emerging Sports and Entertainment exposures.
• Support portfolio management. Analyze portfolio and account performance to identify trends, concentrations, opportunities, and areas requiring corrective action, and contribute to underwriting and portfolio reviews.
• Advance underwriting capabilities. Contribute to the development and refinement of…