AVP, E&S Brokerage Underwriting (Hybrid)

Plays a key role in the growth, profitability, and agency management of the E&S business underwriting functions. Leads, develops, coaches and provides feedback to the team, coordinating their activities that align with company goals and initiatives. Assists in the development of forms and rates for product development. Partner with E&S Senior Leadership, Underwriting Managers, Legal and Claims providing market intelligence and line expertise to grow profitable business across multiple segments and lines. Assists in Product Change Management and Exception management. Proactively manage line of business results by identifying positive and negative trends and recommending strategies to improve performance.

• Ensures department's compliance with company underwriting philosophy and procedures as well as communicating, coordinating and enforcing short and long term strategic initiatives are on track and implemented within the underwriting department.
• Responsible for executing monthly and quarterly reports for management reflective of premium and profitability drivers, strategic performance developments and identifying key trends and emerging concerns. Participates with senior management in annual meetings, producer council meetings, internal and key external conferences providing insight and analysis of market trends and developments.
• Works with VP of Underwriting to prepare premium plan budget. Evaluates market conditions, line of business and segment profitability, retention, rate, diversification and market planning to ensure profitable growth. Provides analysis of all premium plan budget variances. Identifies and implements needed actions.
• Build and develop and effective management team, executing consistent agency management practices through staff.
• Provides continuous updates and communicates expectations related to production/profitability goals achieving those goals through actionable items for short and long-term initiatives.
• Recommends and oversees training and development of staff ensuring continuous talent development and groom staff for larger responsibilities. Evaluates and gives guidance to staff on an on-going basis as to their abilities and duties and makes personnel recommendations to ensure proper and optimum use of personnel.
• Evaluates personnel for underwriting authority and insures they are in compliance with those authority levels
• Develop and maintain key agent relationships at a leadership level. Identify and monitor key internal and external factors that could influence business performance while evaluating and recommending new or evolving business opportunities.
• Recommend insights from this information that may be incorporated into strategic and operational plans.
• Utilizes underwriting expertise to work with the Product Development, Claims and Legal Teams in determining the most appropriate solution or course of action of their analysis of existing manuscript endorsements, underwriting guidance or other business needs.
• Responsible for the coordination of claim reformation process for VP Underwriting consumption and approval to move forward to the reformation committee.
• Responsible for the management of the exception log as to individual relevancy over time making recommendations for continuation or dissolution that is in support of premium and profitability goals.
• Testifies in court and/or participates in the taking of depositions as needed on claims or coverage issues.

• An understanding of financial and accounting concepts and modeling techniques.
• Exposure to project management concepts or project management designations. Formal project management skills including experience managing large projects is preferred.
• Must demonstrate the ability to analyze problems, probe facts, identify and question assumptions and analyze issues from different perspective.
• Highly motivated self-starter with an ability to effectively manage a range of projects in an environment with changing priorities.
• Exhibit flexibility working in a fast-paced environment requiring quick response.
• Must have demonstrated effective analytical, communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Must be detail-oriented with a heavy customer service focus.
• College degree in Business Management, Risk Management, Accounting or Finance preferred.
• PMP or other project management certification or experience a plus.
• Managerial experience also a plus.