Underwriting Director, Excess Casualty, Construction

Job Description: • Continue to refine and execute the underwriting strategy for Excess Casualty, aligning with ICW Specialty’s multi-year growth objectives • Ensure marketplace is clear on appetite, product design, and distribution strategy across middle market and large account segments • Build a profitable portfolio that aligns with the strategic business plan, goals and objectives • Identify opportunities for continued product innovation and differentiation, including niche industries, emerging risks, and new solutions for wholesale brokers • Represent ICW Specialty externally with brokers, clients, and reinsurers; act as a thought leader and brand ambassador in the marketplace • Gather pertinent competitive and market information to assist in developing recommendations to evaluating new business and product development • Oversee underwriting execution across all accounts, ensuring adherence to guidelines, pricing adequacy, and governance controls • Manage portfolio performance with accountability for profitability, risk selection, and portfolio balance (by industry, geography, attachment, and limits) • Identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement or innovation • Partner with actuarial, claims, and reinsurance colleagues to maintain strong analytics, pricing discipline, and portfolio insights • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, underwriting audits, and corporate governance standards • Build, manage, and mentor a team of underwriters and underwriting assistants, fostering an environment of learning, accountability, and empowerment • Set clear performance goals, provide coaching and development, and hold team members accountable to underwriting excellence • Model and reinforce a culture where accountability, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation thrive • Actively recruit and retain top underwriting talent, with a focus on diverse perspectives and growth mindset • Work closely with IT, Operations, and Finance to design and optimize the underwriting tech stack, workflow efficiency, and data capture • Serve as a bridge between the underwriting team and broader ICW Specialty leadership, ensuring transparency, alignment, and shared accountability Requirements: • Bachelors degree required • Minimum 10-12 years of underwriting and leadership experience in casualty insurance, with deep expertise in Excess Casualty • Proven track record of leading underwriting teams and managing profitable portfolios across multiple industries and account sizes • Established relationships with wholesalers, with a reputation of credibility, urgency with a get things done attitude • Strong grasp of underwriting governance, analytics, reinsurance, and regulatory requirements • Experience building and scaling new teams or product lines is highly preferred. Benefits: • Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans • 401K retirement plan and company match • Bonus potential for all positions • Paid Time Off • Paid holidays throughout the calendar year • 100% support for continuing education Apply tot his job

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