Assistant Vice President, Surety

What you’ll be doing:

• Review submissions and financial requirements to assess risk acceptability in line with underwriting guidelines and standards.
• Evaluate applicants’ financial stability, creditworthiness, capacity, and related financial information to determine bond obligation risk and overall credit quality.
• Apply pricing components, rating methodologies, predictive modeling tools, and underwriting disciplines to price risk appropriately and minimize exposure.
• Prepare and analyze underwriting decisions, rate appeals, requirements, status updates, and declinations to support results across the assigned territory.
• Manage the assigned portfolio to achieve goals for premium, profitability, retention, product mix, new business, and overall portfolio performance.
• Build and manage producer and client relationships by prioritizing resources, developing distributor plans, strengthening pipeline opportunities, and driving profitable growth.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree and AFSB designation preferred.
• Minimum 7+ years of Surety underwriting experience required.
• Advanced expertise in Surety underwriting, including techniques, regulations, guidelines, coverages, and underwriting tools.
• Strong financial, credit analysis, and business development skills, with the ability to grow a profitable book, identify customer needs, and close deals.

Benefits

• Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution
• Pharmacy benefits with mail order options
• Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children
• Vision benefits
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children
• Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions
• Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays
• Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tax-Free Commuter Benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits

Location: This position will be based remote in Minnesota, with willingness to travel to market assigned territory that includes overnight trips.