Builder's Risk Vice President

About the role

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is a strategic and trusted insurance partner offering a wide range of commercial property, casualty, and specialty insurance coverages. Part of Berkshire Hathaway's insurance operations, BHSI brings its solutions to market with a stellar brand, top-rated balance sheet, and a team of professionals known for their excellent capabilities and strong character. We are a values-based organization committed to diversity, inclusion, and excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead underwriting decisions and drive profitable results with a clear focus on long-term success
• Consistently exercise sound judgment with respect and integrity while delivering underwriting profit
• Technically assess complex business proposals, analyze natural catastrophe exposures, and evaluate peril modelling, together with calculating pricing and defining coverage
• Lead and further develop our existing broker and customer relationships
• Operate in a fast-paced environment with experience to discern priorities and multi-task effectively
• Travel within the United States and to London, UK
• Actively contribute to underwriting strategy and broker engagement with high responsiveness
• Drive team performance by mentoring and developing underwriters, reinforcing underwriting discipline, and contributing to consistent decision-making across the portfolio

Qualifications, Skills And Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in the Builder’s Risk insurance market with an established and proven track record and strong commitment to a long-term underwriting career with BHSI
• Motivated self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Ability to collaborate and work within a wider transatlantic US/UK team
• Congfident communicator with ability to listen, negotiate, and present detailed proposals
• Strong underwriting acumen and attention to detail
• Highly experienced in reviewing policies and evaluating broker manuscript forms, together with a deep understanding of natural catastrophe peril modelling and pricing for multi-year construction policies
• Long term and established broker relationships within the retail & wholesale brokerage community both regionally and nationally
• Willing to travel on business as required
• BA/BS degree qualified. Engineering degree a plus