Director Underwriting

Palms Insurance, a specialty insurer and reinsurer, operates primarily from its offices in Palm Beach County, Florida. With a 35+ year history of underwriting difficult risks, Palms is uniquely positioned to take on the most challenging risk protection scenarios facing businesses today. This position will have responsibility for helping to grow and manage a profitable book of professional and financial lines of business. Responsibilities will also include actively managing key customer, reinsurer, and broker relationships.

About the role

This position will manage a team of underwriters and/or actuaries, and have responsibility for multiple underwriting books of business. This employee would manage customer and broker relationships, and have budget authority over their organization.

Responsibilities

• Manages profitable book of business by implementing underwriting decisions (in compliance with state laws and company guidelines), evaluating results and conducting portfolio reviews
• Reviews integrated pictures of factors that affect profitability, growth, retention prepared by subordinates and recommends, implements and monitors necessary action plans
• Reviews analysis and reports to management and executive management
• Makes underwriting decisions to accept, decline or modify risks within assigned underwriting authority level in partnership with management team
• Executes underwriting strategy, including portfolio management and self-audits
• Regularly travels to key accounts and remains a visible presence in the marketplace by participating in industry events and/or committees
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years specialty underwriting experience
• 4+ years supervisor/management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Certification: American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (AICPCU) or Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU), or equivalent
• Excess and surplus underwriting experience

Benefits

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Relocation assistance provided, if applicable.