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Founding Wholesale Broker - Casualty and Excess

Hedge (YC P26) · San Francisco, CA · 2 days ago
On-siteFinance$125k–$250k/yrFull-time

About the role

You will combine retail-agency relationships, market judgment, placement craft, and relentless follow-through to produce durable revenue in general liability, excess, umbrella, and complex casualty risks.

Compensation And Upside Target

  • OTE is $500K.
  • Base salary is $125K-$250K, creating a target cash range of $475K-$600K across the base range.
  • Target variable compensation is $350K at $5M in annual new bound premium, with uncapped accelerators above target.
  • Equity is 0.50% at hire, with up to an additional 0.25% performance grant.

What You Will Own

  • Build a focused retail-agency pipeline in casualty and excess.
  • Qualify risks, shape submissions, and select the right markets for each opportunity.
  • Negotiate terms, explain tradeoffs, and drive placements from intake through bind.
  • Maintain disciplined pipeline, renewal, and revenue forecasting.
  • Turn placement knowledge into repeatable playbooks and product feedback.

Who Thrives Here

  • You have at least three years of brokerage, underwriting, or closely related experience in casualty and excess.
  • You have a strong network, sharp market judgment, and the operating discipline to manage details without losing commercial momentum.

WORK MODEL

  • This role is based in San Francisco and works in person with the team six days a week.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

  • Application review.
  • A focused introductory conversation.
  • A production, book, and market-relationship deep dive.
  • A live placement working session using a realistic casualty and excess risk.
  • A final conversation with the founders.

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