AVP – Construction

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

AVP managing technical underwriting and account management for large construction casualty programs at Arch. Involves client interaction and proposal preparation with focus on service delivery.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Assistant Vice President within Arch Construction is responsible for the technical underwriting and account management of large account construction casualty programs.
Solicit and review new and renewal account information required to evaluate a risk.
Identify all potential exposures and hazards in relation to coverage requested and individual risk characteristics.
Assess insurance and related financial risk and structure appropriate loss sensitive program to effectively protect against frequency, severity, catastrophic and credit risk.
Engage other internal resources as necessary.
Underwrite prices and prepare proposals based on objective and subject risk characteristics, input of internal resource team, existing product set and regulatory filings.
Prepare final quotation/proposal and present to producer and/or prospective insured.
Coordinate all administrative duties related to existing and prospective accounts.
Quarterback all post bind activities including policy production, compliance issues, audits and adjustments, legal agreements, receipt of collateral, legal agreement execution, TPA coordination and any other related items.
Together with internal team members, takes responsibility to deliver promised service to customers.
Responsible for the renewal and retention management and manages the renewal process to achieve targeted retention and price change goals.
Initiate, coordinate and conduct a mid term account review.
Develop and maintain relationships with producers and insured’s to achieve overall productions and profitability goals.
Meet with producers and insured’s to discuss individual account issues, uncover critical customer needs and financial buying characteristics; frequent travel throughout the Western Region with an estimated overnight travel schedule of 20% per month.
Develop a strategic plan for positioning and selling Arch at both the producer and the insured level.
Engage and introduce other team members or management team as appropriate.
Develop and maintain relationships with producers to generate a flow of qualified submissions.
Responsible for all underwriting and policy file documentation.
Complete ad hoc projects as assigned by management personnel.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Seven plus years of underwriting experience and/or seven plus years experience in the construction industry and/or insurance industry
Established broker relationships within the Western Region would be ideal
Understanding and knowledge of the intent, scope and purpose of the Workers Compensation, General Liability, Automobile coverage forms and endorsements with the ability to tailor to the sold program design
Possess a thorough understanding of all loss sensitive programs including products, pricing, expensing, actuarial loss projecting techniques, retention and aggregate setting, limit profiles, ALAE, and effective utilization of facultative reinsurance
Understanding and knowledge of exposure identification and analysis
Possess a cross functional generalist knowledge of other disciplines including claims, risk control, audit, premium accounting, finance and legal
Knowledge of regulatory and compliance issues
Knowledge of Arch’s product set
Excellent communication skills – written, verbal and presentation
Sales and Negotiation skills
Be able to provide leadership and support to other team members
Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously
Have the ability to influence without authority and be willing to work in a collaborative and team environment.
Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, Work, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Multiple medical plans plus dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Competitive 401k with generous matching
PTO beginning at 20 days per year
Up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Off
Basic Life and AD&D Insurance as well as Short and Long-Term Disability
Paid Parental Leave of up to 10 weeks
Student Loan Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
Backup Child and Elder Care
And more.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Risk AssessmentLoss Sensitive ProgramsExposure IdentificationPolicy DocumentationActuarial Loss Projecting TechniquesRegulatory Compliance KnowledgeGeneral Liability CoverageAutomobile CoveragePremium AccountingClaims Knowledge

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsLeadership And SupportCollaborative TeamworkAbility To Influence Without AuthorityMultitasking Ability