ICW Group

Underwriting Director, Excess Casualty, Construction

ICW Group

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $168,671 - $301,925 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Continue to refine and execute the underwriting strategy for Excess Casualty, aligning with ICW Specialty’s multi-year growth objectives
  • Ensure marketplace is clear on appetite, product design, and distribution strategy across middle market and large account segments
  • Build a profitable portfolio that aligns with the strategic business plan, goals and objectives
  • Identify opportunities for continued product innovation and differentiation, including niche industries, emerging risks, and new solutions for wholesale brokers
  • Represent ICW Specialty externally with brokers, clients, and reinsurers; act as a thought leader and brand ambassador in the marketplace
  • Gather pertinent competitive and market information to assist in developing recommendations to evaluating new business and product development
  • Oversee underwriting execution across all accounts, ensuring adherence to guidelines, pricing adequacy, and governance controls
  • Manage portfolio performance with accountability for profitability, risk selection, and portfolio balance (by industry, geography, attachment, and limits)
  • Identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement or innovation
  • Partner with actuarial, claims, and reinsurance colleagues to maintain strong analytics, pricing discipline, and portfolio insights
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, underwriting audits, and corporate governance standards
  • Build, manage, and mentor a team of underwriters and underwriting assistants, fostering an environment of learning, accountability, and empowerment
  • Set clear performance goals, provide coaching and development, and hold team members accountable to underwriting excellence
  • Model and reinforce a culture where accountability, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation thrive
  • Actively recruit and retain top underwriting talent, with a focus on diverse perspectives and growth mindset
  • Work closely with IT, Operations, and Finance to design and optimize the underwriting tech stack, workflow efficiency, and data capture
  • Serve as a bridge between the underwriting team and broader ICW Specialty leadership, ensuring transparency, alignment, and shared accountability

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree required
  • Minimum 10-12 years of underwriting and leadership experience in casualty insurance, with deep expertise in Excess Casualty
  • Proven track record of leading underwriting teams and managing profitable portfolios across multiple industries and account sizes
  • Established relationships with wholesalers, with a reputation of credibility, urgency with a get things done attitude
  • Strong grasp of underwriting governance, analytics, reinsurance, and regulatory requirements
  • Experience building and scaling new teams or product lines is highly preferred.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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