We're hiring a Senior Underwriter to evaluate, price, and bind property and weather-related risks across our insurance and reinsurance portfolio, with a focus on wildfire. You'll own submissions from first look through bind, working closely with brokers, our data science team, and capacity partners. This role suits someone who understands property cat risk, is comfortable with data-driven pricing, and wants to help shape how a growing property and casualty insurance business underwrites.
What You'll Be Doing
Assist with and lead insurance and reinsurance underwriting, including risk selection and aggregate management.
Focus on growing our commercial book in admitted and surplus lines, including parametric
Develop market distribution channels and build strong relationships with wholesale and retail brokers to grow a quality book of business.
Review, analyze, and price new and renewal submissions for property, catastrophe, and parametric weather risks within your authority.
Partner with data science and risk modeling teams to use catastrophe models, weather data, and exposure analytics in pricing decisions.
Structure parametric triggers, limits, and payout terms that fit each client's actual exposure.
Prepare underwriting files, referrals, and pricing rationale for capacity partners and internal review.
Monitor portfolio aggregation, accumulation, and loss performance, and flag concentrations or trends.
Make sure all business is written within underwriting guidelines, authority limits, and regulatory requirements, including surplus lines rules.
Help refine underwriting guidelines, rating tools, and workflows as products and markets expand.
Mentor junior underwriters and analysts as the team grows.
What You'll Need
4+ years of experience in commercial property underwriting, property brokerage, or a closely related role.Solid understanding of catastrophe exposure (wind, wildfire, flood, or similar) and how it drives pricing and capacity.
Experience in the excess and surplus (E&S) lines market, working with wholesale brokers.Comfort working with data, cat model output, and pricing tools; strong Excel skills.
Sound judgment on risk selection, and the confidence to decline or restructure business that doesn't fit.Clear written and verbal communication with brokers, partners, and internal teams.An active Property & Casualty license, or willingness to obtain one within 90 days of hire.
What's Great to Have
Experience at an MGA, insurtech, or other technology-driven underwriting platform.
Exposure to parametric insurance, weather derivatives, or alternative risk transfer.
Familiarity with catastrophe modeling platforms (e.g., Verisk, Moody's RMS) or in-house ML pricing models.
Working knowledge of Python, SQL, or similar tools for analyzing exposure data.
Professional designations such as CPCU, AU, or ARM.
Numbers & Facts
Location
New Yor, NY (Remote)
Skills
ARM (Advanced RISC Machine)unmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Brokerageunmatched
Commercial Real Estateunmatched
Data Analysisunmatched
Data Modelingunmatched
Data Scienceunmatched
Distribution Channelunmatched
Financial Trend Analysisunmatched
Insuranceunmatched
Insurance Underwritingunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Microsoft Excelunmatched
Mortgage Lendingunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Pricingunmatched
Product Pricingunmatched
Property and Casualty Insuranceunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
Reinsuranceunmatched
Retailunmatched
Riskunmatched
Risk Modelingunmatched
SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
Underwritingunmatched
Wholesale Industryunmatched
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