AVP, E&S Excess Casualty Underwriter

Job Description Are you looking for your next opportunity? Our seasoned U.S. Excess Casualty – E&S team applies significant expertise and creativity to complete placements. Leveraging our relationships with appointed wholesale brokers, we provide meaningful capacity, a consistent underwriting approach and timely coverage and claims responses. What will you be doing? We are seeking an AVP, E&S Casualty Underwriter for our E&S Casualty team supporting the West Coast. Our preference is for the position to be located in Los Angeles, Irvine, San Francisco, Scottsdale or Denver. Sompo Insurance’s U.S. E&S Excess Casualty team brings significant expertise and deep-seated relationships with select appointed wholesale brokers. They offer meaningful in-house capacity, a consistent underwriting approach, timely and efficient turnaround, and a seasoned claims team. Duties and Responsibilities: • Underwriting of lead and excess liability business Ability to evaluate all individual risk characteristics to properly determine capacity, attachment point, terms and pricing • Maintain and enhance existing broker relationships and identify and develop new relationships both regionally and outside the territory. • Adapt underwriting techniques to underwriting guidelines and rating plans to write a wide range of account size and operations • Develop and execute marketing plan aimed at retaining existing business and producing new business • Ability to operate and lead a team-based environment which includes claims, legal and actuarial staff Qualifications include: • Strong Established relationships with regional wholesale brokers with ability to move business a plus • 8+ years of casualty underwriting experience • Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year College or University • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Strong analytical and organizational skills • Willingness to travel as needed to support business activities • CPCU designation and/or Surplus Lines license preferred Salary Range: $125,000 – 200,000 Actual compensation for this role will depend on several factors including the cost of living associated with your work location, your qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience. At Sompo, we recognize that the talent, skills, and commitment of our employees drive our success. This is why we offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees. Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance. We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents. Below is a summary of our current comprehensive U.S. benefit programs: Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution Pharmacy benefits with mail order options Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children Vision benefits Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program Employee Assistance Program Tax-Free Commuter Benefit Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits In today’s world, what do we stand for? Ethics and integrity are the foundation of delivering on our commitment to you. We believe that core values drive success, and that when relationships are held in the highest regard, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished. At Sompo, our ring is more than a logo, it is a symbol of our promise. Click here to learn more about life at Sompo. Sompo is an equal opportunity employer and we intentionally value inclusion and diversity. Above all, we want you to work in an environment that respects everyone’s unique contributions – we are passionately committed to equal opportunities. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex orientation, national origin, or age. We are Sompo, a global provider of commercial and consumer property, casualty, and specialty insurance and reinsurance. Building on the 137 years of innovation of our parent company, Sompo Holdings, Inc., Sompo employs approximately 10,000 people around the world who use their in-depth knowledge and expertise to help simplify and resolve your complex challenges. Because when you choose Sompo, you choose The Ease of Expertise™. “Sompo” refers to the brand under which Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based holding company, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, operates its global property and casualty (re)insurance businesses. Sompo International Holdings Ltd. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Sompo Holdings, Inc., one of the leading property and casualty groups in the world. Shares of Sompo Holdings, Inc. are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. To learn more please follow us on LinkedIn or visit sompo-intl.com.