Underwriting Director

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The Regional Underwriting Director, Excess Casualty will be a key member of the ICW Specialty's newly launched Excess Casualty team catering exclusively to wholesale brokers in the E&S Marketplace. This director will be responsible for executing underwriting strategy, driving profitable growth, and building a best-in-class team of underwriters. As a visible market leader, the director will cultivate strong wholesaler relationships while ensuring consistent underwriting discipline and governance across the portfolio. This role combines deep technical underwriting expertise with data-driven portfolio manageme

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Equally important, this leader will be a cultural ambassador—fostering collaboration, inclusivity, accountability, and innovation across ICW Specialty. Success will be measured not only by portfolio performance, but by the ability to attract, develop, and inspire top underwriting talent while embodying ICW's values of integrity, teamwork, and gro

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Key Responsibil**

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Strategic & Market Lead**

• ership

Continue to refine and execute the underwriting strategy for Excess Casualty, aligning with ICW Specialty's multi-year growth obje
- ctives.Ensure marketplace is clear on appetite, product design, and distribution strategy across middle market and large account se
- gments.Build a profitable portfolio that aligns with the strategic business plan, goals and obje
- ctives.Identify opportunities for continued product innovation and differentiation, including niche industries, emerging risks, and new solutions for wholesale b
- rokers.Represent ICW Specialty externally with brokers, clients, and reinsurers; act as a thought leader and brand ambassador in the marke
- tplace.Gather pertinent competitive and market information to assist in developing recommendations to evaluating new business and product devel

**opment.

Underwriting & Portfolio Ma**

• nagement

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 in
- novation.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 s

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Team Leadership &**

• Management

Build, manage, and mentor a team of underwriters and underwriting assistants, fostering an environment of learning, accountability, and e
- mpowerment.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 innovat
- ion thrive.Actively recruit and retain top underwriting talent, with a focus on diverse perspectives and grow

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Cross-Functional C**

• ollaboration

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 ac

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Can**

**didate Profile

Experience**

• & Expertise

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 an
- d account sizes.Established relationships with wholesalers, with a reputation of credibility, urgency with a get thing
- s done attitude.Strong grasp of underwriting governance, analytics, reinsurance, and regulato
- ry requirements.Experience building and scaling new teams or product lines is h

**ighly preferred.

Leadership &**

• amp; Cultural Fit

Collaborative: Thrives in a team-first culture, values input from colleagues, and prioritiz
- es shared success.Inclusive: Actively seeks diverse perspectives and fosters belonging within the team
- and organization.Accountable: Demonstrates integrity, transparency, and ownership for decis
- ions and outcomes.Growth Mindset: Embraces innovation, continuous learning, and adaptation in a fas
- t-evolving market.People-Centric: Invests in the growth, development, and well-being of the team, balancing performa
- nce with humanity.Market Presence: Inspires trust with brokers, reinsurers, and clients through authenticity, expertise, an

d professionalism.

The current range f

or this position is

$168,

$301,924.78

This range is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at ICW Group, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors unique to each candidate, including experience, education and the location of the role and considers employees performing substa

ntially similar wor

• k.

WHY JOIN ICW GROUP?

Challenging work and the abili
- ty to make a differenceYou will have a voice and fe
- el a sense of belongingWe offer a competitive benefits package, with generous medical, dental, and vision plans as well as 401K retirement
- plans and company matchBonus pote
- ntial for all positionsPaid Time Off with an accrual rate of 5.23 hours per pay period (equ
- al to 17 days per year)11 paid holidays throu
- ghout the calendar yearWant to continue learning?

*We'll support you 100%

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**ral, state or local law.

At ICW Group we offer a work environment that encourages entrepreneurialism and celebrates success. Our team members are hands-on contributors who are given the opportunity to make an impact. It's our people who make us an employer of choice and the vibr**

ant company w
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are today.

Job Categ
o
ry: Under

writing

Job Type

: Full time

Req ID: JR100894