Executive Underwriter, US Property
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HamiltonE&S property insurance
U.S.-based hybrid or remote roleFull-TimeExecutive
SalaryHamilton offers a competitive salary with an annual performance-based target bonus
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years as an experienced underwriter
- Required Skills
- Negotiation
Requirements
- Have 5+ years of underwriting experience, with most of your career in E&S Property.
- Bring experience with a mix of primary, excess, shared and layered, and quota share placements.
- Demonstrate the ability to produce profitable results in a fast-paced, high-volume underwriting environment.
- Have technical expertise in E&S Property risk drivers, including catastrophe exposure, secondary modifiers, construction types, protection features, and regional market dynamics.
- Maintain established wholesale broker relationships and a track record of developing trading relationships and generating submission flow.
- Apply sound underwriting judgment, balancing analytics such as catastrophe modeling, pricing tools, and exposure metrics with broker quality, account details, and market intelligence.
- Articulate and defend underwriting decisions, including pricing rationale, attachment strategy, and risk selection.
- Manage and prioritize a large volume of submissions with strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
- Demonstrate negotiation skills while maintaining underwriting discipline.
- Work independently, prioritize competing demands, and make timely decisions in fast-moving E&S markets.
- Travel for broker meetings and industry events.
Responsibilities
- Source, triage, and underwrite a high volume of E&S Property submissions across risk sizes and complexities.
- Engage brokers daily to generate submissions and expand trading relationships.
- Prioritize opportunities based on their likelihood of binding.
- Evaluate risks using underwriting judgment, catastrophe insights, and pricing tools to determine structure, attachment strategy, and terms.
- Negotiate and issue quotes using market awareness and competitive positioning.
- Bind and authorize accounts within delegated underwriting authority.
- Attend broker meetings and industry events, and travel regularly to key trading partners.
- Maintain underwriting discipline while meeting production goals.
- Refine underwriting processes, tools, and workflows for a high-volume business environment.
- Assist with onboarding, training, and mentoring new team members.
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