Head of Underwriting, Remote

Our claims organisation handles more than 400,000 claims a year, including catastrophe response after hurricanes and hail.

The role:

Our team is growing and we are hiring a Head of Underwriting, Remote. We want an underwriter who can say no clearly and say yes with the right terms. Joining the Small Commercial team in Hyderabad. Remote within the region is possible after the first year.

Duties:

• Quote, bind and issue policies within your letter of authority
• Visit agencies to build relationships and explain our appetite
• Document underwriting decisions in the policy file
• Re-underwrite renewals for loss trends, exposure changes and rate adequacy
• Negotiate terms, deductibles and pricing with agents

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of commercial lines underwriting experience
• Comfortable negotiating with agents
• Familiar with Guidewire, Duck Creek or a similar policy system
• Strong judgment on risk selection and pricing
• Clear written underwriting rationale

Preferred:

• Experience at a regional or mutual carrier
• CPCU, AU or CIC designation
• Excel modelling for pricing
• Construction or manufacturing account experience

Benefits:

• Annual salary review
• Performance bonus
• Two weeks of paid leave at year end
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner
• Paid parental leave

Candidates must be eligible to work in India.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Torchway Benefits.