Underwriting Director, Excess Casualty

Burns & Wilcox is seeking a strategic, results-driven Director to lead our specialized Excess Casualty facility, a unique market leader staffed by experts with exclusive underwriting authority to quote, bind, issue and endorse policies on non-admitted paper. This high-impact role will drive profitable growth, uphold underwriting excellence and reinforce our position as the go-to destination for complex Excess Casualty risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a specialized Excess Casualty underwriting team, fostering a culture of expertise, collaboration and high performance
• Set and execute the underwriting strategy for our exclusive non-admitted product, ensuring profitability, competitiveness and alignment with corporate goals
• Oversee broad underwriting authority and ensure adherence to facility-specific guidelines, authority levels and risk appetite
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Burns & Wilcox production teams, brokers/agents and carrier partners to drive new business and expand market share
• Monitor market trends, competitive activity and emerging risks to adapt strategies and capture new opportunities
• Partner with marketing and other business units to enhance product offerings and operational efficiencies
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, internal controls and corporate policies

Qualifications

• 10+ years of underwriting experience in Casualty or Excess Casualty, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of wholesale insurance markets, excess and specialty products
• Demonstrated success in leading high-performing teams and driving profitable growth
• Insurance license, CPCU, CIC or comparable designations preferred
• Excellent analytical, negotiation and communication skills
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence/motivate at all levels, internally and externally
• Willingness to travel at least 25% of job time. This includes travel to carrier partners, B&W offices, industry events, etc.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Employer paid continuing education courses and designations via access to Kaufman Institute
• Health and welfare benefits including medical, vision and dental
• 401K with employer match
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Access to Kaufman Wellness Program
• Flexible and hybrid work options

About Our Company

Burns & Wilcox, the flagship organization of H.W. Kaufman Group, is North America’s leading wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager. Burns & Wilcox offers wide ranging and comprehensive solutions to serve retail insurance brokers and agents of all sizes, from the large houses to the more than 30,000 independent brokers and agents worldwide. Fueled by its freedom from Wall Street and private equity, Burns & Wilcox is a privately owned company whose standards of service, depth of market relationships and outstanding talent are unsurpassed in the specialty insurance sector. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

The H.W. Kaufman Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other status or condition protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

In addition, Kaufman will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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