CareerPlan

Head of Wholesale Underwriting

New York CityFull-time$350k–$425k2026-10-19 → 2026-10-22
On-site

Core

Launching a new wholesale-exclusive insurance brand for E&S Property, Casualty, and Financial Lines to define strategy, products, and distribution.

Role type

Senior leadership head of wholesale underwriting

Builds

A new wholesale insurance business unit and brand

Domain

Commercial insurance, Excess & Surplus (E&S) lines

Required skills

Wholesale E&S market expertise, P&L ownership, broker network management, underwriting authority design, team leadership, reinsurance structuring, regulatory compliance

Preferred skills

Construction accounting, finance, or law background

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Define wholesale strategy and product appetite, hire product line leaders, secure E&S capacity and reinsurance, structure distribution agreements, design underwriting guidelines and workflows, own P&L and loss-ratio results, build and coach the wholesale team

Seniority

Executive, hands-on IC