VP Underwriting

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🦌 Connecticut – Remote

🦌 Connecticut – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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📋 Underwriter

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Great Place To Work

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51 - 200 employees

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

HR Tech • SaaS • B2B

Great Place To Work is a global workplace culture and employer branding organization that provides an employee survey platform, certification (Great Place To Work Certification™), and widely recognized Best Workplaces lists. It delivers research, benchmarking, events, and resources to help organizations measure and improve trust, retention, recruitment, and performance through data-driven culture programs.

📋 Description

• Independently underwrites complex and high-severity professional liability risks within granted authority and established guidelines • Evaluates risk characteristics, coverage structures, pricing, and terms to support profitable and sustainable growth • Provides technical input into underwriting guidelines, policy forms, endorsements, and rating tools • Reviews non-standard or escalated submissions and provides expert recommendations • Participates in claim reviews and applies claim learnings to underwriting decision-making • Maintains accountability for the performance of the assigned book of business • Reviews portfolio, rate, retention, and loss trends; identifies emerging risks or opportunities • Recommends underwriting actions or adjustments to appetite, terms, or pricing based on market and portfolio insight • Partners with underwriting leadership to support financial targets and portfolio objectives • Develops and manages strong working relationships with key brokers, producers, and customers • Serves as a senior technical and market-facing representative of TDCSU • Supports new business development efforts through technical credibility, responsiveness, and consultative engagement • Participates in broker meetings, presentations, and market visits as needed • Contributes underwriting expertise to product development, segment strategy, and planning efforts • Provides informed insight to underwriting leadership regarding market conditions, competition, and emerging trends • Collaborates cross-functionally with claims, operations, actuarial, and distribution partners to support underwriting outcomes • Promotes strong underwriting discipline and consistency across the organization • Demonstrates and promotes TDC values and professional standards • Serves as an informal mentor and technical resource to peers and junior underwriters • Shares best practices, underwriting judgment, and market insights to elevate overall underwriting capability • Fosters a collaborative, high-performance underwriting culture

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) or equivalent experience • RPLU or CPCU preferred • Minimum of 10 years of underwriting experience in professional liability or related specialty lines • Demonstrated experience underwriting complex risks with significant authority • Deep knowledge of professional liability products, coverage structures, and industry dynamics • Strong underwriting judgment and analytical skills • Effective relationship management and communication skills • Ability to work independently and collaborate across functions • Willingness and ability to travel as needed

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Retirement plans • Paid time off • Flexible work arrangements • Professional development