Assistant Vice President, Senior Underwriter – Global Agriculture Reinsurance

🕒 June 9

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Skyward Specialty Insurance

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2007

🤝 B2B

💸 Finance

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💰 $177.3M Post-IPO Secondary - Skyward Specialty on 2024-05

B2B • Finance • Healthcare Insurance

Skyward Specialty Insurance is a Houston-based specialty insurance group that provides tailored risk solutions across niche and complex markets. The company offers a range of specialty insurance products including transactional Excess & Surplus (E&S), professional lines, medical stop-loss, surety, captives, programs, global property, agriculture & credit (re)insurance, and risk consulting. Skyward works primarily with brokers and agents, leverages technology (including e-surety capabilities) to deliver innovative underwriting and claims services, and focuses on high-complexity, non-standard risks and scalable specialty solutions.

📋 Description

• Perform in-depth technical underwriting and analysis of treaty reinsurance business across the global agriculture portfolio, including proportional and non-proportional structures • Underwrite and price new and renewal agriculture reinsurance submissions, applying delegated underwriting authority and pricing methodologies appropriate to crop, livestock, and related agricultural risks • Review primary policy forms, reinsurance contract wording, and endorsements to confirm coverage intent, terms, and conditions are accurately reflected and aligned with Skyward's risk appetite • Evaluate exposure, loss history, accumulation, and program structure to form a clear, defensible technical view of each opportunity • Provide support for strategic planning and ongoing management of the global agriculture portfolio, including profitability monitoring, portfolio construction, and renewal strategy • Market, develop, and maintain strong broker and ceding-client relationships, representing Skyward in the market and at industry events • Monitor market development and explore trends and cycles in agriculture reinsurance, translating those insights into actionable recommendations • Partner with Accounting, Finance, Claims, and Actuarial on monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reporting and on reserving and planning processes • Serve as a senior technical resource to analysts and less-experienced team members, contributing to underwriting guidelines, pricing tools, and best practices (AVP level)

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in agricultural economics, finance, risk management, actuarial science, mathematics, or a related field; advanced degree or professional designations (CPCU, ARe, ACAS/FCAS, or similar) a plus • Seven or more years of (re)insurance experience, with a meaningful portion in agriculture, treaty reinsurance, or a closely related specialty line; calibrated toward the AVP end for candidates with broader portfolio or market-facing exposure • Demonstrated treaty underwriting and pricing experience, including familiarity with proportional and non-proportional structures • Working knowledge of agriculture insurance and reinsurance products and the global agriculture risk landscape • Strong command of reinsurance contract and policy wording and the ability to identify coverage and structural issues • Proficiency with pricing and exposure analysis tools and strong Excel skills; comfort working with large data sets • Established broker and/or cedant relationships and the credibility to represent Skyward in the market • Excellent analytical, communication, and relationship-management skills, with sound, decisive underwriting judgment

🏖️ Benefits

• health and welfare benefits • tuition and professional certification assistance • 401k savings • elective participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program • paid time off • paid holidays • child bonding leave • other employee assistance