Position Summary

What will your job entail

Job Responsibilities:
Directs and oversees the comprehensive underwriting process for both new and renewed property and casualty accounts to achieve and exceed profitability targets.
Partners with executives and business heads to craft a compelling underwriting strategy outlines ambitious revenue targets and market expansion plans.
Translates the strategic vision of the executives into actionable long-term and short-term plans for the underwriting business ensuring teams and functions are aligned across the organization.
Leads the development of innovative property and casualty products within the underwriting portfolio leveraging market insights customer needs and emerging industry trends.
Reviews and authorizes innovative underwriting solutions and structures and recommends changes as needed to deliver business goals.
Supervises strategic initiatives and ensures data driven decision making operational excellence and improved client retention in alignment with Ryan Specialtys vision and objectives.
Identifies areas for growth and cross-selling fosters an innovative culture and drives the team to develop new underwriting practices guidelines and processes for increased effectiveness.
Oversees comprehensive risk analysis evaluates factors such as coverage value location usage safety features to make informed decisions on risk acceptance modification or decline.
Establishes and enforces consistent underwriting best practices within the team aligning with underwriting guidelines to ensure rating pricing profitability and structuring adequacy.
Establishes strong relationships with key brokers clients and other stakeholders aimed at growing the business.
Provides training and mentorship to underwriting professionals focusing on underwriting approaches compliance policy documentation administration and other best practices.

Work Experience and Education:
Bachelors degree or Masters in Risk Management Actuarial or Business Administration required. Any other related discipline or commensurate work experience considered.
12 years of experience in Property and Casualty insurance underwriting.
5 years of management experience.

Licenses & Certifications:
State P&C and/or surplus line license is required.
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) or Associate in Risk Management (ARM) a plus.

Ryan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the vision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions. Differences in race creed color religious beliefs physical or mental capabilities gender identity or expressionsexual orientation and many other characteristics bring together varied perspectives and add value to the service we provide our clients trading partnersand policy extends to all aspects of our employment practices including but not limited to recruiting hiring discipline firing promoting transferring compensation benefits training leaves of absence and other terms conditions and benefits of employment.

How We Support Our Teammates

Ryan Specialty seeks to offer our employees a comprehensive and best-in-class benefits package that helps them and their family members achieve their physical financial and emotional well-being goals. In addition to paid time off for company holidays vacation sick and personal days Ryan offers paid parental leave mental health services and more.

The wage range for this role considers many factors such as training transferable skills work experience licensure and certification business needs and market demands. The pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Full-time roles are eligible for bonuses and benefits. For additional information on Ryan Specialty Total Rewards visit our website provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation at

The above is intended to describe this jobs general requirements. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties responsibilities or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.