Underwriter Senior - Territory Lead

We are adding to our diverse team of experts and are looking to hire those who are committed to building a culture that enables the creation of innovative solutions for our business units and clients.

Welcome to Munich Re Specialty - North America, a leading specialty insurance provider dedicated to delivering exceptional underwriting, claims, and risk management expertise to our partners and customers. As a trusted industry expert, we offer a broad range of comprehensive and customized solutions, including casualty, professional lines, property, surety, and public entity coverages. With the financial strength and global resources of our A+ Superior (A.M. Best) rated organization, we provide unmatched stability and reliability.

Our team is committed to superior service levels, a distinctive approach to specialty solutions, and a deep understanding of the complex risks our clients face. Join our team and be part of a dynamic and experienced organization that is shaping the future of specialty insurance in North America.

Future focused and always one step ahead!

Join our team as an Underwriter Senior – Territory Lead, where you will play a pivotal role in driving profitable growth, strengthening broker relationships, and elevating underwriting excellence across your designated territory. In this leadership-focused underwriting position, you will manage and grow a book of E&S Casualty business while shaping territory strategy, guiding a high-performing team, and serving as a key market-facing representative of the Munich Re brand.

This role blends deep technical underwriting, strategic portfolio management, and people leadership to ensure strong results, consistent execution, and ongoing development of territory underwriters—making it an ideal opportunity for a dynamic professional ready to influence both business outcomes and team success.

In this position you will:

• Underwrite, market, quote, bind and retain a profitable book of excess and surplus lines business that meets profitability and growth targets. Operate within granted authority and allocated catastrophe budgets and make referrals to underwriting leadership as appropriate.
• Development and execution of production strategies and business plans to implement and maximize growth objectives and rate goals. Coordination with other Munich Re business units is expected and encouraged to offer the best holistic solutions to our clients.
• Measure and optimize portfolio progress by reviewing and analyzing underwriting data and monitoring industry best practices to identify opportunities for continuous improvement
• Cultivate and maintain professional wholesale broker relationships.
• Represent the Munich Re brand and Munich Re Specialty Insurance at client events, seminars, meetings, etc.
• Assistance in day to day operations and projects as assigned which could have client, business group, divisional and corporate impact.
• Munich Re Specialty Insurance / MRSNA is a description for the insurance business operations of affiliated insurers, producers, and related service providers of the Munich Re (Group) that share a common mission, management, operating platform, and vision to offer specialty casualty products and services in Canada and the United States.

• Responsible for monitoring and updating the E&S Casualty unit on the market and changes within your specified territory
• Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture
• Set clear territory goals and strategy, following our territory guidance from Management and CU
• Coordinate all broker marketing visits for the team, and represent the team in all BRL meetings
• Review underwriting account Referrals and conduct two audits per quarter for the territory Underwriters
• Delegate tasks and set deadlines appropriately based on each territory underwriter’s portfolio and broker assignments
• Monitor territory rate retention, production, and loss ratio performance and report on metrics
• Guide and motivate team members
• Development of each underwriter within your territory by evaluating training needs and provide coaching, while working with management and CU to provide next steps
• Listen to team members’ feedback and resolve any issues or conflicts with accounts or brokers; involve management when necessary
• Recognize high performers as well as problem areas and discuss with management
• Work with management during hiring of new territory underwriters
• Train and mentor new territory underwriters; work with management during onboarding
• Responsible for distributing information to team members
• Hold Territory meetings to ensure the group is in alignment regarding pricing and coverages
• Participate in the process of hiring new underwriters and in their training

Successful candidates will possess the following experience/skills/qualifications:

• Excellent underwriting, marketing and analytical skills that have been developed over 10+ years of insurance and/or…