VP, Head of Construction Excess Casualty

Title:

VP, Head of Construction Excess Casualty

Company:

Everest Insurance Company

Job Category:

Underwriting

Job Description:

About Everest

Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest) is a global underwriting leader providing best-in-class property, casualty, and specialty reinsurance and insurance solutions that address customers’ most pressing challenges. Known for a 50-year track record of disciplined underwriting, capital and risk management, Everest, through its global operating affiliates, is committed to underwriting opportunity for colleagues, customers, shareholders, and communities worldwide.

About Everest Evolution™

Everest Evolution™ is the Wholesale-Exclusive arm of Everest serving the dynamic and rapidly-growing US E&S market. Everest Evolution™ offers Property and Casualty insurance products across multiple business units, with wholesale-exclusivity for various products within the Construction, Energy, Environmental, Real Estate & Hospitality and Public entity sectors.

Everest Evolution™, a member of the Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest) is looking for a Head of Construction Excess Casualty to join either our New York, New Jersey, Atlanta or Chicago office, and lead our Excess & Surplus Lines Construction underwriting team. The role will report to the President of Everest Evolution™.

The Head of Construction Excess Casualty at Everest Evolution™ will be responsible for the development and execution of the excess underwriting strategies for US construction risks and leading a team of dedicated Construction Excess underwriters to drive profitable underwriting results.

The ideal candidate will possess deep construction casualty industry knowledge, have established market relationships, strong leadership skills and have a proven track record of success in underwriting complex casualty exposures.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• The development and execution of Portfolio Management strategies to drive underwriting discipline and to ensure book profitability.
• Growing the construction excess portfolio in preferred casualty construction business.
• Establishing performance goals and objectives for the underwriting team.
• Cultivating team marketing strategies in conjunction with the Everest Evolution™ Sales & Distribution team.
• Supporting construction industry practice initiatives across the broader organization and other underwriting business units.
• Participating in relevant industry events and conference, leveraging insights to influence and/or adjust team goals and strategies.
• Producing Thought Leadership content around market dynamics and trends in the construction casualty insurance industry.
• Building out the underwriting team through hiring and talent development.
• Working closely with underwriting support functions in Claims, Actuarial and Risk Engineering to ensure effective coordination between disciplines.

Qualifications, Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of casualty insurance industry experience, with construction experience preferred.
• Experience in working on various program types, such as wrap-up programs, project-specific placements and annually renewable contractor programs.
• Prior managerial experience preferred.
• Existing market relationships with construction casualty producers and agents.
• Wholesale distribution experience preferred.
• Strong analytical as well as communication and presentation skills.
• Able to think creatively around risks and program design.

Our Culture 

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

  

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our