Director, Corporate Underwriting Audit & ERM - Morristown, NJ/Hybrid

Crum & Forster Company Overview

Crum & Forster (C&F), with a proud history dating to 1822, provides specialty and standard commercial lines insurance products through our admitted and surplus lines insurance companies. C&F enjoys a financial strength rating of "A+" (Superior) by AM Best and is proud of our superior customer service platform. Our claims and risk engineering services are recognized as among the best in the industry.

 

Our most valuable asset is our people: more than 2000 employees in locations throughout the United States. The company is increasingly winning recognition as a great place to work, earning several workplace and wellness awards, including the 2025 Great Place to Work® Award for our employee-first focus and our steadfast commitment to diversity, equity and Inclusion.

C&F is part of Fairfax Financial Holdings, a global, billion dollar organization.  

 

For more information about Crum & Forster, please visit our website: www.cfins.com.

Job Description

The candidate will work with the Specialty Analytics department within the Enterprise Risk Management team to support all divisions of C&F with identifying, quantifying and managing their risks. The role will be responsible for continued development of C&F’s ERM framework, with particular emphasis on corporate underwriting audit, exception reporting, aggregation management, and underwriting risk governance. The position will work closely with business unit leadership, underwriting leaders, and senior management to promote a consistent, disciplined approach to risk versus reward across C&F’s nearly $6 billion of annual gross written premium.

 

The ideal candidate will bring deep commercial insurance experience, including either direct underwriting experience or experience in a home office underwriting, underwriting governance, or underwriting audit capacity. This role is well suited for a professional who combines strong underwriting judgment with enterprise-level risk, control, and analytical thinking.

 

What you will do:

• Oversee the corporate underwriting audit framework across the organization, establishing standards, methodologies, reporting expectations, and governance processes to ensure consistent execution across business divisions
• Help establish consistent approaches to underwriting risk assessment, audit methodology, and exception governance across the organization
• Identify, quantify, and manage risks to the organization; engage with a variety of specialist teams and senior leadership to develop and implement risk management strategies
• Support and enhance C&F’s enterprise risk management frameworks, tools, and reporting capabilities across specialty and commercial insurance operations
• Oversee the development, validation, and ongoing enhancement of exception reporting, including identifying opportunities for automation and improved reporting efficiency
• Assist in setting corporate tolerances around aggregations of exposures; monitor reporting of these metrics to ensure corporate tolerances are not breached
• Develop knowledge of C&F’s various business units and products
• Keep up to date with developing trends and emerging risks; evaluate the potential impact of these risks to the organization

What you will bring to C&F:

• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management/Insurance, Mathematics, Finance or related field or equivalent experiences
• 10+ years of commercial insurance experience required
• Direct underwriting and/or home office underwriting experience required
• Strong understanding of commercial underwriting principles, underwriting authority frameworks, and portfolio risk management concepts.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions and influence stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization
• Professional designations such as CPCU, ARM, AU, or similar are a plus.

What C&F will bring to you

• Competitive compensation package
• Generous 401K employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase plan with employer matching
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent benefits that go beyond health, dental & vision. Our programs are focused on your whole family’s wellness, including your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• A core C&F tenet is owning your career development, so we provide a wealth of ways for you to keep learning, including tuition reimbursement, industry-related certifications and professional training to keep you progressing on your chosen path
• A dynamic, ambitious, fun and exciting work environment
• We believe you do well by doing good