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Ryan Specialty
Ryan Specialty
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
H1B Visa SponsorConstructionConsultingHealthcare
Ryan Specialty is an international specialty insurance firm serving brokers, agents, and insurance carriers. Its work spans wholesale brokerage, binding authority, and underwriting management delivered through specialized managing general underwriters. The company combines specialized insurance expertise with local market knowledge and national reach to develop specialty programs and alternative risk solutions for complex client needs. For professionals exploring insurance careers, Ryan Specialty offers opportunities across a broad, specialist-focused business serving multiple sectors, including consulting, construction, and healthcare.
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Reinsurance Underwriting Director

Lead reinsurance underwriting strategy at Ryan Specialty, overseeing pricing, portfolio profitability, regulatory compliance, and team development. The role also covers negotiations, crisis response, and performance reporting.

USUnited StatesCTConnecticut
$260,000,000 – $325,000,000 / year
RemoteFull-timeLeadEnglish RequiredUnderwriter

Description

  • Build underwriting processes for new and renewal reinsurance accounts
  • Lead the underwriting team and shape portfolio strategy
  • Make complex underwriting decisions, set coverage terms and pricing, and monitor portfolio performance
  • Maintain a diversified risk profile aligned with organizational objectives
  • Partner with claims, product, actuarial, and customer service teams
  • Manage expenses and oversee a prudent budget
  • Apply disciplined underwriting practices to support profitable program results
  • Introduce new methods, technologies, and approaches to improve underwriting
  • Lead strategic negotiations with major ceding companies and industry partners
  • Direct crisis response and put risk mitigation plans into action
  • Report reinsurance activity, performance measures, and market trends to the board and executive leaders
  • Create and oversee training programs for the underwriting team
  • Prepare workflow reports to assess staffing needs
  • Develop employees through cross-training and leadership development
  • Handle escalated calls and emails
  • Assign and direct work, assess performance, recognize and discipline employees, and resolve complaints and problems
  • Recruit and lead a growing reinsurance team
  • Promote compliance with insurance laws, rules, and regulations

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred, with preference for study in statistics, economics, or risk management
  • A related discipline or equivalent professional experience may be considered
  • 12–15 or more years of reinsurance underwriting experience
  • At least five years of management experience
  • State property and casualty and/or surplus lines licenses required
  • Associate in Reinsurance (ARE) or Associate in Risk Management (ARM) credential is a plus
  • Knowledge of ceded reinsurance
  • Knowledge of state-specific underwriting statutes
  • Reinsurance treaty placement
  • Familiarity with underwriting systems and tools
  • Insurance policy review
  • KPI tracking
  • Training and development
  • Property and casualty underwriting
  • Risk management
  • Technical documentation
  • Business relationship management
  • Decision-making
  • Effective communication
  • Problem-solving
  • Negotiation
  • Team management

Benefits

  • Paid company holidays
  • Vacation days
  • Sick days
  • Personal days
  • Paid parental leave
  • Mental health services
  • Benefits package supporting employees' and family members' physical, financial, and emotional well-being
  • Bonuses for full-time roles
  • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities

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