About Mission Underwriting Services
At Mission Underwriters, we provide the capital, issuing paper, and reinsurance access you need to launch your own Program Administrator (PA) business quickly and efficiently. We offer non-recourse capital for qualified underwriters, giving you a manageable risk profile with potential equity upside. By taking care of administrative complexities like compliance, risk management, accounting, and HR, we free you to focus on what you do best—underwriting and distribution. Our turnkey platform gets you into the market in just a few months, minimizing disruption to your key relationships. With access to our network of highly rated issuing carriers and reinsurance partners, you can secure coverage with less stress and uncertainty. Built from the ground up, our purpose-driven technology simplifies workflows, enhances responsiveness, and eliminates the burden of outdated legacy systems.
What We Offer:
- Remote First Work Environment (US Based)
- Life and Disability Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Educational Assistance Program
- Employee Referral Program
About The Role
The VP, Property Underwriting will be responsible for underwriting and producing business, ensuring the quality of risk analysis and decision-making, and adding accretive wholesale broker teams to our limited distribution model.
What You'll Do
- Analyze complex property exposures through research and collaboration with appointed wholesale brokers.
- Produce property solutions with risk appropriate terms and pricing, adhering to Oculus’ underwriting guidelines and granted underwriting authority.
- Develop and enhance brokerage relationships through demonstration of underwriting excellence and service.
- Utilize Oculus’ underwriting tools and systems to adhere with all operational and pricing guidelines.
- Review and underwrite complex insurance policies, ensuring compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
- Evaluate financial statements, loss history, and other relevant data to assess the financial stability and viability of clients.
- Utilize underwriting guidelines, actuarial data, and market trends to determine appropriate pricing and rating structures for property insurance policies.
- Prepare and issue accurate policy documentation, including policy wordings, endorsements, and other related documents, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and compliance.
- Provide risk management recommendations and advice to clients, including suggestions for loss prevention, safety measures, and risk mitigation strategies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or a related field, or 10+ years of related insurance experience, or equivalent combination of both education and experience.
- Strong understanding of ISO policy forms
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in underwriting Excess & Surplus Commercial Property, with shared/layered programs
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years of underwriting ground up, primary, and excess commercial property
- History of underwriting office, retail, habitational, hotel, distribution, warehouse, manufacturing classes of business
You'd be an ideal fit if:
- You have been an Underwriter for at least 10 years in Excess & Surplus Commercial Property.
- You have experience underwriting office, retail, habitational, hotel, distribution, warehouse, and/or manufacturing classes of business.
- You have wholesale broker relationships to add to our distribution model.
- You have been an E&S commercial property underwriter at an MGU.
This is a remote position. Planned, in-office activities may be required on occasion (typically 2-4x per year).
You must live in the United States and be authorized to work in the United States without requirement of employment sponsorship/visa.