Structured Insurance Director of Casualty

Position Summary

The Structured Insurance Director of Casualty is responsible for acquiring, underwriting, and managing structured casualty insurance opportunities for new and renewal business. This senior leadership position for USQRisk oversees the structured casualty insurance portfolio, ensuring profitability and sustainable growth for carrier markets. The Structured Insurance Director of Casualty will lead casualty underwriters and work closely and collaboratively with clients, brokers, carriers, and internal teams to deliver bespoke, technically sophisticated structured casualty insurance solutions. USQRisk is a leading, global alternative risk transfer MGU providing structured (re)insurance solutions for complex and unique risks.

What will your job entail?

Key Responsibilities

• Underwriting & Portfolio Management
  • Report to Chief Underwriting Officer.
  • Oversee underwriting strategy and workflows for structured casualty opportunities, including casualty program business.
  • Lead development and implementation of casualty coverage strategy, forms, and pricing concepts.
  • Lead the underwriting  and development of bespoke structured casualty solutions for complex risks, focusing on profitable growth and long-term sustainability.
  • Together with casualty underwriting team, evaluate, select, and price risks, and develop solutions utilizing structuring techniques while ensuring compliance with underwriting guidelines, carrier standards, and legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Manage portfolio retention, renewal strategies, and active monitoring of complex property and casualty accounts, focusing on portfolio growth that balances with risk assumption metrics.
  • Manage team activity to assure timely review of submissions with casualty team, delivery comprehensive and well-crafted underwriting proposals, and delivery of insurance or captive reinsurance documentation, including rate, quote, and bind processing, premium management, and delivery of policies and endorsements.
  • Lead development and rollout of new traditional and structured casualty risk products, as well as developments of existing underwriting methodology, forms, and structures.
• Risk Assessment & Structuring
  • Lead comprehensive risk assessments focusing on client’s risk, including coverage, exposure, safety features, and industry.
  • Oversee casualty team underwriting activities to assure that individual and group standards are consistently achieved.
  • Determine and implement appropriate insurance and captive reinsurance structures, including setting of limits, premiums, and terms for structured casualty solutions.
  • Lead negotiations of bespoke terms and conditions with brokers while identifying cross-selling opportunities.
  • Analyze, report on, and help manage risk portfolio.
  • Optimize available data to assist in development of strategies and pricing for different risk structures and product types and adjust underwriting strategies accordingly with senior underwriting leadership.
• Market & Client Development
  • Build and maintain long-term professional relationships with brokers, carriers, captive managers, and corporate clients, while enabling casualty underwriting team to similarly manage such relathionships.
  • Coordinate industry events, and Represent the company and affiliates at industry event.
  • Understand emerging market trends and regulatory developments and incorporate recommended and required changes into company processes together company leadership.
  • Develop strategic initiatives to secure new business opportunities and assure renewals to expand the structured casualty portfolio while assuring profitability of the casualty portfolio.
• Leadership & Collaboration
  • Provide mentorship and training to underwriters, ensuring technical excellence, adherence to goals and guidelines, and effective use of systems.
  • Partner with internal teams to optimize processes, integrate new risk solution concepts, technologies, and align departmental goals with global business objectives.
  • Set premium forecasts and budgets, assist in management performance reporting. 

Qualifications

This position requires a proven market leader with deep technical expertise in casualty underwriting and structured insurance solutions. The successful candidate will combine strategic vision with hands-on underwriting acumen, ensuring the company continues to deliver innovative risk transfer solutions to leading corporate and institutional clients worldwide.  This position also requires a candidate with strong management and leadership skills.

• Experience: Minimum 8 years of property & casualty underwriting, with significant exposure to complex/structured solutions.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree required (Risk Management, Actuarial Science, or Business Administration preferred). Equivalent experience considered.
• Licensing:
  • Required: State P&C and/or surplus lines licenses.
  • Preferred: CPCU, CIC, or equivalent advanced certifications.

Ryan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the organization. Our vision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions. Differences in race, creed, color, religious beliefs, physical or mental capabilities, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and many other characteristics bring together varied perspectives and add value to the service we provide our clients, trading partners, and communities. This policy extends to all aspects of our employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, discipline, firing, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms, conditions, and benefits of employment.

How We Support Our Teammates

Ryan Specialty seeks to offer our employees a comprehensive and best-in-class benefits package that helps them — and their family members — achieve their physical, financial, and emotional well-being goals. In addition to paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days, Ryan offers paid parental leave, mental health services and more.

The target salary range for this position is $200,000.00 - $250,000.00 annually.

The wage range for this role considers many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, licensure and certification, business needs, and market demands. The pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Full-time roles are eligible for bonuses and benefits. For additional information on Ryan Specialty Total Rewards, visit our website https://benefits.ryansg.com/.

We provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation at [email protected]

The above is intended to describe this job's general requirements. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.