Head of Casualty

Overview

In this role you will spearhead the creation of a new Casualty practice, setting its underwriting direction and appetite from day one. You will build and lead a team, and collaborate with capacity providers to grow a profitable, sustainable book. This is a high-visibility opportunity to shape a strategic line within an established platform, with performance-aligned rewards. The role blends entrepreneurship with platform support to deliver a differentiated, long-term book.

Pay / Benefits

• base salary benchmarked against Lloyd’s
• profit share (company-wide)
• practice-level economics
• profit commission on the practice’s business
• potential for high total earnings
• entrepreneurial support from a established platform

Responsibilities

• Define underwriting strategy and appetite for the new Casualty line
• Build, lead and develop the underwriting team from scratch
• Establish relationships with capacity providers to enable growth
• Manage and grow a profitable, sustainable portfolio
• Collaborate with brokers and markets to secure backing and scale

Key requirements

• Track record of leading and growing a profitable Casualty portfolio
• International Casualty experience (preferred)
• Credibility with capacity providers
• Established broker and market relationships
• Entrepreneurial mindset and leadership to build a practice from scratch

• leadership
• entrepreneurial mindset
• strategic thinking
• Casualty underwriting
• portfolio management
• capacity negotiations

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