[Hiring] Assistant Vice President of Underwriting @Great American Insurance Group

Role Description

Great American Employer Health Solutions is hiring an Assistant Vice President of Underwriting to join its leadership team. This position leads underwriting operations and strategy, with responsibility for developing a high-performing team, enhancing underwriting practices, and supporting profitable growth across the medical stop loss and level-funded business. The Assistant Vice President will balance risk selection, pricing, customer needs, and portfolio performance while building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This is an opportunity for an experienced underwriting leader to help shape strategy and contribute to the continued growth of an established organization. This is a fully remote position with expectations of travel.

• Lead underwriting team operations, optimize workflows, and maintain high standards for productivity, quality, and service.
• Develop and implement underwriting strategies that align with division goals, growth objectives, and financial targets.
• Evaluate the quality, volume, and performance of underwritten risks and communicate findings through clear, actionable reporting.
• Make sound business decisions that balance risk selection, premium adequacy, and loss ratio performance.
• Cultivate strategic relationships with internal partners, customers, brokers, and other external stakeholders to support profitable growth.
• Establish clear expectations, provide coaching, and develop underwriting talent to strengthen team performance and succession readiness.
• Ensure underwriting decisions are thoroughly documented and comply with applicable state and federal insurance requirements.
• Lead the assessment of renewals and policy modifications, identifying opportunities to improve performance and mitigate risk.
• Oversee the delivery of exceptional customer service and implement improvements based on service levels, operational activity, and customer experience.
• Maintain and enhance underwriting guidelines, rules, rating methodologies, and procedures in response to business needs and regulatory changes.
• Collaborate across functions to improve underwriting processes, strengthen portfolio management, and advance division initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, risk management and insurance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Generally, a minimum of 13 years of underwriting or related experience, including at least six years of leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead underwriting operations, develop talent, and translate business objectives into effective underwriting strategies.
• Strong knowledge of risk evaluation, pricing, portfolio performance, and regulatory compliance.
• Effective analytical, decision-making, communication, and relationship-management skills.
• Experience in group health, medical stop loss, level-funded plans, or a closely related market is strongly preferred.
• Completion of, or continued progress toward, a relevant professional designation is preferred.

Requirements

• This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits packages for full-time and part-time employees.
• Full-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellness plans, parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement.
• Full-time and eligible part-time employees enjoy Paid Time Off and paid holidays.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Employee stock purchase plan and commuter benefits.