Lead P&C Underwriter
Job Title: Lead Property & Casualty Underwriter
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
Company Summary
A multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm with established platforms across real estate, corporate credit, equities, and insurance solutions is launching an affiliated property & casualty insurance carrier. The platform is designed to support a large institutional real estate portfolio, with a disciplined, long-term underwriting strategy focused on risk selection, portfolio performance, and alignment with asset-level exposures.
This is a ground-up build within a well-capitalized organization, offering direct visibility into real estate assets and the opportunity to help shape underwriting philosophy, guidelines, and growth strategy from inception.
Key Responsibilities
- Underwrite, price, structure, and issue commercial property policies, with a focus on complex real estate-related risks
* Serve as the primary underwriting partner to internal real estate stakeholders during acquisitions, financing events, and asset-level changes
* Evaluate risks based on construction, occupancy, geographic exposure, catastrophe exposure, and loss history
* Establish and refine underwriting guidelines, appetite, and authority as the platform scales
* Partner with brokers, reinsurers, and leadership to structure programs and optimize portfolio performance
* Provide insight into emerging risks and contribute to long-term portfolio strategy
* Support the build-out of underwriting processes, systems, and best practices within a new carrier environment
Key Requirements
- 8+ years of Property & Casualty insurance experience
* Strong commercial property underwriting background
* Carrier-side experience (P&C carrier, Lloyd's syndicate, MGA, or specialty insurer)
* Experience underwriting complex commercial or real estate-related property risks
* Proven ability to operate in a hands-on, senior underwriting role
* Based in or currently working in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area
Compensation: Competitive base salary with performance-based bonus (no set range)
If you meet these requirements and are interested in building a high-impact underwriting platform from the ground up, apply today.
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