助理副总裁 或 高级承保人，全球农业再保险
Assistant Vice President OR Senior Underwriter, Global Agriculture Reinsurance
Skyward Specialty 是一家总部位于德克萨斯州休斯顿的快速发展的专业财产及责任保险公司。我们在九个专业承保部门提供定制化解决方案，企业文化建立在深厚的技术专长、果断的承保决策以及长期的经纪商和客户关系之上。我们的全球农业部门承保全球范围的农业再保险组合，与多个地区的分出公司和再保险经纪商合作，通过精心设计的条款方案支持粮食和农业经济。
职位概述
助理副总裁或高级承保人，全球农业再保险是一个高级技术承保职位，负责支持、扩展、维护和管理 Skyward 的全球农业再保险组合。该职位负责承保和定价新的和续期的条款提案，制定组合策略，并代表 Skyward 与经纪商和分出公司客户在再保险市场中进行沟通。
这是一个高权威的个人贡献者职位，适合有经验的（再）保险专业人士，他们最擅长评估复杂的条款业务，形成可辩护的技术风险观点，并建立持久的经纪商和客户关系。根据候选人的经验和承保权限，该职位可在高级承保人或助理副总裁级别进行任命。该职位向全球农业部负责人汇报，并与精算、理赔、财务和会计部门密切合作。
主要职责
- 对全球农业组合中的条款再保险业务进行深入的技术承保和分析，包括比例和非比例结构。
- 承保和定价新的和续期的农业再保险提案，应用适用于作物、牲畜和相关农业风险的授权承保权限和定价方法。
- 审查原始保单格式、再保险合同措辞和附加条款，确保保障意图、条款和条件准确反映并符合 Skyward 的风险偏好。
- 评估风险敞口、损失历史、累积情况和计划结构，形成对每个机会清晰且可辩护的技术观点。
- 支持全球农业组合的战略规划和持续管理，包括盈利能力监控、组合构建和续期策略。
- 市场推广、开发和维护再保险业务，与经纪商和客户建立合作关系。
查看英文原文
Skyward Specialty is a rapidly growing specialty Property & Casualty insurance carrier headquartered in Houston, Texas. We deliver tailored solutions across nine specialized underwriting divisions, with a culture grounded in deep technical expertise, decisive underwriting, and long-term broker and client relationships. Our Global Agriculture division underwrites a worldwide portfolio of agriculture reinsurance, partnering with cedants and reinsurance brokers across multiple territories to support food and farm economies through thoughtfully structured treaty solutions.
Position Summary
The Assistant Vice President OR Senior Underwriter, Global Agriculture Reinsurance is a senior technical underwriting role responsible for supporting, expanding, maintaining, and managing Skyward's global portfolio of agriculture reinsurance. The role underwrites and prices new and renewal treaty submissions, shapes portfolio strategy, and represents Skyward in the reinsurance market with brokers and ceding company clients.
This is a high-authority individual-contributor position for a proven (re)insurance professional who is at their best evaluating complex treaty business, forming a defensible technical view of risk, and building durable broker and client relationships. The role can be filled at the Senior Underwriter or Assistant Vice President level depending on the candidate's experience and underwriting authority. It reports to the Head of Global Agriculture and partners closely with Actuarial, Claims, Finance, and Accounting.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform in-depth technical underwriting and analysis of treaty reinsurance business across the global agriculture portfolio, including proportional and non-proportional structures.
- Underwrite and price new and renewal agriculture reinsurance submissions, applying delegated underwriting authority and pricing methodologies appropriate to crop, livestock, and related agricultural risks.
- Review primary policy forms, reinsurance contract wording, and endorsements to confirm coverage intent, terms, and conditions are accurately reflected and aligned with Skyward's risk appetite.
- Evaluate exposure, loss history, accumulation, and program structure to form a clear, defensible technical view of each opportunity.
- Provide support for strategic planning and ongoing management of the global agriculture portfolio, including profitability monitoring, portfolio construction, and renewal strategy.
- Market, develop, and maintain strong broker and ceding-client relationships, representing Skyward in the market and at industry events.
- Monitor market development and explore trends and cycles in agriculture reinsurance, translating those insights into actionable recommendations.
- Partner with Accounting, Finance, Claims, and Actuarial on monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reporting and on reserving and planning processes.
- Serve as a senior technical resource to analysts and less-experienced team members, contributing to underwriting guidelines, pricing tools, and best practices (AVP level).
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in agricultural economics, finance, risk management, actuarial science, mathematics, or a related field; advanced degree or professional designations (CPCU, ARe, ACAS/FCAS, or similar) a plus.
- Seven or more years of (re)insurance experience, with a meaningful portion in agriculture, treaty reinsurance, or a closely related specialty line; calibrated toward the AVP end for candidates with broader portfolio or market-facing exposure.
- Demonstrated treaty underwriting and pricing experience, including familiarity with proportional and non-proportional structures.
- Working knowledge of agriculture insurance and reinsurance products and the global agriculture risk landscape.
- Strong command of reinsurance contract and policy wording and the ability to identify coverage and structural issues.
- Proficiency with pricing and exposure analysis tools and strong Excel skills; comfort working with large data sets.
- Established broker and/or cedant relationships and the credibility to represent Skyward in the market.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and relationship-management skills, with sound, decisive underwriting judgment.
Travel
This role involves periodic domestic and international travel for client and broker meetings, industry conferences, and market events (estimated 15–25%).
Compensation & Benefits
The applicable base salary for this opportunity is $125,000 - $175,000. The base pay offered will be determined by factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. In addition to the base salary, this opportunity may be eligible for performance-based incentives. We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition and professional certification assistance, 401k savings, elective participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program, paid time off, paid holidays, and child bonding leave, as well as other employee assistance.
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