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About the Role

This role is ideal for an underwriting professional who enjoys evaluating a high volume of opportunities, making thoughtful risk decisions, and partnering closely with brokers to deliver excellent service. The successful candidate will contribute to the profitable growth of the Cyber portfolio by combining strong underwriting discipline with a responsive, solutions-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Review, evaluate, and price cyber risks in accordance with underwriting guidelines and authority levels.
• Analyze submissions, loss history, financial information, industry exposures, and cybersecurity controls.
• Assess account risk characteristics and determine appropriate terms, conditions, and pricing.
• Make timely underwriting decisions while maintaining portfolio profitability objectives.
• Manage new business and renewal opportunities across a broad range of industries and account sizes.
• Monitor emerging cyber threats, market developments, and industry trends.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with wholesale brokers and distribution partners.
• Serve as a responsive underwriting resource throughout the submission, quote, negotiation, and binding process.
• Provide creative solutions and timely service that support broker relationships and business growth.
• Collaborate with brokers to identify opportunities and structure effective coverage solutions.
• Contribute to profitable growth through disciplined underwriting and risk selection.
• Support achievement of production, retention, and profitability goals.
• Identify trends within assigned accounts and communicate opportunities or concerns to leadership.
• Participate in portfolio reviews and business planning discussions.
• Partner with underwriting, claims, compliance, legal, and operational teams to deliver exceptional service.
• Leverage underwriting technology, data, and analytics to support decision-making.
• Maintain underwriting documentation and ensure compliance with internal guidelines.
• Support process improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency and service delivery.

Requirements

• 2-5+ years of Cyber Liability, Technology E&O, Professional Liability, or Financial Lines underwriting experience.
• Experience within a carrier, MGA, wholesale, or specialty underwriting environment preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple submissions and competing priorities effectively.
• Understanding of cyber coverages, data privacy, ransomware, network security, and technology-related risk exposures.
• Experience working in a fast-paced underwriting environment with strong service expectations preferred.

Skills

• Cyber underwriting
• Risk assessment
• Underwriting guidelines
• Loss history analysis
• Financial information analysis
• Industry exposure analysis
• Cybersecurity controls assessment
• Account risk assessment
• Terms and conditions determination
• Pricing
• Underwriting decisions
• Portfolio profitability
• New business management
• Renewal management
• Emerging threat monitoring
• Market development analysis
• Industry trend analysis
• Broker relationship management
• Distribution partner management
• Underwriting resource
• Submission process
• Quote process
• Negotiation
• Binding process
• Creative solutions
• Timely service
• Business growth support
• Coverage solutions structuring
• Disciplined underwriting
• Risk selection
• Production goals support
• Retention goals support
• Profitability goals support
• Trend identification
• Communication with leadership
• Portfolio reviews
• Business planning
• Collaboration
• Claims partnership
• Compliance partnership
• Legal partnership
• Operational teams partnership
• Underwriting technology utilization
• Data utilization
• Analytics utilization
• Underwriting documentation
• Internal guideline compliance
• Process improvement support
• Efficiency enhancement
• Service delivery enhancement

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 2-5+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Equivalent relevant industry experience will be considered

Salary/Compensations

• $140,000.00 - $175,000.00 annually

Benefits

• Paid time off for company holidays
• Vacation days
• Sick days
• Personal days
• Paid parental leave
• Mental health services

About the Company

• Ryan Specialty is seeking a Cyber Underwriter to join our growing Cyber team.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.
• 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.