Senior Underwriter - Team Lead, Middle Market

About the role

Are you looking for your next opportunity?

Sompo has a unique opportunity for a Senior Underwriter - Team Lead in our Middle Market Business Unit.

Our Middle Market Underwriting team offers diverse multi-line capabilities targeted at select industry verticals such as real estate, hospitality, financial institutions, professional services, technology, and manufacturing. We work through a network of retail brokers who share our commitment to long-term partnerships built on a strong service proposition.

Location: This position will be based out of our Los Angeles, CA office. We strive for collaboration, which is why we offer a work environment where our employees thrive and develop long-lasting careers.

What you'll be doing

• Demonstrate strong technical expertise in Middle Market P&C insurance, including Property, GL, WC, Auto, and Umbrella.
• Serve as a technical resource and role model for underwriting best practices, collaboration, and broker engagement.
• Apply underwriting tools, discipline, and strategy to ensure guideline compliance and sound decision-making.
• Conduct thorough account reviews and maintain strong file documentation.
• Analyze underwriting decisions, rate appeals, requirements, status, and declinations to drive territory results.
• Build and maintain strong broker relationships as the primary underwriting point of contact.
• Actively market the assigned territory through broker/client meetings, events, and travel.
• Provide day-to-day team leadership, coaching, and development to support underwriting excellence and professional growth

What you'll bring

• Minimum 5 years of Middle Market underwriting authority/insurance experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Proven success underwriting, quoting, and binding profitable business
• Experience across all account sizes and with brokers, agents, and specialty retailers
• Established regional and national broker relationships
• Prior leadership, mentorship, or coaching experience preferred
• Strong negotiation, communication, and organizational skills

Salary Range

$125,000 - $170,000 Actual compensation for this role will depend on several factors including the cost of living associated with your work location, your qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience.

At Sompo, we recognize that the talent, skills, and commitment of our employees drive our success. This is why we offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees.

Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.

We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents. Below is a summary of our current comprehensive U.S. benefit programs:

• Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution
• Pharmacy benefits with mail order options
• Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children
• Vision benefits
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children
• Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions
• Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays
• Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tax-Free Commuter Benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits