Hiring: Assistant Vice President High-Hazard Underwriting Occupancy Specialist - Emerging Risks - Data Centers, Power Generation, Pulp & Paper, Construction Company: FM Location: Johnston, RI Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 13:03:12 Target Skills & Keywords : Microsoft Excel, Risk Management About the job Experience: •10+ years’ experience in engineering and/or underwriting for large accounts including some high hazard occupancies. Required Skills: •To do this well you will be constantly learning and asking questions, collaborating with your team, principal engineers, members of other corporate staff departments, as well as individuals from operations to research and develop underwriting requirements and related procedures. •Provide leadership and guidance to operations underwriters, ensuring necessary support is available and impacts are understood prior to implementation. And from there, support thoughtful underwriting exceptions, ensuring a consistent application of risk selection and underwriting judgment within your assigned portfolio. •In addition, you will travel for 2 or 3 operations underwriting audits per year; provide underwriting training to others, assist in the development of new coverages and products in response to changing customer needs; and contribute your ideas for the continuous improvement of the underwriting process and systems development. •This opening can be based in any of our US office locations and/or London. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree. •High Hazard underwriting authority in one or more industries. •In-depth knowledge of both the physical characteristics of facilities engaged in the businesses represented by assigned occupancies as well as the financial and profit motivations that will likely impact risk. •Strong analytical, problem solving, excel skills and attention to detail is required. •A broad working knowledge of our business, including risk identification and assessment, property insurance coverage, forms, underwriting techniques, company standards and procedures, financial statements, and business computer applications. •Excellent oral and written communications skills to develop and conduct formal and informal training develop clear and concise underwriting requirements and effectively communicate the results of portfolio analyses undertaken Compensation: •$134,080 - $192,700 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!