Insurance
Organizational Assurance for the Insurance Industry
Rapid technological advances and a global marketplace are transforming the insurance industry. Consumers are demanding better service through streamlined claims processing and online policy management. This evolution has created a global competitive field where only the most prepared organizations will thrive. Through our extensive network, we offer broad-ranging capabilities to primary carriers, reinsurers, brokers, consulting firms, and the Insurtech community, including startups, VCs, and carrier venture arms. Our team lives and breathes insurance, and shares in your excitement for where our industry is headed.
Personal Service With a National Reach
We are dedicated problem-solvers for our clients, especially when it comes to filling the most critical and hard-to-fill positions. We leverage our industry expertise, network, and execution methodology to deliver insights, solutions, and exceptional candidates nationally.
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Connecting the Insurance Industry with the Best Talent
At Smith & Wilkinson, we are committed to transforming the insurance industry, one game-changing hire at a time. No firm is better prepared to navigate the modern talent landscape, helping our clients lead, innovate, and adopt new delivery models and technology solutions that make protection products accessible to all.
Our search assignments encompass nearly all seniority levels and functional areas of the insurance ecosystem, offering our clients and candidates maximum visibility into the talent market.
Sectors we serve
MGAs
Smith & Wilkinson is the premier executive search and talent advisory firm for the program space, partnering with PE-backed and publicly traded MGAs nationwide. We actively participate in the Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA), the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA), and the Maine Agents Association (MIAA). Over the past seven years, we have served as strategic partners for many high-profile recruiting projects across the country.
Reinsurance
Smith & Wilkinson works with several premier global reinsurers, brokers, and their domestic US subsidiaries. We’ve handled projects in both P&C reinsurance and L&H reinsurance, including several large buildouts of subsidiary startups.
Life Insurance and Annuities
Smith & Wilkinson works extensively with mid-sized Life Insurance and Annuity providers and Pension Risk Transfer organizations. We’ve also worked in an executive search capacity with LIMRA.
Property & Casualty
Smith & Wilkinson partners with small, medium, and large P&C carriers across the United States. We are proud to be active members of NAMIC, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.
Insurtech
Smith & Wilkinson works with a variety of diverse fintech/ insurtech companies nationally, Series A and beyond.
Testimonials
As a Managing Partner in the Insurance Practice, Stacy provides professional level, manager level, and executive level search services to Property & Casualty Insurance Carriers, Agencies, TPAs, Re-Insurers, and Insurtech companies across the country. Stacy has partnered with regional and specialty carriers on a variety of hiring initiatives, with specific functional experience in Data Analytics, Technology, Actuarial, and Product Management roles.
Prior to joining Smith & Wilkinson, Stacy spent 15 years making television shows for networks like ABC, Bravo, and The Food Network as a producer in New York City. During this time she cultivated her interviewing, story-telling, and management skills creating prime time, award nominated programs. She received her BA in Communications from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and outside of work Stacy enjoys playing tennis, running 5Ks, cooking, a good pun, and winter beach walks with her husband Nathan and their two daughters- one human and one canine.
Before joining Smith & Wilkinson, Colin spent 6 years in the insurance industry in multiple roles, primarily specializing in Short Term Disability claims. He received his BA in Business Administration from Eastern Connecticut State University. Outside of work, Colin can usually be found running, golfing, or at the beach.
Harrison Hines is an Associate in Smith & Wilkinson’s Insurance Practice. Before joining Smith & Wilkinson, Harrison spent 10 years working in a business development capacity for a national B2B event organizer, serving many different industries throughout the United States.
Harrison received his B.B.A. from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine with a focus in Management and Marketing. Originally from a small town “Down East”, he now lives in Southern Maine with his wife and two young children.
Outside of work you can usually find Harrison chasing his kids around outside, on the baseball field, or enjoying the coast of Maine.
Walker Robinson is a Senior Analyst working for Smith & Wilkinson’s Insurance Practice that is committed to helping clients succeed. Walker graduated from Hobart College with a B.A. in Economics and a minor in Entrepreneurial Studies. Raised in Kennebunk, ME, Walker spent time working on a 58ft Schooner which sailed around the Gulf of Maine before joining Smith & Wilkinson. Outside of work, Walker likes to surf, go hiking with his two Newfoundland dogs, and play Men’s League Hockey.
Program Leader
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- Texas
Posted: 10/15/2024
Our fast growing MGA is diversifying their portfolio and looking for program underwriting leaders and seasoned production underwriters to build or join programs across professional liability, commercial auto/ trucking, E&S property, and more.
Through M&A, this client has capacity and resources day one for program leaders to be hired quickly and up and writing business within a couple of months of hire. If you've wanted to start your own program with more peace of mind and a shorter launch time, this is a great opportunity to pursue.
Strong underwriters who want to support existing and competitive new programs are also a need. Positions are fully remote! Contact Stacy St. Onge to learn more.
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VP Lead Gen/Product Solutions
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Posted: 11/12/2024
Our tech-forward Program Administrator client is looking for an experienced digital product development leader to build out a brand-new, state-of-the-art, lead generation platform and team. This multi-channel lead generation platform will serve their distribution partners and will directly impact their growing $700M+ portfolio.
The ideal candidate has demonstrated success building out first in class lead generation platforms with a strong operational and product development background. Additional experience leading/building contact centers to manage and effectively vet inbound leads is also a plus.
Building this platform from the ground up, this opportunity provides the right candidate a visible and impactful role within the organization with room to grow. This fully remote role comes with a strong compensation and benefits package and the autonomy to build and develop your own product team. To learn more please reach out to Harrison Hines.
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Program Leader
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Posted: 12/10/2024
Our fast-growing MGA client is launching a new program dedicated to Professional Lines, Directors & Officers and in need of a senior underwriting leader to grow the book of business, build a team, and expand offerings.
Capacity, resources, and capital are in place to set the right underwriting expert up for success! Position is fully remote, comes with autonomy on what to write and how to distribute their offerings, as well as competitive incentives/ equity to hit certain GWP goals. No prior program experience is required, but you must have at least 10 years of building and managing large books of Professional Liability/ D&O/ Management Liability offerings to be considered.
Please contact Stacy St. Onge to learn more!
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President of Insurance
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- California
Posted: 01/02/2025
Our client, a first in its class e-commerce insurtech that mitigates risk for online product returns is growing and in need of a President of Insurance to carry out their 2025 initiative of becoming their own carrier.
This role will work cross functionally with finance, legal, compliance, actuarial, technology, and underwriting to transition TPA duties in house, ensure they are running in compliance with US regulations, review and transition their current contracts, analyze claims data and report on performance to senior leaders, hire future insurance specific staff, and support budgeting as they continue to scale.
This position will report directly to the CEO, acting as the insurance SME advising senior leaders on how to operate successfully as a carrier.
The role is fully remote with some travel (about 20%) to their HQ in San Francisco, requires at least 10 years of experience in any mix of compliance, underwriting, operations, finance, and/or claims for a commercial property & casualty carrier, program, and/or start up environment. Surplus Lines experience is required.
This is a great step up for a VP level back office candidate looking for more autonomy in an innovative working environment. Contact Colin Morgan to learn more.
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Technical Product Owner
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- Georgia
Posted: 01/02/2025
Technical Product Owner, remote!
Our successful E&S agriculture MGA client is adding a Technical Product Owner to their Dev Ops team to support the creation, implementation, and post launch of their B2B Saas products, analyzing and reporting on various APIs to a mix of internal departments and external vendors.
You will be hands on putting together technical user story definitions, assessing performance of web interfacing and mobile applications, helping with data ingestion, proof on concepts, and more.
You must have at least 3 years of experience in insurance and preferably a start up environment as a product owner or technical business analyst. Prior B2B Saas product experience is required.
Position is fully remote! Contact Harrison Hines to learn more.
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Claims Manager
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- Texas
Posted: 01/02/2025
Our insurtech client who provides coverage for ecommerce refunds and damaged goods, is in the process of becoming their own carrier. We are looking to fill an in house claims subject matter expert role to help them automate and establish their own high volume claims process as they establish themselves as a full service carrier.
This role will be hands on setting up processes and procedures on how to automate their claims handling, advise on more of their complex claims, grow the team, and work closely with legal, finance, and the co-founders on how to scale from a claims perspective. Any mix of general property & casualty high volume claims handling experience is required, as well as carrier experience, and licensing.
It's fully remote out of Texas or Georgia and a very unique step if you're looking to do something different in the insurtech space. Contact Stacy St. Onge to learn more!
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Chief Commercial Officer
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- Florida
Posted: 01/14/2025
Our boutique reinsurance broking client is scaling and looking for a Chief Commercial Officer to join their executive team. This position will oversee their various broking teams, supporting client management, deal prioritization, and new business sourcing in an effort to diversify and grow their Property & Casualty portfolio within the US and UK.
Position calls for at least 15+ years of experience as a managing reinsurance broker, reinsurance buyer/ risk capital manager for a carrier, reinsurer or large MGA with a history of successful relationships with brokers.
Company is fully remote and comes with equity. Contact Harrison Hines to learn more.
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Senior Med/Mal Underwriter
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Posted: 01/21/2025
Our Professional Liability MGA is growing their book and in need of a seasoned Medical Malpractice Underwriter to partner with the underwriting head of the program to write new business and support future product development and go to market strategies.
Position is remote with quarterly travel to their Dallas HQ. Contact Harrison Hines to learn more.
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Senior Underwriter Excess Casualty
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Posted: 01/21/2025
Our newly launched Excess Casualty MGA client is growing and in need of a senior Excess Casualty Underwriter to join their team. This role will quote and bind incoming new business, bring on new broker relationships, and work closely with the SVP on strategic initiatives.
You must have at least 8 years of Excess Casualty production underwriting experience, servicing $100k premium sized accounts across any mix of industries: construction, real estate, etc.
This team sits in Scottsdale but we will consider remote candidates from other wholesale hub cities as long as you're willing to visit the Scottsdale office a few times a quarter.
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Senior General Liability Underwriter
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Posted: 01/21/2025
Our newly launched E&S General Liability MGA client is adding to their team and looking for a senior E&S Primary GL underwriter to quote and bind new business, build and maintain broker/ agent relationships, support product development, and mentor junior underwriters.
The team sits in the Dallas area but is open to a remote underwriter based on experience. You must be willing to visit HQ a few times a quarter.
If you have at least 8 years minimum growing commercial property and GL non-admitted business, have existing broker relationships to tap into, and enjoy working on a small team, then contact Harrison Hines to learn more.
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Senior Underwriter – E&S Property
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Posted: 01/21/2025
Our newly launched E&S Commercial Property MGA is adding another business line and in need of a tenured E&S Property Underwriter to develop a profitable go to market strategy specific to Shared, Layered, and CAT exposures targeting $10mill limits.
This position will build a book of business across any mix of habitational, manufacturing, hospitality, real estate, etc., support product development, bring in new broker relationships, and identify new business opportunities amongst an existing program.
Ideally this person can report to their Dallas HQ though we will consider folks who can work remote from other wholesale hub cities with quarterly travel to HQ.
Please contact Harrison Hines to learn more.
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President, Wholesale Brokerage
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- Georgia
Posted: 09/20/2024
Our privately held P&C wholesaler in the greater Atlanta area is growing and looking for a President to takeover a team of 10, grow their GWP, expand their territory outside of the Southeast, identify and carry out various strategic goals across existing/ new product offerings, new business/ marketing, and overall operational excellence.
You must have a minimum of 10 years of true wholesale broking experience across any mix of commercial property & casualty/ target classes like contractors, hospitality, manufacturing, and more, as well as a few years of experience of people and operations management.
This is a fantastic leadership opportunity for a wholesale broker looking for responsibilities outside of a production role. Some in office presence is required at their greater Atlanta based HQ though the position can be remote anywhere in the Southeast.
Contact Stacy St. Onge or Colin Morgan to learn more.
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Commercial Auto & General Liability Underwriter
Insurance
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Posted: 07/31/2024
Large Accounts Auto/ GL Senior Underwriter, fully remote
Our successful excess workers comp carrier client is diversifying their Captives business and adding a seasoned General Liability and Commercial Auto Underwriter to their team. This role will handle the production of large market GL and Auto accounts, with MINIMUM deductibles of $250k and up, and work closely with leaders to build out new offerings and go to market strategies.
You do not need captives experience to be considered for this role. A minimum of 5 years of underwriting upper middle market/ large casualty accounts specific to Auto and General Liability in any industry are required as well as a strong track record of managing a $5mill+ book of business on your own. A majority of your account experience must be at a minimum of a $250k deductible to be considered for this role.
Given the Captives unit is scaling, a path towards leadership is imminent for this role so if future management experience is important to you, this is a fantastic opportunity. Position is fully remote!
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Current Opportunities
Program Leader
Posted:
Our fast growing MGA is diversifying their portfolio and looking for program underwriting leaders and seasoned production underwriters to...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- Texas
VP Lead Gen/Product Solutions
Posted:
Our tech-forward Program Administrator client is looking for an experienced digital product development leader to build out a brand-new,...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Program Leader
Posted:
Our fast-growing MGA client is launching a new program dedicated to Professional Lines, Directors & Officers and in need of a senior...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
President of Insurance
Posted:
Our client, a first in its class e-commerce insurtech that mitigates risk for online product returns is growing and in need of a President...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- California
Technical Product Owner
Posted:
Technical Product Owner, remote! Our successful E&S agriculture MGA client is adding a Technical Product Owner to their Dev Ops team to...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- Georgia
Claims Manager
Posted:
Our insurtech client who provides coverage for ecommerce refunds and damaged goods, is in the process of becoming their own...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- Texas
Chief Commercial Officer
Posted:
Our boutique reinsurance broking client is scaling and looking for a Chief Commercial Officer to join their executive team. This...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- Florida
Senior Med/Mal Underwriter
Posted:
Our Professional Liability MGA is growing their book and in need of a seasoned Medical Malpractice Underwriter to partner with the...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Senior Underwriter Excess Casualty
Posted:
Our newly launched Excess Casualty MGA client is growing and in need of a senior Excess Casualty Underwriter to join their team. This...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Senior General Liability Underwriter
Posted:
Our newly launched E&S General Liability MGA client is adding to their team and looking for a senior E&S Primary GL underwriter to...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
Senior Underwriter – E&S Property
Posted:
Our newly launched E&S Commercial Property MGA is adding another business line and in need of a tenured E&S Property Underwriter to...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
President, Wholesale Brokerage
Posted:
Our privately held P&C wholesaler in the greater Atlanta area is growing and looking for a President to takeover a team of 10, grow...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance
- Region:
- Georgia
Commercial Auto & General Liability Underwriter
Posted:
Large Accounts Auto/ GL Senior Underwriter, fully remote Our successful excess workers comp carrier client is diversifying their Captives...
- Practice Area:
- Insurance