Jobs at Markel

Lead underwriting operations and strategy to improve efficiency, enable automation and analytics, partner with IT and business leaders to drive portfolio performance, governance, and scalable underwriting capabilities. Oversee process improvements, technology investments, reporting, and cross-functional initiatives to support profitable growth and operational excellence.

Lead actuarial strategy and analysis for the Workers Compensation segment, overseeing pricing, profitability monitoring, portfolio analytics, and forecasting. Partner with Underwriting, Claims, Finance, and senior leadership to evaluate loss trends, drive pricing and reinsurance decisions, and present actionable insights. Manage and mentor actuarial staff and contribute to cross-functional strategic initiatives.

Define AI technology strategy and lead delivery of reusable, scalable enterprise AI platforms (LLMs, MLOps, observability). Align investments with governance and risk, engage executives, measure business impact, and grow a small AI engineering team to accelerate responsible adoption across business units.

Develop and revise insurance policy forms and endorsements, ensure regulatory compliance, research competitor forms, support filings and implementations, lead form-related projects, train and mentor team members, and provide underwriting and regulatory support.

The Sr. Director of National Business Development develops business strategies, manages relationships with brokers, and drives growth for Markel Specialty. This role involves leading broker compensation programs and ensuring collaboration with internal teams.

Lead advanced actuarial analyses for pricing and reserving decisions in Professional Lines, collaborating with teams to influence business strategy and support profitability.

The AI Workforce Enablement Lead promotes AI adoption within an organization by developing training materials, facilitating hands-on learning, and supporting communities of practice. The role involves gathering feedback and tracking metrics to enhance programs while ensuring compliant AI use.

Lead portfolio management and analytics for US Wholesale & Specialty; partner with underwriting, actuarial, and claims to build and deploy predictive models, monitor portfolio performance, drive underwriting actions, prioritize analytics projects, and enable adoption through training and stakeholder engagement.

Provide day-to-day underwriting support by servicing agents/brokers, gathering and verifying information, processing routine transactions under underwriter direction, maintaining follow-up systems, and participating in process improvement and special projects to ensure timely, compliant service.

Handle moderate-to-high complexity ocean marine bodily injury and property claims from coverage review through liability and quantum analysis. Manage vendors and outside counsel, set reserves, negotiate settlements, present to senior leaders, travel for mediations/trials, and provide mentorship and technical training to colleagues while meeting service-level agreements.

The Senior Actuarial Analyst will conduct analyses, provide actuarial insights, mentor junior actuaries, and influence management decisions in underwriting and profitability.

Manage a team of commercial production underwriters for Cyber/E&O, execute strategic plans, meet regional goals and metrics, support sales/marketing, recruit and develop underwriting talent, improve workflows and ensure compliance with underwriting policies.