Insurance executive hiring intelligence, every month

What insurance leadership actually costs right now, who's moving, and where the next executive searches are coming from. Written for the people who sign the offer.

What you'll get

6 things you get, every month

  1. The market read. Combined ratio, premium direction, reinsurance pricing, and life sales, each one tied to what it does to the executive mandate. We report the number and then say what it means for the hire.
  2. Compensation in 2 layers. National base ranges for carrier and MGA finance, actuarial, underwriting, and risk leadership from our own salary guide. Separately, public-company packages pulled from SEC filings. Those are 2 different markets and we never blend them.
  3. Executive moves. The CFO, CUO, Chief Actuary, and CRO appointments announced that month, plus the succession chain each one opens underneath it.
  4. Capital and M&A read-forward. Which closed deals create which leadership requirements, and roughly when those requirements show up.
  5. A regional dashboard. 11 U.S. insurance markets, from New York metro to Texas and Oklahoma, each with the segment to watch and the functions being recruited.
  6. Open executive searches. VP-and-above insurance roles visible in the public market, anonymized and sorted by segment and region.



From the August 2026 edition

  • 92.5% U.S. P&C combined ratio through June 30. Strong profitability raises the bar for whoever inherits the underwriting result.
  • -2.0% Average commercial P&C premium change in Q2, the second consecutive quarter of softening. Attention shifts to portfolio management and expense discipline.
  • $280,000 National median base salary for a carrier CFO. The incoming CFO at one public insurer signed at $875,000 base plus incentive and equity. Same title, different market.
  • -5.3% Net reinsurance price change at the June and July renewals, per Swiss Re. Cheaper protection changes what growth is worth.



*Sources for every figure are named in the brief itself: NAIC, CIAB, LIMRA, SEC filings, and company disclosures.


What hiring leaders do with it

  • Benchmark an offer against the right market. A regional mutual, a PE-backed platform, and a public carrier pay 3 different numbers for the same title. The brief separates them so your comp committee sees the right comparison.
  • Time a search. Executive demand follows business events. Renewals, closings, and CFO transitions all create requirements on a predictable lag, and we call those out before the postings appear.
  • Brief a board. Every section ends in a hiring implication you can lift into a slide.
  • Check your own market. The regional dashboard tells you which functions are being recruited in your footprint this month.



Who publishes it

Lyneer Search Group is the retained executive search firm for insurance, wealth management, and financial services. We were founded in 1993 and we’re headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey.

Every retained search we’ve accepted since 1993 has resulted in a completed placement. 90% of our placements earn promotions within their organizations. Lyneer was named to HuntScanlon’s 2026 America’s Top 250 Executive Search Firms.

We recruit finance and accounting, underwriting, actuarial, risk and compliance, operations, and data and analytics leadership across the insurance industry. The brief is the same market read we bring to those searches.


*Figures reflect retained engagements only. Contract and interim placements are measured separately.


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