Finance role
Insurance CFO Search Firm
No postings. No stacks of resumes. No chasing. You interview a short list.
Financial Headhunters: Hire an insurance CFO who manages statutory filings and capital ratios to keep your carrier within regulatory requirements and underwriting risk limits.
This is what we do all day: recruit accounting, finance, banking and insurance professionals.
No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire.
Need someone now? Call 305-306-4829.
We offer a candidate replacement guarantee on standard search agreements. The applicable period and exact terms are set out in the signed client recruiting agreement.
- CFO (P&C Carrier
- MGA or Life)
- No upfront fee
- Pay only if you hire
- Accounting, finance, banking and insurance
- We reach people who aren’t on job boards
- Replacement terms on standard searches
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What does this hire really come down to?
Your next insurance CFO must align regulatory filing accuracy with your daily underwriting risk. This is not a general finance role where broad corporate experience applies. You need an operator who views NAIC filings as the core output of your business engine rather than a back-office burden. They must calculate surplus and capital ratios accurately while providing the board with a real-time view of your book of business.
Insurance finance inefficiencies often hide in ceded reinsurance contracts and asset-liability mismatches. A functional CFO stress-tests the balance sheet against specific loss events to confirm your company stays liquid during market volatility. We find leaders who have operated within carriers, resolving disputes between state insurance departments and growth-minded underwriting teams. They must define the cost of capital and track every dollar of reinsurance recovery.
Successful insurance finance leaders switch firms when their current role prevents them from shaping strategy or forces them into repetitive reporting cycles. They look for environments where their grasp of statutory accounting drives executive decisions. These individuals sit in their current offices managing audit cycles and filing requirements. You gain a partner who turns your finance group from a reporting unit into a tool for business growth.
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What do we check before you see anyone?
- 01We verify they have personally signed off on NAIC annual and quarterly statements for companies with comparable lines of business and capital structures.
- 02We confirm they distinguish between Statutory Accounting Principles and GAAP by asking how they handle reconciliation gaps in multi-state carrier setups.
- 03We ask them to walk through a specific AM Best or rating agency review to see how they organized data and handled analyst questions.
- 04We test their knowledge of reinsurance economics by asking how they managed a recovery that changed their company's net underwriting cash flow.
- 05We review their history with SOX or similar internal controls to see if they fixed documentation gaps without stalling the monthly close process.
- 06We have them explain a board-level financial summary to see if they describe capital allocation without using unnecessary jargon.
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Where do we find them?
We contact finance leaders at regional insurance carriers and MGAs. We focus on controllers or second-in-command executives who have reached the top of their current hierarchy. We ignore public job boards because the most effective CFOs are not looking for new roles. We filter for people who maintain statutory systems and have managed the specific filings required to satisfy state insurance commissions.
We also recruit finance leads from large audit firms who have worked exclusively on insurance accounts. These people move to an operational seat when they want to own the financial results of the strategies they previously audited. They move when they want to control the reporting infrastructure and connect capital management directly to underwriting profitability.
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Which hiring mistakes should you watch for?
- 01Hiring a finance leader from banking or fund administration who lacks the specific statutory fluency required to survive a state insurance department audit.
- 02Choosing a candidate with a well-known resume who has never personally owned the full NAIC reporting process and relies on staff for technical accuracy.
- 03Assuming a candidate is unfit because they lack a specific title while ignoring senior controllers who have built the entire finance infrastructure for a growing regional carrier.
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The search in three steps
- 01We map your specific regulatory and capital constraints to confirm we only target candidates who have managed that exact level of filing burden.
- 02We contact potential candidates directly to vet their operational results and determine if they have the technical stamina for your specific environment.
- 03We present a list of finalists prepared to explain complex financial outcomes to your board and show how they integrate finance with your risk appetite.
How your Insurance CFO search runs
How does The Six-Step Search work?
One sequence, from a well-defined seat to a shortlist you can judge.
Search Calibration
We start with a call about the seat, the books, the owners and the people the hire will work with. We learn what the role must fix in the first year and what would make a candidate wrong even if the resume looks right.
You get: A written search brief: scope, must-haves, deal-breakers and the pay range, agreed with you.
Market Mapping
We map the companies and institutions where the right people already work: similar size, similar ownership, similar complexity, in your market and in others.
You get: The target list of companies and institutions we will search, reviewed with you before outreach.
Professional Contact Intelligence
We find direct ways to reach the people on the map. Most are employed and not reading job boards, so reaching them takes real research.
You get: Direct routes to people who are not on job boards, researched for your search.
Persistent Personalized Outreach
We call and write to people individually and follow up. Interest varies, so we discuss the actual opportunity rather than promising a particular response.
You get: One-to-one conversations about your actual role, followed up, never a mass email blast.
Live Candidate Qualification
We speak with every candidate before you do. We check scope, systems, reporting lines, compensation expectations, location and why they would move.
You get: Only candidates we have spoken with, checked on scope, systems, pay, location and motive.
Candidate Intelligence and Process Support
You receive a short written brief on each finalist covering what they have done, where they are thin and what they want. Then we help with interviews, references and the offer.
You get: A short written brief on each finalist, plus help with interviews, references, counteroffer risk and the offer.
Questions people ask
What is your process for providing a shortlist given the need for specialized insurance expertise?
We provide updates as we engage the market directly. We prioritize the candidate's history with specific insurance filings over a set number of days to complete the search.
How do you verify a candidate's ability to influence underwriting decisions and risk appetite?
We ask candidates to describe how they challenged underwriting assumptions in previous roles. We check if their financial reports helped the team adjust pricing or risk exposure.
How do you proactively mitigate the risk of our preferred candidate accepting a counteroffer?
We identify the specific friction point in their current role that causes them to seek a change. We align the new role with their need to fix those issues.
Is it possible to manage the disclosure of our firm's identity to protect our market position?
We keep your firm name private until the candidate is screened. We reach out to prospects as an independent party so your internal operations remain undisturbed.
Do we incur any costs if we do not hire a candidate from your shortlist?
Our fee is tied to the successful hire of an executive we present. We do not charge for the search process if you do not hire anyone.
What is your guarantee?
We offer a candidate replacement guarantee on standard search agreements. The applicable period and exact terms are set out in the signed client recruiting agreement.
What don't you do?
We do not post your Insurance CFO job and forward whoever applies. We do not send stacks of unscreened resumes, and we do not recruit outside accounting, finance, banking and insurance.
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No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire.
We offer a candidate replacement guarantee on standard search agreements. The applicable period and exact terms are set out in the signed client recruiting agreement.
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What does the published pay data show?
$166,570 national annual median. SOC 11-3031: Financial Managers.
BLS reports Insurance CFO within a broader occupation. It does not publish separate wages for this exact title, credentials, seniority or industry. Compare the listed SOC duties with your actual role before using this range.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Released 2026-05-15. This is not a separately measured salary for this exact title.
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