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Founding Wholesale Broker - Trucking

Hedge · San Francisco - In Office · On-site

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About Hedge

Hedge is a wholesale specialty insurance brokerage serving licensed retail agents and brokers with public appetite, form, and submission resources. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

Hedge is hiring a founding wholesale broker to build and own our trucking practice. You will combine retail-agency relationships, market judgment, placement craft, and relentless follow-through to produce durable revenue in trucking, motor carrier, and transportation risks.

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Hedge is hiring a founding wholesale broker to build and own our trucking practice. You will combine retail-agency relationships, market judgment, placement craft, and relentless follow-through to produce durable revenue in trucking, motor carrier, and transportation risks.

Target OTE is $500K. Base salary is $125K-$250K, creating a target cash range of $475K-$600K across the base range. Target variable compensation is $350K at $5M in annual new bound premium, with uncapped accelerators above target. Equity is 0.50% at hire, with up to an additional 0.25% performance grant.

Build a focused retail-agency pipeline in trucking

Qualify risks, shape submissions, and select the right markets for each opportunity

Negotiate terms, explain tradeoffs, and drive placements from intake through bind

Develop strong working relationships with underwriters and program markets

Maintain disciplined pipeline, renewal, and revenue forecasting

Turn placement knowledge into repeatable playbooks and product feedback

First 30 days: master Hedge's market access, appetite, workflow, and current opportunity set

By day 60: own a credible agency and submission pipeline with clear placement strategies

By day...

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