Commercial Insurance Senior Underwriter

2 weeks ago

Old Toronto, Canada XL CATLIN Full time

Job Description - Executive Underwriter, Middle Market (78005857D20240701)

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Executive Underwriter, Middle Market (78005857D20240701)

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Toronto, ON | Canada

As a newly established business division of AXA XL Americas, our Middle Market business focuses on the expansion of AXA XL’s current offerings to mid-sized clients in the Commercial P&C market across the Americas. The Canadian market represents a key growth area for Middle Market and this role will play a key role in building our overall capabilities and driving our go-to-market approach.

AXA XL Insurance is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Executive Underwriter to join our team. This role requires in-depth knowledge and expertise in underwriting middle market complex risks, managing a portfolio, and developing strategic relationships with brokers and clients. The Executive Underwriter will play a critical role in shaping the underwriting strategy, ensuring profitability, and contributing to the company's growth objectives to support this exciting new business.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

  1. Risk Assessment: Evaluate, underwrite, and price middle market business within appetite, ensuring compliance with company guidelines and industry standards. Drive profitable premium and rate goals, working with actuarial and claims and successfully delivering results consistent with financial plan.
  2. Portfolio Management: Develop and manage a portfolio, focusing on achieving profitability and growth targets while maintaining an appropriate risk balance.
  3. Market Analysis: Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities, using these insights to inform underwriting decisions and strategies.
  4. Relationship Management: Establish and maintain outstanding relationships with brokers, clients, and key stakeholders to facilitate business development, negotiate terms, and ensure client satisfaction. In addition, identify and establish new distribution relationships.
  5. Policy Development: Collaborate with underwriting teams and Canada Product Line Leader Middle Market to develop and refine policy wordings, coverage terms, and pricing structures tailored to middle market risks. Maintain expertise with products, services, priorities and target markets to more effectively enable clients to uncover hidden risks.
  6. Strategic Planning: Contribute to the development and execution of underwriting strategies, aligning with overall business objectives and market conditions.
  7. Mentorship and Training: Provide expert guidance, mentorship, and training to junior underwriters, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
  8. Compliance and Governance: Ensure all underwriting activities adhere to regulatory requirements, internal policies, and industry best practices.
  9. Reporting and Documentation: Prepare detailed underwriting reports, portfolio reviews, and documentation to support decision-making and provide insights to senior leadership.
  10. Innovation: Identify and implement innovative underwriting practices, tools, and technologies to enhance efficiency and competitive advantage.

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

  1. Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field. Advanced degree or professional certifications (e.g., CIP, CRM) are highly desirable.
  2. Extensive Middle Market insurance experience (e.g., underwriting, claims, or insurance-related business development experience).
  3. Outstanding knowledge of the Canadian insurance industry, combined with in-depth technical knowledge of insurance product offerings. Effective broker relationships within the Canadian market.
  4. The ability to travel a minimum of 15% of the time is anticipated.

Desired Skills and Abilities:

  1. Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to perform accurate mathematical calculations.
  2. Excellent collaborative skills in a fast-paced team-centric environment.
  3. Outstanding interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
  4. The ability to demonstrate critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
  5. Consistently pursue opportunities to differentiate AXA XL in the industry through our offerings and how we conduct business.

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks.

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

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