Home Office Leader, E&S Casualty

About the role

As a Home Office Leader in E&S Casualty, you will be responsible for the overall performance and management of the E&S Casualty portfolio. You will primarily responsible for underwriting the unit’s referrals, and the most complex new and renewal business within assigned remit. This role will work closely with the Head of Casualty, underwriting team, and supporting business functions to maintain a profitable portfolio while keeping a balanced focus on production.

Responsibilities

• Drive profitable premium and rate goals, working with actuarial and claims and successfully delivering results consistent with financial plan.
• Work closely with brokers and agents to understand the specific needs of their clients and to ensure that the insurance policies offered are tailored to meet those needs.
• Exercise discretion and self-supported judgment in the analysis and evaluation of risk.
• Lead and participate in roundtable discussions on risk assessment.
• Maintain expertise with the products, services, priorities and target markets to more effectively enable clients to uncover hidden risks.
• Represent AXA XL at key industry events and conferences alongside broker partners, insureds, and potential prospects.
• Regularly conduct and take leadership roles in client and broker meetings to educate on evolving risk.
• Maintain compliance with all internal and external underwriting guidelines and legal requirements.
• Drive the overall portfolio management of the E&S Casualty book of business, including managing our aggregate limit across the underwriting book, understanding loss considerations, and helping the organization achieve its financial and operational goals on an annual basis.
• Work closely with the E&S Casualty unit as a referral manager, with a specific focus on complex risks that require additional support.
• Lead profitability reviews and manage the feedback loop process in collaboration with underwriting, actuarial, claims, legal, finance, and other relevant teams.
• Manage field underwriting authority and referral triggers to ensure the appropriate checks and balances are in place to enable profitable growth.
• Create and maintain class specific guidelines with up-to-date industry knowledge and claim trends.
• Partner with our E&S Product team to evaluate and continuously evolve our guidelines and procedures.
• Help develop talent across the E&S Casualty team through technical training, mentoring, and coaching interactions.
• Promote the sharing of knowledge regarding relevant global and regional trends, including claims trends.
• Identify further opportunities for training and upskilling the E&S Casualty Underwriters.
• Own the E&S Casualty underwriting guidelines and best practices in alignment with E&S leadership.
• Provide extensive product knowledge and understanding to effectively liaise with partners in other functional areas, including Risk Control, Claims, Legal, Regulatory & Compliance, and Reinsurance.

Requirements

We are looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience.
• Extensive experience in E&S Casualty underwriting and robust understanding of insurance principles and regulations.
• Outstanding existing marketing relationships with experience in production underwriting role.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain outstanding insured and broker contacts.
• Possess in-depth underwriting expertise across general classes and is able to manage high volume portfolio.
• Demonstrated ability to train, mentor and develop junior underwriters.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to perform accurate mathematical calculations.
• Outstanding collaborative skills in a fast-paced team-centric environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to demonstrate critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication, collaboration and presentation skills.
• The ability to travel a minimum of 20% of the time is anticipated.

Qualifications

Required Skills And Abilities:

• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience.
• Extensive experience in E&S Casualty underwriting and robust understanding of insurance principles and regulations.
• Outstanding existing marketing relationships with experience in production underwriting role.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain outstanding insured and broker contacts.
• Possess in-depth underwriting expertise across general classes and is able to manage high volume portfolio.
• Demonstrated ability to train, mentor and develop junior underwriters.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to perform accurate mathematical calculations.
• Outstanding collaborative skills in a fast-paced team-centric environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to demonstrate critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication, collaboration and presentation skills.
• The ability to travel a minimum of 20% of the time is anticipated.

Skills

Required Skills And Abilities:

• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience.
• Extensive experience in E&S Casualty underwriting and robust understanding of insurance principles and regulations.
• Outstanding existing marketing relationships with experience in production underwriting role.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain outstanding insured and broker contacts.
• Possess in-depth underwriting expertise across general classes and is able to manage high volume portfolio.
• Demonstrated ability to train, mentor and develop junior underwriters.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to perform accurate mathematical calculations.
• Outstanding collaborative skills in a fast-paced team-centric environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to demonstrate critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication, collaboration and presentation skills.
• The ability to travel a minimum of 20% of the time is anticipated.

Benefits

At AXA XL, we strive for market alignment and internal equity with our colleagues’ pay. We offer a competitive retirement savings plan, health and wellness programs, and many other benefits. We also believe in fostering our colleagues' development and offer a wide range of learning opportunities for colleagues to hone their professional skills and to position themselves for the next step of their careers.

Pay

The U.S. base salary range for this position is USD 132,200 – 257,100. Actual pay will be determined based upon the individual's skills, experience and location.

Schedule

Actual hours may vary based on business needs and responsibilities.