Liability Zone Leader - South

About the role

The North American Liability team offers a wide range of liability insurance solutions, including National Accounts Excess, Multinational, Reverse Flow, Environmental Liability, and some Primary General Liability in the United States and Canada. The Liability Zone Leader – South will lead a team of underwriters and team leads to underwrite profitable new and renewal business, manage large/critical accounts, and develop strong relationships with brokers and clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of underwriters/team leads to underwrite profitable new and renewal business to meet Liability targets regionally and/or globally;
• Lead team in negotiating participation, pricing and terms and conditions for large/critical clients;
• Take ownership of large/critical accounts/clients and will have ultimate responsibility for accounts within the team;
• Lead and manage a team, including training and development and act as the referral point for other underwriters;
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with brokers and clients.

Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in underwriting profitable Liability business, including specialized expert understanding of sub-LoB products and portfolio;
• Recognized, well-established long-term relationship building with brokers at peer group level and within the local market;
• Specialized understanding of regional/local Liability insurance markets and competitor landscape, including global elements;
• Understanding of legal and regulatory framework;
• Ability to assess risk inherent exposures and natural hazards relevant to Liability;
• Ability to analyze current performance against benchmarks applying how the market operates and functions, the business needs and customer needs;
• Experience designing, developing and implementing consistent, robust wordings;
• Roybust understanding of policy administration life cycle, information collection, policy issuance, premium bookings, credit control, and cancellation;
• Ability to analyze highly complex data, from multiple sources, in detail, identifying and resolving issues before they transpire;
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with an ability to influence others;
• Experience with MS Office tools;
• Significant experience in leadership and development of direct teams, including coaching, mentoring and developing team members and performance assessment;
• Ability to persuade and motivate others to act, without executive authority;
• A deep knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), with the ability to leverage AI-driven insights to shape strategic decisions and drive innovation across the organization;
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Economics, Finance, Insurance Management or Business Administration.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employment-based sponsorship.

Skills

• Underwriting profitable Liability business;
• Relationship building with brokers;
• Understanding of regional/local Liability insurance markets;
• Legal and regulatory framework;
• Assessing risk inherent exposures and natural hazards;
• Designing, developing and implementing consistent, robust wordings;
• Policy administration life cycle;
• Analyzing complex data;
• Communications skills;
• Leadership and development of direct teams;
• Leveraging AI-driven insights;
• Knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

Benefits

• Annualized base pay range for this role is $180,000 - $215,000.
• Comprehensive compensation and highly rated benefits programs, including a generous bonus scheme and pension.
• Career development and digital learning programs, as well as international career mobility.
• Flexible working arrangements, including support for flexible working, health and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), and help for returning from career breaks.
• Opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive and sustainable.

Pay

• $180,000 - $215,000 annually.

Schedule

• Full-time.