Liability Zone Leader - West

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 – West will lead a team of underwriters/team leads to underwrite profitable new and renewal business to meet Liability targets regionally and/or globally.

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

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employment-based sponsorship.
• We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time, nor can we guarantee future sponsorship.

Skills

• Experience with MS Office tools;
• 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.

Benefits

• Let’s care about everything that makes you, you
• Let’s care for your financial wellbeing
• Let’s care for your opportunities to progress
• Let’s care for life’s twists and turns
• Let’s care for our society and our planet

Pay

The annualized base pay range for this role is $185,000 - $250,000.

Schedule

The schedule for this role is full-time.