Underwriter - Large Property

AXA Group; Montreal; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join AXA Group as a Property Underwriter, where you will develop and structure solutions for clients while managing profitable business opportunities. This role involves significant interaction with clients and brokers, requiring strong analytical, marketing, and negotiation skills. Candidates should have moderate underwriting experience and a Bachelor's degree.

Qualifications

• Moderate underwriting experience with technical knowledge of underwriting and rating methodologies.
• Some understanding of global and domestic property underwriting.
• Large account experience and HPR background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop tailor-made solutions and procure new business opportunities.
• Evaluate risk premiums and manage implementation of accounts.
• Advise clients on insurance and risk management matters.

Skills

Analytical skills

Marketing skills

Negotiation skills

Relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Working as part of the Americas’ Property Underwriting team, the role will be focused on securing and maintaining profitable business opportunities through leading edge solutions for client needs. Therefore, the role requires a significant amount of interaction with Clients, Brokers, and internal stakeholders.

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What will your essential responsibilities include?

1. Develop and structure tailor-made solutions through our risk transfer and service-related products, in accordance with the Property Underwriting guidelines and relevant best practices, to enhance our customer and broker experience.
2. Procure new business opportunities through effective marketing strategies designed around supporting our key brokers, fostering new broker relationships, and meeting with prospective clients.
3. Evaluate appropriate risk premiums by considering the risk costs inherent to the Property sector, reinsurance cessions, as well as underwriting and general administrative costs to ensure profitability.
4. Utilize effective sales and negotiating skills to bring new business and renewal transactions to a successful close.
5. Initiate and collaborate internally with other business units to uncover and pursue cross-sell opportunities.
6. Manage timely implementation of new and renewal accounts, including referrals, quotes, binders, facultative reinsurance, policies, engineering services, in accordance with company standards.
7. Advise, assist, and service clients on insurance and risk management matters to ensure client satisfaction and respond to queries in a timely manner.
8. Coach and mentor less experienced colleagues to develop their skills, knowledge, and competencies.
9. Develop best practices and share underwriting knowledge within the team.
10. Proactively foster positive relationships with renewal clients, including pre-renewal and stewardship engagements, to understand their needs.
11. Lead or assist in continuous improvement projects to benefit Property and the broader organization.

You will report to the Underwriting Manager, Property- Large Commercial, Canada.

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

1. Moderate underwriting experience with thorough technical knowledge of underwriting, rating methodologies, forms, and business processes.
2. Some understanding of global and domestic property underwriting.
3. Large account experience and HPR background is a plus.
4. Ability to develop and maintain relationships with customers, producers, and trading partners.

We prefer candidates with:

1. Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
2. Excellent analytical skills.
3. Excellent marketing, presentation, and negotiation skills.

Find your future

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals, and even some inspirational individuals, we don’t just provide re/insurance; we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business – property, casualty, professional, financial lines, and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.