Risk Control Account Executive - Construction

01460 Continental Casualty Company; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CNA seeks a senior Risk Control professional to manage complex accounts within Construction. You will deliver risk assessments, provide consulting, and drive underwriting collaboration to improve profitability and loss ratios.

A strong background in insurance risk control, excellent communication, and leadership are essential. The role requires engagement with underwriters, brokers, and field leaders, with 20–40% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• Ten years of risk control experience in insurance/risk management.
• CSP, ARM or similar designations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engage with underwriting to drive BU strategies and participate in industry events as needed.
• Optimize distribution engagement with agents and brokers to provide customer solutions.
• Serve as the Risk Control account executive for assigned large/complex accounts.
• Deliver risk assessments and consulting services with field leaders to drive outcomes.
• Develop global account strategies to positively impact loss ratios and profitability targets.
• Support BU leadership with technical risk control expertise and ongoing learning.
• Review and evaluate large risks, applying risk control policies and regulations.
• Present capability, stewardship, and offerings to clients and partners.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external business partners.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Presentation

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Ten years risk control experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Business software

Job description

You have a clear vision of where your career can go. And we have the leadership to help you get there. At CNA, we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important, ensuring the abilities of all employees are used to their fullest potential.

CNA seeks to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to our employees that helps them — and their family members — achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.

Recognized as a strategic expert aligned with Construction Risk Control, the individual contributor is responsible for business results through delivery of risk control services within the Construction department. The role provides the highest degree of technical competency and coordination for large, complex accounts, drives risk control expertise for the most complex risks, and participates in underwriting risk analysis processes.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Engages with underwriting to drive corporate strategies for a BU and engages in industry events, broker summits or account meetings as needed.
• Optimizes distribution engagement, strengthening relationships with agents and brokers to provide customer solutions.
• Operates as the key Risk Control account executive, managing the full suite of consulting services and engagement methods available for assigned accounts.
• Working with field leaders, leverages account-assigned resources to deliver risk assessments and consulting services.
• Develops global account strategies to positively impact loss ratios, new business goals and retention requirements to achieve profitability targets for the BU.
• Supports the BU with technical expertise to ensure ongoing organizational learning, development, and advancement of BU key areas for Risk Control.
• Works with BU leadership to review and direct the evaluation and assessment of large and complex risks or risks with significant exposures. Applies Risk Control policies, guidelines, insurance laws and regulations, and drives the resolution of critical/cost driver Risk Control issues.
• Presents capability, stewardship and other presentations as needed to discuss account management, services or offerings.
• Develops and maintains business relationships with internal and external business partners, actively shaping new industry relationships. May perform additional duties as assigned.

Reporting Relationship

Typically reports to Vice President.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Excellent communication, negotiation, decision making and presentation skills. Ability to effectively interact with all levels of internal and external business partners.
• Senior level technical and business management acumen and knowledge of insurance, risk management principles, practices and procedures. Contract management skills.
• Demonstrated understanding and success with Risk Control management of large, complex, and high profile accounts.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to prioritize and simultaneously manage multiple projects and teams.
• Creativity in resolving unique and challenging business situations.
• Ability to achieve results, at the portfolio level, by taking a proactive long‑term view of business unit goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business‑related software.
• Ability and willingness to travel 20‑40%.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, with Masters preferred, or equivalent experience within the industry, segment or LOB being represented.
• Typically a minimum of ten years of risk control experience.
• Applicable professional designations preferred, including CSP, ARM or other applicable designation.

CNA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact [e-mail].