Senior Director, Enterprise Risk & Insurance Strategy

Ashford Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashford is seeking a seasoned risk management director to oversee a broad portfolio including financial lines, property, casualty, and cyber for its lodging and related subsidiaries. The role reports to the SVP, Risk Management and offers direct exposure to senior leadership and opportunities to grow within the enterprise risk and captive programs.

Responsibilities include leading risk identification, mitigation, and prevention, coordinating with brokers and lenders, and shaping insurance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in business or a relevant field.
• CPCU, ARM, or similar risk management certification preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive risk management experience.
• Extensive experience with shared and layered programs required.
• Working knowledge of casualty coverage, construction and development coverages, property coverages including All-Risk, Named Perils, Wind/Hail, earthquake, pollution, terrorism, flood, NFIP programs.
• Captive insurance structure experience preferred.
• Lodging industry acumen a plus.

Responsibilities

• Gather information from departments and subsidiaries and prepare applications for corporate insurance programs and subsidiary companies.
• Prepare marketing materials and interact with brokers for insurance policy renewals.
• Pull and consolidate reports among brokers and prepare loss runs and claims reports.
• Perform trend analysis and implement risk mitigation solutions like safety policies and training.
• Provide insurance and risk management support to internal departments, including negotiating and drafting insurance language in contracts with clients, lenders, contractors, and vendors.
• Prepare budgets and allocate insurance premiums to hotels and subsidiaries.
• Prepare accounting reports and liaise with accounting and auditing teams.
• Work with brokers to place bonds and manage renewals.
• Oversee renewal of flood policies.
• Review certificates of insurance.
• Work with lenders on policy review and compliance.
• Assist with enterprise risk management and captive programs.

Skills

Risk management

CPCU

ARM

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Ashford is seeking a seasoned risk management director to oversee a broad portfolio including financial lines, property, casualty, and cyber for its lodging and related subsidiaries. The role reports to the SVP, Risk Management and offers direct exposure to senior leadership and opportunities to grow within the enterprise risk and captive programs.

Responsibilities include leading risk identification, mitigation, and prevention, coordinating with brokers and lenders, and shaping insurance