Senior Underwriter, Excess Casualty - Lead Complex Risk

AXA XL; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity & inclusion programs

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced family-friendly leave

Job summary

AXA XL in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Underwriter, Excess Casualty to deliver profitable underwriting for a Central Zone book. You’ll underwrite, manage and service your own book of business, working with brokers and internal partners.

The role requires analytical and negotiation skills, experience with casualty, and collaboration with actuarial, claims and risk engineering. Travel up to 20% for client meetings and broker relationships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience.
• Moderate to extensive experience in the relevant class of business, possessing functional knowledge and skills reflective of a fully competent practitioner.
• Robust Industry Knowledge and Commercial/Business Acumen.
• Analytical, negotiation and sales/marketing skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Excellent customer service focus is a must.
• Interpersonal Savvy - Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective insured and broker contacts.
• Ability to develop and understand business processes, strategy, and planning
• Collaborative team player who provides creative solutions and ideas for resolution.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite, manage and service your own book of business managing KPIs and guidelines per AXA XL underwriting guidelines and annual goals.
• Market and solicit new business opportunities from our broker partners to establish and grow relationships in the retail community.
• Cross-sell with other units to maximize AXA XL’s successes through data-mining, targeted accounts and relationships.
• Analyze submission data including applications, policy wording, inspection reports and loss runs to determine risk.
• Utilize underwriting tools including exposure, experience and industry ratings to analyze complex casualty exposure.
• Adhere to underwriting guidelines, authorities and referral requirements as needed to regional management, product management and chief underwriting officers.
• Collaborate with actuarial, claims, legal and risk engineering for risk assessment.
• Develop and execute your own annual desk-level underwriting plan.
• Travel within the Central Zone (20%) for client, broker and internal meetings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Sales/marketing

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience

Job description

AXA XL in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Underwriter, Excess Casualty to deliver profitable underwriting for a Central Zone book. You’ll underwrite, manage and service your own book of business, working with brokers and internal partners.

The role requires analytical and negotiation skills, experience with casualty, and collaboration with actuarial, claims and risk engineering. Travel up to 20% for client meetings and broker relationships.