Senior Underwriter, Excess – Team Lead, West

XL CATLIN; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Underwriter to lead its Excess Casualty team in the West. This role involves analyzing risks, soliciting new business, and collaborating with internal teams to deliver exceptional service. The ideal candidate will have strong underwriting expertise, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach to risk management. Join a forward-thinking company committed to sustainability and diversity, where you can make a significant impact on clients and communities. This is a fantastic opportunity to advance your career in a dynamic and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Health and wellness programs

Retirement savings plan

Learning opportunities

Enhanced family leave benefits

Qualifications

• In-depth underwriting expertise for umbrella/excess casualty.
• Ability to analyze risk and conduct research on submissions.

Responsibilities

• Market and solicit new business opportunities from brokers.
• Analyze submission data and determine risk for accounts.
• Mentor and motivate team underwriters.

Skills

Underwriting expertise

Risk analysis

Broker interaction

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Job Description - Senior Underwriter, Excess – Team Lead, West (25AAMM47D20241209)

Job Description

Senior Underwriter, Excess – Team Lead, West (

Job Number:

25AAMM47D20241209 )

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Senior Underwriter, Excess – Team Lead, West

Our ambition is to unlock a more sustainable and prosperous tomorrow by helping businesses navigate the world’s risks. In the Americas, we’ll live up to that ambition by delivering value far beyond the insurance policies we provide. We’re confronting our clients’ risk management challenges by finding solutions that further their strategic goals and help them build more sustainable, thriving businesses.

AXA XL’ s Middle Market Excess Casualty business unit offers Umbrella and Excess Liability coverage to North American based Insureds.

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What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Market and solicit new business opportunities from retail broker partners.
• Analyze submission data including applications, policy wording, inspection reports, loss runs, and financial reports while conducting appropriate research to determine degree of risk for each account.
• Utilize underwriting tools including exposure, experience and industry ratings to analyze complex casualty exposure.
• Adhere to underwriting guidelines, underwriting authorities and referral requirements as needed to regional management, product management and chief underwriting officers.
• Collaborate with internal colleagues in the assessment of current and prospective risks, including actuarial, claims, legal and risk engineering.
• Pro-active service of business in conjunction with our Middle Office to ensure timely and accurate delivery of quotations, binders, policies and endorsements.
• Cross-sell with other business units to maximize deployment of AXA XL’s capital.
• Monitor trends within the Marketplace to ensure we stay aware and ahead of emerging issues.
• Contribute to regional planning through the development and execution of your own annual desk-level underwriting plan.
• Maintain compliance with all internal and external underwriting guidelines and legal requirements.
• Mentoring and motivating team underwriters, while working with underwriting assistants and other integral members of your team.
• Support training of new hires
• Assist in portfolio management regarding limit deployment, attachment point aggregation, pricing adequacy and policy terms and conditions.
• Leadership and involvement in special projects as assigned by senior management.

You will report to the Underwriting Manager.

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

Required Skills and Abilities:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• In-depth underwriting expertise as it relates to solutions for umbrella/excess casualty to contribute to the underwriting of the full range of renewal and new business accounts.
• Robust insured and broker interaction in assigned geographic territory with the ability to effectively target current and prospective contacts in order to effectively promote offered products.
• The ability to travel a minimum of 15% of the time is anticipated.

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to perform accurate mathematical calculations.
• Work self-directed with the ability to be an open-minded team player with a willingness to actively listen to comprehend unique circumstances that require practical and unique solutions to complex issues.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills to work with both internal teams and external brokers as you will work in a team environment, assisting underwriters and / or deal administrators as part of their overall responsibility.
• Excellent collaborative skills in a fast-paced team-centric environment.
• The ability to demonstrate critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.

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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.

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible, and create an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience,” focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action : We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.

The U.S. pay range for this position is USD 106,500 – 186,500. Actual pay will be determined based upon the individual’s skills, experience, and location. We strive for market alignment and internal equity with our colleagues’ pay.

At AXA XL, we know how important physical, mental, and financial health are to our employees, which is why we are proud to offer benefits such as a competitive retirement savings plan, health and wellness programs, and many other benefits. Wealsobelieve in fostering our colleagues' development and offer a wide range of learning opportunities for colleagues to hone their professional skills and to position themselves for the next step of their careers. For more details aboutAXA XL’s benefits offerings, please visit US Benefits at a Glance 2025.

AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any colleague or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status or any other category protected by local law.