Executive Underwriter Middle Market

Executive Underwriter Middle Market

Calgary AB I Canada

As a newly established business division of AXA XL Americasour Middle Market business focuses on the expansion of AXA XLs current offerings to midsized clients in the Commercial P&C market across the Americas. The Canadian market represents a key growth area for Middle Market and this role will play a key role in building our overall capabilities and driving our gotomarket approach. AXA XL Insurance is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Executive Underwriter to join our team. This role requires indepth knowledge and expertise in underwriting middle market complex risks managing a portfolio and developing strategic relationships with brokers and clients. The Executive Underwriter will play a critical role in shaping the underwriting strategy ensuring profitability and contributing to the companys growth objectives in order to support this exciting new business.

DISCOVER your opportunity

What will youressential responsibilities include

• Risk Assessment: Evaluate underwrite and price middle market business within appetite ensuring compliance with company guidelines and industry standards. Drive profitable premium and rate goals working with actuarial and claims and successfully delivering results consistent with financial plan.
• Portfolio Management:Develop and manage a portfolio focusing on achieving profitability and growth targets while maintaining an appropriate risk balance.
• Market Analysis:Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify trends emerging risks and opportunities using these insights to inform underwriting decisions and strategies.
• Relationship Management:Establish and maintain outstanding relationships with brokers clients and key stakeholders to facilitate business development negotiate terms and ensure client satisfaction. In addition identifying and establishing new distribution relationships.
• Policy Development:Collaborate with underwriting teams and Canada Product Line Leader Middle Market to develop and refine policy wordings coverage terms and pricing structures tailored to middle market risks. Maintain expertise with products services priorities and target markets to more effectively enable clients to uncover hidden risks.
• Strategic Planning:Contribute to the development and of underwriting strategies aligning with overall business objectives and market conditions.
• Mentorship and Training:Provide expert guidance mentorship and training to junior underwriters fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
• Compliance and Governance:Ensure all underwriting activities adhere to regulatory requirements internal policies and industry best practices.
• Reporting and Documentation:Prepare detailed underwriting reports portfolio reviews and documentation to support decisionmaking and provide insights to senior leadership.
• Innovation:Identify and implement innovative underwriting practices tools and technologies to enhance efficiency and competitive advantage.

You will report to the Chief Underwriting Officer Middle Market Canada.

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Were looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelors degree in business Finance Risk Management or a related field. Advanced degree or professional certifications (e.g. CIP CRM) are highly desirable.
• Extensive Middle Market insurance experience (e.g. underwriting claims or insurance related business development experience).
• Outstanding knowledge of the Canadian insurance industry combined with indepth technical knowledge of insurance product offerings.Effective broker relationships within the Canadian market.
• 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.
• Excellent collaborative skills in a fastpaced teamcentric environment.
• Outstanding interpersonal presentation written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to demonstrate critical thinking decision making and problemsolving skills.
• Consistently pursue opportunities to differentiate AXA XL in the industry through our offerings and how we conduct business.

FIND your future

AXA XL the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA is known for solving complex risks. For midsized companies multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we dont just provide re/insurance we reinvent it.

How By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform datadriven 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.

Learn more at axaxl

Inclusion & Diversity

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. Thats 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. Its 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

Learn more at axaxl/aboutus/inclusionanddiversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Sustainability

At AXA XL Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an everchanging 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 202326 Sustainability strategy called Roots of resilience focuses on protecting natural ecosystems addressing climate change and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

• 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. Were 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. Were building a net zero strategy developing insurance products and services and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societalled 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. Were 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 XLs Hearts in Action programs. These include our Matching Gifts program Volunteering Leave and our annual volunteering day the Global Day of Giving.

For more information please see Sustainability at AXA XL.