Senior Casualty Underwriter, Northern Region

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At AIG, we are reimagining the way we help customers to manage risk. Join us as a Senior Casualty Underwriter to play your part in that transformation. It’s an opportunity to grow your skills and experience as a valued member of the team.

 

Make your mark in Casualty Underwriting

AIG Underwriting teams help to find insurance solutions in areas including Financial Lines, Property, Casualty, Specialty Lines, Cyber, and Multinational Clients. We are reimagining how we help customers to manage risk, transforming our operating model and reshaping our role responsibilities and career pathways. The goal is to unlock the full potential in each colleague – empowering our people to grow as insurance professionals and add more value to our customers and AIG.

 

How you will create an impact

As a Senior Casualty Underwriter at AIG, you will learn how to assess our clients’ risks, price those risks, and create solutions that allow for the long-term sustainability of their businesses, whilst also making a positive contribution to society. In delivering these solutions you will actively leverage over 100 years of insurance knowledge, expertise, and experience to reach across geographical and functional boundaries to create outcomes that further our organization’s objectives and market position.

 

This role reports to the Northern Region Casualty Underwriting Manager and can be based in either Sydney or Brisbane.

 

Key accountabilities will include but not limited to:

• To develop and underwrite Commercial business, including renewal retention, administration services, marketing and compliance and legal obligations, for business generated in Australia within delegated underwriting authority.
• Achieve agreed production targets by executing on strategic marketing objectives and action plans and developing broker relationships.
• Increase AIG market share within the Casualty segment through the development of relationships with key producers, clients and industry groups.
• Provide timely production and portfolio reporting numbers
• Assist in the development of strategies to grow profitable business within set budget objectives for Casualty business in Australia.
• Execute strategic plans to ensure budgets and plans are met, both branch and national.
• Work in conjunction with the Northern Region Casualty Underwriting Manager, Client and Broker Engagement team and other Profit Centres to grow the Commercial segment of our business.
• Provide superior service to offer a differentiated alternative in this very competitive sector of the market.
• Appropriately develop agreed production budgets in conjunction with the Northern Region Casualty Underwriting Manager in accordance with growth requirements.
• Monitoring and reporting of monthly production, retention ratios, new business, hit rates, loss ratio, claims activity, overdue premiums and late bookings.
• Identify new business prospects & targets including researching and profiling accounts and communicate this detail with Client and Broker Engagement team as well as other Profit Centres.
• Assist where necessary the Northern Region Casualty Underwriting Manager, Segment Managers and Casualty Team in development of Client Relationships.
• Ensure the maintenance/development of solid working relationships with all Commercial clients and brokers.
• Identification of business opportunities for other profit centres to support the companies cross marketing strategy.
• Liaise with administration staff, actuarial, legal, claims, finance and accounting and any other services centre to ensure awareness of underwriting and business activities support standards required.
• Open Communication and information sharing with Segment Managers pertaining to Casualty

 

What you’ll need to succeed

• Casualty Underwriting experience across a broad range of products including Primary Casualty, Excess/Umbrella in the Commercial segment
• Entrepreneurial and Solution based approach to Underwriting whilst maintaining and demonstrating a high degree of technical skill
• Proven working relationship with key Broking partners at the major broking houses
• Basic understanding of management reporting, Profitability assessment, understanding of financial impact, underwriting and pricing principals and relationship development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, combined with the ability to influence people
• Possess relationship management and strong interpersonal skills

 

Ready to prove your potential? We would love to hear from you.

At AIG, we value in-person collaboration as a vital part of our culture, which is why we ask our team members to be primarily in the office. This approach helps us work together effectively and create a supportive, connected environment for our team and clients alike.

Enjoy benefits that take care of what matters

At AIG, our people are our greatest asset. We know how important it is to protect and invest in what’s most important to you. That is why we created our Total Rewards Program, a comprehensive benefits package that extends beyond time spent at work to offer benefits focused on your health, wellbeing and financial security—as well as your professional development—to bring peace of mind to you and your family.

Reimagining insurance to make a bigger difference to the world

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks. It is an exciting time to join us — across our operations, we are thinking in new and innovative ways to deliver ever-better solutions to our customers. At AIG, you can go further to support individuals, businesses, and communities, helping them to manage risk, respond to times of uncertainty and discover new potential. We invest in our largest asset, our people, through continuous learning and development, in a culture that celebrates everyone for who they are and what they want to become.

Welcome to a culture of inclusion

We’re committed to creating a culture that truly respects and celebrates each other’s talents, backgrounds, cultures, opinions and goals. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging through learning, cultural awareness activities and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). With global chapters, ERGs are a cornerstone for our culture of inclusion. The talent of our people is one of AIG’s greatest assets, and we are honored that our drive for positive change has been recognized by numerous recent awards and accreditations.

AIG provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected categories.

AIG is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees with disabilities.  If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send an email to candidatecare@aig.com.  

Functional Area:

UW - Underwriting

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