Regional Manager - West Coast, Environmental (Los Angeles)

General

Job Title : Regional Manager - West Coast, Environmental

Division : Specialty Risks

Reports To : As per Beazley's organisation chart

Key Relationships : Brokers, Underwriters, Claims staff, Coverholders, external Clients and Suppliers

Job Summary : To underwrite an Environmental account within the Professions, Environmental and Mergers & Acquisitions (PEMA) team and provide counsel and advice on underwriting related issues. Provide technical expertise in this business area and maintain and improve market reputation of the Beazley brand. This role will also lead the West Coast region for the Environmental team.

FLSA : Exempt

Key Responsibilities :

Underwriting

• Responsible for managing a team of underwriters and a book of business.
• Work with the Focus Group Leader to strategize and execute plans for the entire region.
• Assist with managerial responsibilities within the region, including business planning, forecasting, broker initiatives / RFPs, and external / internal trainings.
• Develop and underwrite a profitable portfolio of Environmental business as part of the PEMA team.
• Structure tailor-made solutions by considering the team underwriting parameters and underwriting policy and using underwriting knowledge and experience to win new business and retain existing.
• Monitor premiums, costs and claims ratios per contract and take corrective measures if necessary to ensure long term profitability at account level.
• Evaluate appropriate risk premium by considering the risk costs, reinsurance cessions, capital exposure as well as the underwriting and general administration costs to ensure profitability, using rating models as applicable.
• Monitor peer underwriters in their daily work to ensure profitability as well as efficient and cost effective administration of the Environmental account.
• Monitor and supervise assistants in their daily work to ensure compliance with underwriting philosophy and policy and consistency within the team, PEMA and Specialty Risks.
• Comply with Beazley's underwriting control standards for business written through Lloyd's, Beazley's subsidiaries or Beazley's internal MGAs.
• Develop a working relationship with the claims managers on this class of business.

Client Management

Team Leadership

As a Beazley Manager, you are expected to -

General

It is important that within all your interactions both internally and externally you adhere Beazley's core values - Being Bold, Striving for Better, and Doing the Right Thing - as they contribute to an internal environment of teamwork and promote a positive brand image and experience to our external customers. We also expect Beazley employees to :

Personal Specification :

Skills & Abilities

Knowledge & Experience

Aptitude & Disposition

Competencies

Who We Are :

Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years' experience helping people, communities and businesses to manage risk all around the world. Our mission is to inspire our clients and people with the confidence and freedom to explore, create and build - to enable businesses to thrive. Our clients want to live and work freely and fully, knowing they are benefitting from the most advanced thinking in the insurance market. Our goal is to become the highest performing sustainable specialist insurer.

Our products are wide ranging, from cyber & tech insurance to marine, healthcare, financial institutions and contingency; covering risks such as the weather, film production or protection from deadly weapons.

Our Culture

We have a wonderful mix of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds at Beazley with over 2,000 of us working around the world. Employee's diversity, experience and passion allow us to keep innovating and moving forward, delivering the best. We are proud of our family-feel culture at Beazley that empowers our staff to work from when and where the