Senior Underwriter, Energy (West)

Senior Underwriter, Energy

Denver, CO I Atlanta, GA I USA

AXA XL's Energy business unit offers insurance solutions for a broad range of risks including traditional contractors involved in upstream exploration, manufacturers, and suppliers of oilfield equipment as well as ventures developing and delivering new alternatives.

Products include Primary GL, Excess, CPL, and Professional for North American based Insureds. Robust Broker relations will be a plus for the right candidate.

DISCOVER your opportunity

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• The candidate will handle both new and renewal business in an assigned territory.
• Market and solicit new business opportunities from wholesale 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, and legal.
• 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 including primary casualty, property and other professional lines to maximize deployment of AXA XL’s capital.
• Monitor trends within the Marketplace to ensure we stay aware and ahead of emerging issues.(Renewables and alternative energy opportunities)
• Contribute to regional planning through the development and execution of your own annual desk-level underwriting plan.
• Travel throughout the territory (20%) for client, broker and internal meetings.

You will report to Head of Energy, North America.

SHARE your talent

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

Required Skills and Abilities :

• Extensive progressive underwriting experience related to Energy accounts.
• Outstanding relationships within National and Regional brokerages in the assigned territory.
• Thorough knowledge of commercial insurance coverages and contracts.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Desired Skills and Abilities :

• Experience working hands-on with actuarial colleagues.
• Outstanding project and time-management skills.
• Effective sales, marketing and negotiation skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

FIND your future

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.

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