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Global Reinsurance – Chief Underwriting Officer

Global Reinsurance – Chief Underwriting Officer

CompanyEverest
LocationLondon, UK, Middlesex, NJ, USA
Salary$300000 – $500000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 20+ years of reinsurance underwriting and related experience
  • Broad knowledge of P&C insurance and reinsurance underwriting
  • Ability to operate in a dynamic and high paced environment with a sense of urgency
  • Adaptable and able to manage competing priorities
  • Strong problem-solving analytical skills
  • Growth mindset, desire to both learn and teach
  • Ability to drive data analytics and make appropriate correlations on results
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines across a variety of stakeholders to meet target deliverable deadlines
  • Strong communications skills both written and oral
  • Experience in corporate governance and controls management including exposure to a wide variety of systems
  • Well organized with relentless attention to detail
  • Self-motivated
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment
  • Action oriented and strong work ethic

Responsibilities

  • Drive underwriting excellence across the company
  • Advance underwriting profitability, governance, product and pricing strategies
  • Empower underwriters to make informed underwriting decisions
  • Shape the overall direction of the business
  • Identify growth opportunities and innovate product set
  • Proactively monitor key underwriting and claims metrics
  • Collaborate with underwriting leaders and actuarial teams
  • Implement and refine pricing strategies
  • Act as underwriting referral point for complex risks
  • Manage overall underwriting audit framework
  • Lead and manage the quality/content of Underwriting audit findings
  • Manage portfolio Gross/Net premium and CAT accumulations
  • Responsible for delegation of underwriting authority
  • Collaborate with Talent development on training and development opportunities

Preferred Qualifications

  • Insurance certifications (CPCU, ARM, FCAS, etc.) a plus
  • Wide variety of assignments in operational workflow reviews and systems a plus
  • Experience in corporate governance controls and supporting infrastructure