AVP, North American Environmental Division

4 weeks ago

Atlanta, Georgia, United States Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd Full time

Job Objectives:


Successful candidate will lead the Environmental Casualty Group in Southeast Region including business strategy, product development and management, underwriting team and broker and industry relations.

Lead the region by driving underwriting culture, setting, and attaining profitability, premium and expense plans, implementing underwriting guidelines, marketing/servicing of existing clients, prospects and distribution network, and recruit and develop underwriting team.

Responsibilities include executing as the strategic leader of the business, people, and product for this region to maximize growth with profitability.


Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute the strategic business plan to manage and grow the environmental casualty portfolio in the Southeast Region reporting to National Environmental Casualty leader.
  • Serve as Southeast Region Environmental Casualty Unit lead which requires a strong general liability, umbrella/excess, product liability, professional liability (environmental consultants), pollution liability and automobile liability background. Participate with National Environmental Casualty leader to improve underwriting guidelines, pricing methods, risk management services, book profile and consistency across book to establish and drive best practices. Hands on experience in underwriting, market development, client engagement and leading an underwriting team.
  • Leading the local underwriting team requires reviewing and analyzing underwriting submissions, analyze exposures including coverage structure and rate, authorizing quotes/binders, respond to referral requests in a timely manner, and develop the underwriting team's skills and abilities through training and feedback.
  • Manage the portfolio in your territory through periodic account reviews, profitability reviews, mix of business and refine the portfolio as required to ensure profitability.
  • Demonstrate strong market facing skills by visiting, communicating, and negotiating with retail and E&S brokers on a regular basis to maintain good working relationship.
  • Manage local team of underwriters including hiring, developing and execution of the business plan.
  • Exercise proper underwriting pricing and discipline to meet profitability goals, complying with underwriting guidelines, systems and procedures.
  • Travel for client/broker meetings, lunches, dinners, other social outings, and industry events as applicable.
  • Liaise with Chief Underwriting Officer, actuary, claims, accounting, IT and legal departments as appropriate.
  • Manage and delegate authority.
Qualifications

  • At least 7 years relevant underwriting experience with at least 3 years supervisory experience.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred, MBA and/or CPCU, ACII or similar, a plus.
  • Strong knowledge of casualty and product liability exposures, coverage forms and rating for primary, excess casualty and auto liability lines.
  • Strong knowledge of professional liability (E&O) and environmental liability, preferred .
  • Strong marketing skills to establish relationships with brokers and ability to be client/insured facing.
  • Ability to be self-directed and prioritize work and for deadlines.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and computers.
Travel is required.

About Fairfax


Fairfax is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and investment management.

About Allied World


Allied World, through its subsidiaries and brand known as Allied World, is a global provider of innovative property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance solutions.

Allied World offers superior client service through a global network of offices and branches. All of Allied World's rated insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries are rated A by A.M.

Best Company, A by Standard & Poor's, and A2 by Moody's, and our Lloyd's Syndicate 2232 is rated A+ by Standard & Poor's and AA- by Fitch.

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