Senior Underwriter - Professional Liability / Cyber Reinsurance

This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital - a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance. We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture. As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry.

At AXIS, we believe that we are only as strong as our people. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture where employees of all backgrounds and from all walks of life feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This means that we bring our whole selves to work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in the selection process.

Job Description

How does this role contribute to our collective success?

Reporting to the Head of Casualty, North America AXIS Re, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing a portfolio of Professional Liability / Cyber Treaty Reinsurance business; in addition to other ad hoc lines of business. The Professional Liability - Cyber Treaty Reinsurance Underwriter will be highly involved with the strategy and portfolio management.

What will you do in this role?

• Originate and underwrite Professional Liability / Cyber treaty business in compliance with the appropriate guidelines and within allocated authority while conforming to best practices, appetite and focusing on efficiency in approach.
• Build and maintain broker and client professional network to support profitable business origination through the Reinsurance broker market
• Drive strategy and portfolio management work including appetite, guidelines, limit management, etc.
• Track industry and market developments and raise these for strategic discussions with clients including a considered view as to how AXIS Re might help the client navigate the changes.
• Participate in underwriting audits and monitoring of account performance.
• Maintain an understanding of all current issues affecting the insurance and reinsurance industries with respect to the Professional Liability / Cyber lines of business.
• Frequent travel to service customers and attend industry conferences.

You may also be required to take on additional duties, responsibilities and activities appropriate to the nature of this role.

About You :

Professional Liability / Cyber Treaty Reinsurance Underwriter will be a "hands-on" technical expert with a history of success within a top-tier (Re)Insurance Carrier focused on building a complex book of Professional Liability / Cyber Insurance / Reinsurance targeting of parallel scale and scope.

Candidates will have deep knowledge of the professional liability and cyber insurance landscape, and full life cycle portfolio management across; solicitation of submissions, underwriting analysis, preparing and issuing indications / quotations / binders, and marketing. Additionally, the candidate must have an executive presence, demonstrating success in communicating, influencing, and building solid relationships that add value to the AXIS business book and contribute to longer-term strategic initiatives.

We encourage you to bring your own experience and expertise to the table, so while there are some qualifications and experiences, we need you to have, we are open to discussing how your individual knowledge might lend itself to fulfilling this role and help us achieve our goals.

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Role Factors :

In this role, you will typically be required to :

What we offer :

For this position, we currently expect to offer a base salary in the range of (NY) $260-290k. Your salary offer will be based on an assessment of a variety of factors including your specific experience and work location.

In addition, you will be offered competitive target incentive compensation, with awards based on overall corporate performance and your individual performance. On top of this, you will be eligible for a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes medical plans for you and your family, health and wellness programs, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and much more.

This role is Exempt for FLSA purposes.