Reinsurance Claims - Assistant Manager

AIG Insurance • Lenexa, KS

3d • Onsite

About The Position

At AIG, we are reimagining the way we help customers to manage risk. Join us as a Reinsurance Claims - Assistant Manager to play your part in that transformation. It’s an opportunity to grow your skills and experience as a valued member of the team. Make your mark in Claims. Our Claims team are the proven problem solvers of choice for clients, delivering consistent technical excellence and showcasing our service differentiation to create an unparalleled global claims handling experience. Through a robust stakeholder feedback loop and supported by consistent processes and leadership, we take pride in delivering responsive, fair and professional service with empathy and efficiency. How you will create an impact As an Assistant Manager in the Reinsurance claims department you will have the unique opportunity to work with some of the industry's top talent in Reinsurance Claims. You will be responsible for managing staff handling assumed reinsurance claims involving complex and high exposure risks across various lines of business, both domestic and international. This role is responsible for managing staff handling assumed reinsurance claims. This role ensures compliance with the terms and conditions under the reinsurance contracts. The Assistant Manager interacts with clients, vendors, cedant reinsurers, and retrocessionaires. Reports financial transactions, loss exposures, and reserving to various departments and senior management.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience in an insurance/reinsurance company.
• Ceded or assumed reinsurance experience.
• Reinsurance Claims or Accounting experience.
• Knowledge of reinsurance including underwriting, claims, accounting, finance and associated process, controls and systems.
• Experience with reinsurance operations and finance.
• Understanding of accounting principles and practices, the insurance/reinsurance markets, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
• Strong technical skills in Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Word (Access a plus).
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
• Negotiation, analytical, decision making, problem resolution and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Management experience preferred.
• Associate Degree or Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance (ARe, AIC, other designations a plus).
• Process transformation and control improvement experience is a definite plus.

Responsibilities

• Confirms that assumed claim staff appropriately determine the applicability of the reinsurance treaty, facultative certificate, retrocessional or insurance contract to the loss presented to AIG.
• Consults with assumed claim staff to analyze and develop loss information to formulate and establish timely and accurate reserves.
• Ensure assumed claims staff investigates, evaluates (reserves rights, if applicable), and negotiates coverage issues with client companies as may be required under the reinsurance treaty or facultative certificate.
• Effectively implements litigation management controls to any circumstance, as warranted.
• Validates the accuracy of billings and cash calls, promoting prompt payment issuance and collections while maintaining accurate reserves and alerting the involved business unit of issues as they arise.
• Provides performance management to assumed claims staff including coaching, feedback and development.
• Actively participates, as a member of the Reinsurance Team, in identifying emerging trends and assumed claim exposures.
• Provides support for mediations, arbitrations, and court hearings involving reinsurance and insurance contracts, as necessary.
• Participates in claim reviews and compliance audits for ceding companies/third-party administrators/self-administered cedants in respect of assumed reinsurance exposures.
• Work closely with financial controls unit, internal and external audit on reinsurance.

Benefits

• base salary
• eligibility for a bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan
• Total Rewards Program, a comprehensive benefits package that extends beyond time spent at work to offer benefits focused on your health, wellbeing and financial security—as well as your professional development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree