Senior Reinsurance Underwriter
About The Position
AmericanAg®, a global provider of diversified reinsurance services, is looking for a Senior Reinsurance Underwriter to work out of our office in Schaumburg, Illinois. This is a hybrid position working in the office a minimum of three days a week. Travel for this position will be 20-30%. The Senior Reinsurance Underwriter role sits at the center of our portfolio underwriting work, with the visibility, client relationships, and latitude to make a real mark on the book of business. If you have reinsurance experience, with underwriting experience strongly preferred, and understand what it takes to build and manage a profitable, sustainable portfolio, this is a great opportunity to make a real impact.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3+ years of property and casualty reinsurance experience, with direct reinsurance underwriting experience strongly preferred
- Multiline treaty reinsurance or primary insurance underwriting experience, including experience with portfolio analytics
- Associate in Reinsurance (ARe), Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), or another relevant professional designation
- Knowledge of property and casualty treaty and facultative reinsurance, with the ability to independently evaluate complex underwriting matters and portfolio performance
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and relationship-development skills, with the confidence to engage regularly with clients and support retention and marketing efforts
- Sound judgment, accountability, attention to detail, and the ability to manage priorities independently and collaboratively
- Proficiency with Microsoft Suite products, including Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining a comprehensive underwriting view of each ceding company’s portfolio through quantitative and qualitative analysis, including profitability, pricing, loss trends, concentrations, underwriting practices, emerging risks, and data quality
- Proactive engagement with our ceding companies to build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with their underwriting teams and leadership through regular engagement, open communication, and a thorough understanding of their business needs, priorities, and portfolio challenges
- Translating portfolio findings into practical recommendations on treaty terms, retentions, authority, referrals, facultative use, and renewal strategy to address client challenges and support profitable, sustainable growth
- Improving portfolio performance by analyzing treaty and facultative results, evaluating individual risks and referrals, identifying emerging trends and issues, and providing practical underwriting guidance
- Conducting underwriting audits and clearly communicating findings and recommendations to client underwriting teams and leadership
- Collaborating closely with clients and internal and external partners through underwriting reviews, renewal discussions, and other interactions to address portfolio challenges, share insights, and support client retention and development
- Supporting thought leadership and representing the organization through presentations, white papers, industry events, networking, and other opportunities that strengthen our position as a trusted reinsurance partner
Benefits
- annual productivity bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
