Underwriting Team Lead, Lexington Middle Market Property

AIG • Dallas, TX

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Underwriting Team Lead will oversee a team of underwriters and help produce, underwrite, manage, and service a profitable book of business in Lexington Middle Market Property. The role applies sound judgment and increased decision-making authority to complex situations, supports consistent underwriting practices, and helps ensure appropriate rating, pricing, profitability, and risk structuring.

The Team Lead supports underwriters with strategic initiatives and operational issues, collaborates across distribution and other business lines to pursue desirable accounts and cross-selling opportunities, and monitors adherence to underwriting guidelines. The role also develops broker and client relationships, evaluates territory developments, contributes to complex risk negotiations, and manages special underwriting projects as needed.

AIG describes its work environment as primarily office-based to support in-person collaboration. The company also highlights a comprehensive Total Rewards Program and opportunities for continuous learning and development.

Requirements

• Experience in a commercial insurance company, agency, or brokerage.
• Advanced knowledge of the Excess & Surplus Property line of business, including product features, forms, regulatory environment, and risks.
• Demonstrated ability to manage people and teams, including attracting, engaging, retaining, and developing a high-performing team and clearly articulating and executing plans.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships.
• Demonstrated sales, marketing, and relationship-building experience.
• Highly motivated and results oriented.
• Very strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment, adapt to changing requirements, and collaborate with a wide range of colleagues to deliver solutions quickly.
• Proficiency with underwriting analytical tools and technology.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Exercise judgment, negotiate, and make sound business decisions with an increased level of authority.
• Develop alternative outcomes for difficult situations and make real-time decisions in a fast-paced environment characterized by ambiguity and change.
• Support consistent underwriting best practices and adherence to underwriting guidelines to ensure appropriate rating, pricing, profitability, and structuring.
• Assign and manage the work of a team of underwriters.
• Assist underwriters with strategic initiatives and develop solutions to issues involving systems, guidelines, training, reports, project requests, and product amendments.
• Help underwriters collaborate with Distribution, Territory Managers, and underwriters in other lines of business to target desirable accounts and broker cross-selling opportunities.
• Use daily reports and ongoing monitoring to oversee the assigned book of business and adherence to underwriting requirements and guidelines.
• Track developments in assigned territories and assess their effect on current accounts and potential new business opportunities.
• Work with management, insureds, brokers, and outside counsel on contract terms and conditions, pricing, and deal structure for complex risks.
• Build long-term broker and client relationships to grow a book of business profitably.
• Identify and manage special underwriting projects as needed.
• Provide superior customer service to brokers and clients.
• Produce, underwrite, manage, and service a profitable book of business.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with benefits focused on health, wellbeing, financial security, and professional development.
• Continuous learning and development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager