Zonal Underwriting Manager, Retail Property

AIG Insurance • Atlanta, GA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

At AIG, we are reimagining the way we help customers to manage risk. Join us as a Zonal Underwriting Manager, Retail Property 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 Underwriting, Retail Property AIG underwriting teams help to find insurance solutions in areas including Financial Lines, Property, Casualty, Specialty Lines, Cyber, Multinational Clients, and High Net Worth individuals. We are reimagining how we help customers to manage risk, transforming our operating model, and reshaping our role responsibilities and career pathways. The goal is to unlock the full potential in each colleague – empowering our people to grow as insurance professionals and add more value to our customers and AIG. Reporting to the Senior Zonal Underwriting Manager, this role will be primarily responsible to execute the geographic underwriting strategy for Retail Property. In addition, the position is responsible for attracting, managing and developing a team of highly accomplished, driven colleagues.

Requirements

• Broad based insurance industry experience
• Preferred minimum of 15+ years of insurance operational management experience
• Knowledge of market segmentation, portfolio management, acquisition and distribution
• Process and system skills
• Strategic orientation, managing vision and purpose, developing organizational capability
• Strong influencing and communications skills and ability to work across multiple areas of company and industries
• Change and team leadership, as well as, external thought leadership

Nice To Haves

• Leadership Skills : Strategic orientation, managing vision and purpose, developing organizational capability.
• Talent assessment and development for bench strength and succession planning.
• Proven collaborative leadership skills.
• Strong influencing and communications skills and ability to work across multiple areas of company and industries.
• Change management and team leadership.
• External thought leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manages all branch underwriting within the zone and establishes, implements, and evaluates the production and profitability goals.
• Direct accountability for the business results of their Zone with respect to profitability, penetration and/or volume within a specific account, segment, geographic area, product or line of business.
• In partnership with the Senior Manager, drive and execute the long term business strategy for zone which including all accounts for product accounts.
• Serve as a technical expert, exercising technical authority with regards to major or multiple insurance product line(s) within Retail Property.
• Within zone, manage annual budget process as well as monthly forecasts for a major or multiple insurance product line(s) within Retail Property.
• Oversee underwriting staff including managing and evaluating work; makes decisions regarding pay, performance management, development, employment, and staffing.
• In collaboration the Senior Manager, Head of Retail Property and HR, implement tools and strategies to attract and retain top industry talent and develop high performing teams.
• Identify areas/positions within zone that lack sufficient bench strength, and employees who require additional skills to fill those needs; develop and execute development/training/recruiting platforms/plans to address the deficiencies.
• Establish strong relationships with all members of the zonal leadership teams; create mutual understanding of overall parameters and goals to drive effective execution of business model.
• Interact with all levels of Insurance community.
• Drive a culture that promotes collaboration, diversity, and inclusion.
• Establish the operational direction for the zone to ensure efficiencies coincide with growth objectives.
• Ensures the required standards of governance, systems and controls, and regulatory compliance are established and maintained.

Benefits

• 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: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed