[Hiring] Senior Underwriter @AXA

Role Description

As a Senior Underwriter within the Design Professional West Region, you will play a key role in driving profitable growth and underwriting excellence across the portfolio. Working closely with the Underwriting Manager, Functional Line Underwriters, brokers, and regional business partners, you will underwrite and manage complex professional liability risks, identify growth opportunities, and support business objectives related to profitability, retention, and service delivery. Success in this role requires robust technical underwriting expertise, sound judgment, relationship management skills, and a commitment to delivering exceptional client and broker experiences.

What you’ll be doing

• Underwriting both new and renewal business within assigned territory.
• Assisting in achieving profitable premium and rate goals, working with actuarial and claims and successfully delivering results consistent with financial plan.
• Developing, maintaining, and servicing broker relationships within the distribution model.
• Coordinating with brokers to determine their marketing and education needs supported by AXAXL Design Professional Platform.
• Working with the Underwriting Manager within the assigned zone in furthering the AXAXL Design Professional Platform and achieving business’ financial plan.
• Interacting directly with insureds, brokers, and producers to service accounts.
• Working collaboratively in a team environment, assisting underwriters, underwriting assistants, and management team.
• Training newer staff members, acting as a mentor.
• Developing technical knowledge of design professional risk management to act as a resource on our product including ability to deliver educational programs, contract reviews, assist with policy coverage evaluations.
• Ensuring high quality service standards and compliance with all internal audit guidelines.
• Acting as a representative of the company and our agents by attending internal/external company functions, agent sponsored and industry events.
• Meeting with brokers and setting annual targets, issuing monthly status reports, monitoring P&L against plan.
• Taking initiative and proactively supporting brokers and market interactions which support growth.
• Meeting with customers and prospects to develop relationships, deliver risk management education, and support business targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Moderate commercial insurance experience (e.g., underwriting, claims, or insurance risk management or insurance related business development experience).
• Robust analytical, risk assessment, and relationship management skills, with the ability to evaluate complex exposures and make sound underwriting decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain outstanding insured and broker contacts.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Requirements

• Professional insurance designations, advanced degrees, or industry-related credentials are preferred, including but not limited to: RPLU, CPCU, CRIS, IIA, LLB, JD, BSc, or BEng.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent customer service focus is a must.
• Collaborative team player who provides creative solutions and ideas for resolution.

Benefits

• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits.
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index.
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter.