Sr Underwriter Property

Who we are:
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a leading global insurance organization. Building on 100 years of experience, today AIG member companies provide a wide range of property & casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement solutions, and other financial services to customers in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. These diverse offerings include products and services that help businesses and individuals protect their assets, manage risks and provide for retirement security.

Get to know the business:
General Insurance is a leading provider of insurance products and services for commercial and personal insurance customers. It includes one of the world’s most far-reaching property & casualty networks. General Insurance offers a broad range of products to customers through a diversified, multichannel distribution network.

At AIG, we empower our underwriters to put their exceptional analytical skills to use every day to assess and measure risk. Their decisions are critical to driving the company’s success and profitability. Our underwriters embody AIG’s tradition of innovation, developing insurance solutions to minimize the risk exposures of corporate and individual clients. They delve into a wide range of areas, including aviation, catastrophic events and high-net-worth individuals.

What you need to know:
The Facultative Property Senior Underwriter will be responsible for design, execution, and management of the FAC Desk Property Assumed FAC R/I (reinsurance) portfolio in the Andean (Colombia and Peru) Region including day to day underwriting, portfolio management, business development strategy, management of broker and distribution channels, budget and business planning functions, reporting portfolio analytics, development and training of staff, and compliance of internal policies to achieve a sustainable and profitable regional portfolio, including but not limited to:
Team & Operational Management
- Ensures the required standards of governance, systems and controls, and regulatory compliance are maintained for Andean Region business
- Supports team in making business decisions that leverage their expertise and experience in combination with analytical models.
- Work with Claims, Finance, Operational, Accounting, Legal, and Actuarial support teams to support portfolio management functions.
- Drive a culture that promotes collaboration, diversity and inclusion.
- Prepare key performance indicators including but not limited to monitoring of submission flow by distribution channels, effectiveness ratios, analysis of losses/ claims behaviors, among others.
- Prepare commercial presentations, marketing material and other initiatives as the business requires.
- Maintain updated underwriting files based on corporate guidelines.

Underwriting
- Actively source business opportunities and underwrite Property FAC R/I across the Andean Region as per Business Plan objectives.
- Lead development and deployment of Property FAC R/I underwriting strategy in the Andean Region including managing P&L and distribution strategies within Property global guidelines. This includes detailed monitoring standards / quality reviews to assess loss ratios and underwriting results as well as portfolio management functions.
- Actively market lead delivery of market-leading products and services through a zonal framework to a network of producers in a manner that effectively leverages our strengths as a competitive differential in the Andean marketplace.
- Drive underwriting excellence across the business by establishing and ensuring adherence to risk appetite, line setting, standards and guidelines, and ensure rating and pricing adequacy.
- Collaborate with Distribution and Territory Managers, and other line(s) of business underwriters to target desirable accounts and cross selling opportunities from brokers and cedents.
- Develop strong, long term relationships with brokers and clients to profitably grow a book of business.
- Provide superior customer service to brokers and clients.

What we’re looking for:

- University degree; Law degree preferred.
- Minimum of 8 -10 years’ underwriting experience writing regional Property FAC business.
- Extensive FAC underwriting experience across LAC (Latin America and Caribbean) markets with expert technical underwriting background in Property FAC.
- Strong understanding of actuarial methods in support of pricing risk, exposure management, LAC regulatory framework, claims and reserving practices, and emerging issues and trends.
- Expert working knowledge of LAC Property business product features, policy forms, and FAC regulatory environments.
- Established LAC FAC broker network with strong professional relationships with major FAC and wholesale reinsurance intermediaries in the region, as well as with cedents and clients.
- Expert knowledge of LAC FAC market segmentation, portfolio management, distribution channels and placement dynamics.
- Demonstrated business s