VP, Underwriting - SR Marine Underwriter
QBE Insurance
- Houston, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead and manage the underwriting team for assigned line(s) of business by overseeing and evaluating new and renewal business to ensure risk quality and proper insurance to value
- Drive standardization of underwriting by defining risk assessment parameters, setting quality service standards and developing and leading self-audit initiatives to foster consistent and profitable risk selection
- Foster a collaborative approach to growing the business by communicating with peers, identifying profit and loss trends, developing strategic portfolio growth initiatives and informing team on changing underwriting guidelines to drive achievement of department profitability objectives
- Capitalize on opportunities for continuous improvement by reviewing reports on loss ratios, conducting research on market trends and best practices and leading the implementation of innovative underwriting strategies to enhance portfolio and ensure organization is competitive in the marketplace
- Build, foster and maintain internal and external relationships by leading the delivery of training, utilizing individual credibility to inform on risk exposure decision-making processes and leading team to efficiently underwrite prospective business to meet service expectations and enhance organizational reputation
- Develop sustainable underwriting operations by analyzing, refining and enhancing current practices to ensure future planning aligns with long-range business growth objectives
- Manage budgeted resources by anticipating expenditures, accurately forecasting resource needs/costs and properly accounting for expenses to meet requirements and achieve fiscal responsibility
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
- 10+ years relevant experience
- Build and capitalize on beneficial internal and external relationships
- Collaborate at different levels within the organization to accomplish a common goal
- Understand the potential intended and unintended consequences of a given decision, both small-scale and on the organization as a whole
- Utilize effective research and investigative techniques
- Provide vision and think creatively and innovatively; implement strategies to improve efficiency
- Analyze risks, benefits and opportunities to ensure organizational competitiveness and satisfaction of established long-range objectives
- Foster and promote collaboration and teamwork
- Adjust plans, goals, actions or priorities to meet changing situations; guide others through change
- Prioritize interests of the company and community during decision-making
- Leverage business and financial expertise
- Establish a high degree of trust and credibility with others
- Show empathy and sensitivity to the experience of others; act fairly, ethically and with integrity when decision-making, managing or working with a team and corresponding with customers
- Inform team about organizational change and integrations through a variety of means
- Motivational, inspirational and enthusiastic approach to team leading and management
- Extensive underwriting experience is required
- experience managing or leading others
- increasing levels of responsibility
- Participation in industry events that support continuous education and superior technical proficiency and underwriting competence
- Advanced working knowledge of products and insurance operations, underwriting processes and procedures
- Advanced working knowledge of laws and regulations related to area of responsibility
- Advanced working knowledge of terminology, concepts and principles related to strategic planning
- Advanced working knowledge of market trends and current organizational strategies
- Frequent (approximately 10+ trips annually)
- General office jobs: Work is generally performed in an office environment in which there is not substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions. Must have the ability to remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time. Must be able to operate basic office equipment including telephone, headset and computer. Incumbent must be able to lift basic office equipment up to 20 lbs.
- To successfully perform this job, the individual must be able to perform each essential job responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential job responsibilities.
- Manager
- The duties listed in this job description do not limit the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the duties normally to be performed in the position or those occasionally assigned outside an employee’s normal duties. Our Group Code of Ethics and Conduct addresses the responsibilities we all have at QBE to our company, to each other and to our customers, suppliers, communities and governments. It provides clear guidance to help us to make good judgement calls.
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