Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Property

AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

New York, Stamford, London, Paris

AXA XL’s culture of profitable growth and disciplined underwriting is the strategic focus of the GCUO, Property. The main remit is the development of consistent underwriting standards, practices and procedures. As a member of the Global CUO Leadership Team, reporting directly to the AXA XL Global Chief Underwriting Officer, the Property GCUO will act as the Global Technical leader responsible for developing and assessing the core underwriting strategic direction and product profitability for the Global Property portfolio.

This role is predominately an internal technical position with opportunity for customer-facing interaction, working together with internal clients and meeting with key brokers to support the Global and Regional underwriting and marketing strategies. You will work closely with the Regional CUO’s and Regional Property Product Heads to achieve the Global and Regional financial objectives and will be responsible for all underwriting operations including pricing, policy language construction and underwriting guidelines.

Additionally, you will work closely with functional leaders such as Claims, Actuarial Finance and Reserving, Operations and Technology, Data and Pricing and Analytics.

• In partnership with Regional CUOs, accountable for the Global Property line of Business P&L and management of the Global portfolio to set financial targets and ensure profitable growth
• Inspire a culture of underwriting excellence and relentless product performance management across the Global Property teams
• Work with Group and Divisional Ceded Re as well as the Regional Property Underwriting leaders to influence the purchase of effective treaty reinsurance protection for the Property portfolios.
• Promote the professional growth of a diverse and engaged underwriting community, whilst planning effectively to meet the succession needs of the organization
• Identify training needs and, in conjunction with the AXA XL Underwriting Academy, develop training programs designed to advance the technical skills of the Property Underwriting community
• Drive and monitor underwriting policies, rules, guidelines and procedures establishing the referral flow for technical oversight
• Cascading (and withdrawal) of Underwriting Authority levels to achieve underwriting quality, best practices, profitability and regulatory compliance goals
• Create and implement governance framework to ensure underwriting best practice through form Underwriting Reviews and quality controls, as necessary
• Represent line(s)/business unit(s) during, regulatory and FIC audits as needed and coordinate with line/Business Unit on internal and external requests for information
• Operational planning - Work with the Global Product Heads and Regional CUO’s to ensure we have effective operational plans to achieve strategic objectives
• Work with Finance, Actuarial, Heads of LOB to influence the development of Regional financial plans in support of the Global Property Strategy.
• Build and maintain robust links with the Global CUO function and leadership team to ensure alignment with product growth and strategic direction
• Align with AXA GI and other legal entities to collaborate and innovate where possible, proactively identifying new product opportunities to support product growth strategies
• Ensure Regional Property Underwriting teams are collaborating with the Global Chief Underwriting office and Internal Audit as appropriate

You will report to AXA XL’s Global Chief Underwriting Officer.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with extensive experience in global insurance, focusing on underwriting management and insurance operations
• Deep understanding of Property Insurance with a preference for experience leading a global portfolio
• Proven leadership and communication skills with an ability to influence across cultural differences
• An unwavering commitment to enable a variety of teams to achieve their best results
• Sound understanding of financial planning, analysis and reporting approaches
• Successful track record of profitable growth
• Ability…