Underwriting Lead, Retail Property

Underwriting Lead, Retail Property

Join us as an Underwriting Lead in Retail Property to make a greater impact through your technical expertise and people skills.

Make your mark in Underwriting

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.

How you will create an impact

• Provides technical direction to management, less senior specialists and underwriters, producers, and claims adjusting personnel.

• Accepts, declines, or modifies new and renewal submissions submitted by brokers. Identifies exposures and analysis required to underwrite an account, as well as the coverage policies, and determines the exposures to loss assumed and restricted by the insuring agreements and the exclusions. Manages a book of business and may participate in the formulation of the budget relative to regional budget/goals. Establishes new business production goals and submission flow relative to the book of business.

• Collaborate with Distribution, Territory Managers, and other line(s) of business underwriters to target desirable accounts and cross selling opportunities from brokers while soliciting customer/producer input for improving and enhancing service.

• Develops and implements pricing and negotiation strategy, terms & conditions, and deal structures with brokers and clients while maintaining the quality of the risk and Retail Property strategy.

• Develop strong, long term relationships with brokers and clients to profitably grow a book of business.

• May draft manuscript that are particular to an underwriting exposure(s) for approval by legal.

• May be responsible for assigning and managing the work of a team of underwriters while providing guidance.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Mid level Commercial Insurance Company, Agency or Brokerage experience.

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, preferred.

• Advanced working knowledge of lines of business Retail Property products including product features, forms, regulatory environments, and risks, etc.

• Demonstrated sales, marketing, and relationship building experience..

• Ability to work in dynamic, rapidly changing environment, adapting to changing requirements and collaborating with a wide range of colleagues to quickly deliver solutions.

• Willingness to be flexible, learn on the job, and maintain a can-do attitude.

Ready to maximize your impact? We would love to hear from you.

Veterans encouraged to apply.

For positions based in New York City, NY, the base salary range is $103,000-$143,000 and the position is eligible for a bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan. 

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Enjoy benefits that take care of what matters

At AIG, our people are our greatest asset. We know how important it is to protect and invest in what’s most important to you. That is why we created our 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—to bring peace of mind to you and your family.

Reimagining insurance to make a bigger difference to the world

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks. It is an exciting time to join us — across our operations, we are thinking in new and innovative ways to deliver ever-better solutions to our customers. At AIG, you can go further to support individuals, businesses, and communities, helping them to manage risk, respond to times of uncertainty and discover new potential. We invest in our largest asset, our people, through continuous learning and development, in a culture that celebrates everyone for who they are and what they want to become.

Welcome to a culture of belonging

We’re committed to creating a culture that truly respects and celebrates each other’s talents, backgrounds, cultures, opinions and goals. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging through our flexible work arrangements, diversity and inclusion learning, cultural awaren