Head of Casualty

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.

About the role 

You will lead a team of motivated Casualty underwriters and will report to the local General Manager in The Netherlands. 

About the role

• Manages all Divisional Underwriting within the Netherlands
• Within the Netherlands, establishes, implements and evaluates the production and profitability goals.
• Direct accountability for the business results of your region with respect to profitability, penetration and/or volume within a specific account, segment, product or line of business.
• Drive and execute the long term business strategy for your line of business which including all accounts for product accounts.
• Serve as a technical expert, exercising technical authority with regards to major or multiple insurance product line(s)
• Manage annual budget process for the insurance product line(s) within Casualty.
• Manage monthly forecasts for the insurance product line(s) within Casualty.
• In collaboration with your direct stakeholders, implement tools and strategies to attract and retain top industry talent and develop a high performing team.
• Identify areas/positions within your line of business that lack sufficient bench strength, and employees who require additional skills to fill those needs; develop and execute development/training/recruiting platforms/plans to address the deficiencies.
• Establish strong relationships with leadership; create mutual understanding of overall parameters and goals to drive effective execution of business model.
• Interact with all levels of Insurance community.
• Drive a culture that promotes collaboration, diversity, and inclusion.
• Oversee all underwriters makes decisions regarding pay, performance management, development, employment, and staffing.

• Ensures the required standards of governance, systems and controls, and regulatory compliance are established and maintained.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS:

• Strategic orientation, managing vision and purpose, developing organizational capability.
• Results orientation.
• Strong influencing and communications skills.
• Ability to work across multiple areas of company and industries.
• Assessing and developing talent.
• Change management and team leadership.

TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Sufficient Commercial Insurance Company, Agency or Brokerage experience.
• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university.
• Analytical and quantitative skills; familiarity with actuarial data.
• Knowledge of market segmentation, portfolio management, acquisition and distribution.
• Process and system skills.
• Experience with budgeting and expense control.
• Experience managing or leading a team is preferred.

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 awareness activities and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). With global chapters, ERGs are a cornerstone for our culture of inclusion. The diversity of our people is one of AIG’s greatest assets, and we are honored that our drive for positive change has been recognized by numerous recent awards and accreditations.

AIG provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected categories.

AIG is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees with disabilities.  If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send an email to candidatecare@aig.com.  

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