Underwriter, Commercial Property

American International Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Underwriter, Commercial Property

Underwriter, Commercial Property

Join us as a Property Underwriter to grow your career at the forefront of Commercial Property Insurance and help develop AIG’s property portfolio in the Midlands and South-West.

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

As an Underwriter in our Regions Property team, you will develop risk transfer solutions for mid to large corporate property clients brokered in the UK Regions. This role is a unique opportunity to join a high performing team and contribute to a growth area of the business with significant scope to influence and develop AIG’s property portfolio in the Midlands and South-West.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development of our middle market portfolio; build visibility with brokers and clients.
• Maintain and develop strong broker and client relationships.
• Work cross functionally with other areas in AIG to achieve corporate objectives.
• Work within agreed decision-making standards, limitations, authorities, and underwriting guidelines.
• Achieve satisfactory ratings on all underwriting quality reviews.
• Ensure all corporate service standards are maintained to both brokers & internal colleagues.
• Support the culture of continuous improvement in all areas including improving processes to make the business more efficient and creating an environment where people are encouraged to take initiative and responsibility.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Commercial property underwriting experience combined with technical insurance knowledge.
• A desire to develop your property underwriting technical capability, including in relation to reinsurance and multinational insurance programmes.
• Experience working with regional brokers and a desire to proactively expand your broker network.
• Ability to understand policy wordings.
• Experience and comfort working in a multi-stakeholder, collaborative environment.
• Desire to work in an entrepreneurial environment as a key contributor to the development of AIG’s Regional property portfolio in the Midlands and South-West.

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.

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 inclusion learning, cultural awareness activities and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

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 [e-mail].

Functional Area: UW - Underwriting AIG Europe S.A. (U.K. Branch) & American International Group UK Ltd