Senior Underwriting Team Lead, Excess & Surplus Lines

Senior Underwriting Team Lead, Excess & Surplus Lines

• Develop and deliver underwriting guidelines within the framework of risk appetite, underwriting appetite, limits management and emerging risks.
• Develop, position, market, and deliver innovative, market-leading products and services through regional framework to a network of producers in a manner that effectively leverages our strengths as a competitive differential in the marketplace.
• Drive underwriting excellence across the business through quality assurance practices and training.
• Develop framework for underwriting authority.
• Demonstrate understanding of regulatory and compliance processes and ensure AIG stakeholders understand the Lexington Property business model, underwriting methodology, and the risks we assume.
• Support an effective reinsurance strategy that supports our risk appetite for per risk and aggregation.
• Establish strong relationships with regional leadership; create mutual understanding of overall parameters and goals to drive effective execution of the business model.
• Develop tools and strategies, in collaboration with HR, to attract and retain top industry talent and develop high performing teams.
• Drive a culture that promotes collaboration, diversity and inclusion.

• Property insurance leadership experience.
• Knowledge of market segmentation, portfolio management, acquisition and distribution
• Proven Strategic Leadership skills in developing vision and purpose, driving for results and leading effective teams
• Established strong relationships with customers and intermediaries
• Skilled leader of change; versatile, client focused, results oriented
• Demonstrated business savvy, analytical and quantitative skills
• Expert technical underwriting background
• Strong problem solving and conflict resolution experience
• Strategic orientation, managing vision and purpose, developing organizational capability.
• Talent assessment and development for bench strength and succession planning.
• Proven collaborative leadership skills.

• 401k matching
• Health insurance
• Flight privileges

Lexington Insurance Company is the leading U.S-based surplus lines insurer.