Casualty Schemes Lead

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At AIG, we are reimagining the way we help customers to manage risk. Join us as a Casualty Schemes Lead, Australia to play your part in that transformation. It’s an opportunity to grow your skills and experience as a valued member of the team.

Make your mark in Underwriting

AIG Underwriting teams help to find insurance solutions in areas including Financial Lines, Property, Casualty, Specialty Lines, Cyber, and Multinational Clients. 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

This exciting new role will focus on the growth and development of a new specialised portfolio for our Schemes & Facilities business, continuing our focus on delivering bespoke products to market, providing solutions for our clients and enhancing the profitability of the AIG Casualty portfolio. This role has two key parameters, maintenance, and growth of the existing Scheme & Facilities portfolio, as well as development of new and exciting ways to deliver our products to market.

This role is critical to our growth strategy and is responsible for driving the underwriting quality, direction and growth within this segment through executing on our well-developed strategy. You will be responsible for the ongoing management of our Schemes & Facilities portfolio, development of new business opportunities, development, and maintenance of senior executive relationships with brokers in this segment, whilst ensuring underwriting quality, and profitable outcomes for the portfolio.

This role will involve active engagement with both internal and external stakeholders ensuring that the AIG go-to-market strategy is highly collaborative and focused on positive client and broker solutions. This role will also be imperative in developing additional go-to-market capabilities through broker platform connectivity & integration with AIG systems allowing enhanced client access to AIG products.

You will be joining a team of highly experienced and well-respected underwriting personnel who consistently delivers on our budgeted KPI’s, executes compelling go-to-market messaging, and fosters positive broker relationships.

Key accountabilities will include but not limited to:

• Management of AIG Casualty Schemes & Facilities portfolio incorporating both broker binder arrangements and the standalone casualty product for SME via AIG GO.

• Responding to referrals from brokers which fall outside of pre-agreed parameters

• Review and renewal of schemes and facilities parameters though negotiation with broker partners

• Maintenance & development of key broker relationships

• Development & execution of Pipeline initiatives

• Development of New Business opportunities within the Schemes and Facilities portfolio

• Ensuring compliance with AIG Business Rules & Guidelines

• Internal collaboration with AIG colleagues across the business

• Development and presentation of compelling go-to-market collateral, capabilities, and goals of the Schemes and Facilities portfolio

• Collaboration with AIG project delivery team to develop platforms and systems for integration with broker platforms including start-up and delivery of standalone Casualty product for SME clients.

• Collaborating with AIG Casualty Underwriting Office team to deliver new products to market.     

• Reporting and progress of underwriting performance indicators to Head of Casualty, Australia

• Development and delivery of underwriting profitability and performance goals

• Reviewing and responding to referrals within set parameters, and in line with strategic direction of the department   

• Actively and consistently engaging with external brokers to ensure visibility

• Attending client meetings to foster positive business relationships with AIG clients

• Ensuring all administrative and financial tasks are completed within the required timeframes

• Ad hoc requests from Head of Casualty as required 

What you’ll need to succeed

• Strong underwriting or broking experience, ideally in a senior portfolio role focused on SME in which you demonstrated the key skillsets outlined in the key responsibilities above

• A high degree of business and financial acumen

• A high level of Casualty product understanding and Australian market experience  

• A proven ability to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

• An adaptive, expansive, and solutions focused mindset capable of positively managing and balancing competing priorities.

• A disciplined, controlled, and strategic approach to underwriting, prioritizing a profitable and sustainable portfolio over quick growth aspirations.

• Adaptable to a dynamic, quickly changing, and evolving business environment

• Aware and responsive to financial, operational and market feedback 

• Committed to actively encouraging a diverse, transparent, collaborative, and open working environment 

Applicants must have valid rights to work in Australia, as employer sponsorship is not available for this position.

Ready to make a bigger impact? We look forward to reviewing your application.

At AIG, we value in-person collaboration as a vital part of our culture, which is why we ask our team members to be primarily in the office. This approach helps us work together effectively and create a supportive, connected environment for our team and clients alike.

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 inclusion

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 learning, cultural awareness activities and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). With global chapters, ERGs are a cornerstone for our culture of inclusion. The talent 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.  

Functional Area:

UW - Underwriting

AIG Australia Limited