Liability Zone Leader - West

This job is with Allianz Commercial, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

We are looking for a Liability Zone Leader - West based in the Western Region.

Your Team: The North American Liability team offers a wide range of liability insurance solutions. These include National Accounts Excess, Multinational, Reverse Flow, Environmental Liability and some Primary General Liability in the United States and Canada.

The Impact You Will Have: Reporting to the Head of National Accounts, Liability, the Liability Zone Leader - West will:

• Lead a team of underwriters/team leads to underwrite profitable new and renewal business to meet Liability targets regionally and/or globally;
• Lead team in negotiating participation, pricing and terms and conditions for large/critical clients;
• Take ownership of large/critical accounts/clients and will have ultimate responsibility for accounts within the team;
• Lead and manage a team, including training and development and act as the referral point for other underwriters;
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with brokers and clients.

Some of your specific responsibilities could include:

• Managing a team of underwriters, including delegating tasks to team in order to achieve overall results, managing/supervising portfolio and acting as point of referral and managing cost center budget within plan.
• Contributing to the development and execution of the regional underwriting strategy for Liability.
• Managing referrals from underwriters and spokes and re-underwriting complex business as appropriate.
• Responsibility for zonal performance within National Accounts sub-Lob and acting as a "champion" for any matters relating to the sub-LoB.
• Underwriting oversight on large/critical new and renewal accounts to meet top and bottom line targets (regional and/or global), including negotiating participation, pricing and terms and conditions with brokers, as well as proactively managing capacity.
• Underwriting and evaluating Natural Catastrophe Accumulation, ensuring an understanding of catastrophe modelling and interpretation of scenarios for Liability, as well as underwriting International Insurance Programs for Liability.
• Overseeing underwriting in line with Liability governance framework (e.g., underwriting authorities, global MSU, Underwriting Guidelines, and Rules and Principles).
• Ensuring contract certainty is achieved on all accounts at time of inception.
• Ensuring utilization of global/regional pricing tools.
• Ensuring placing and binding of FAC Reinsurance prior to policy inception.
• Ensuring adherence to reinsurance treaty terms/conditions.
• Proactively supporting acquisition of new business and retention of existing business (including client and producer negotiations where necessary) and liaising with Distribution on market management initiatives.
• Positively representing Allianz Commercial externally to the market.
• Proactively driving involvement of functional areas in Underwriting process, including Distribution, ARC, Claims, and Operations.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with key producers and clients and other relevant stakeholders (e.g., risk managers).

What You'll Bring to the Role:

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in underwriting profitable Liability business, including specialized expert understanding of sub-LoB products and portfolio;
• Recognized, well-established long term relationship building with brokers at peer group level and within the local market;
• Specialized understanding of regional/local Liability insurance markets and competitor landscape, including global elements;
• Understanding of legal and regulatory framework;
• Ability to assess risk inherent exposures and natural hazards relevant to Liability;
• Ability to analyze current performance against benchmarks applying how the market operates and functions, the business needs and customer needs;
• Experience designing, developing and implementing consistent, robust wordings;
• Robust understanding of policy administration life cycle, information collection, policy issuance, premium bookings, credit control, and cancellation;
• Ability to analyze highly complex data, from multiple sources, in detail, identifying and resolving issues before they transpire;
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with an ability to influence others;
• Experience with MS Office tools;
• Significant experience in leadership and development of direct teams, including coaching, mentoring and developing team members and performance assessment;
• Ability to persuade and motivate others to act, without executive authority;
• A deep knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), with the ability to leverage AI-driven insights to shape strategic decisions and drive innovation across the organization;
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Economics, Finance, Insurance Management or Business Administration.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employment-based sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time, nor can we guarantee future sponsorship.

The annualized base pay range for this role is $185,000 - $250,000. The annual base salary range represents a nationwide market range. The actual salary for this position may be above and will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate. The base pay is just one component of the AzC total compensation package.

As part of our comprehensive compensation and highly rated benefits programs, employees are also eligible for annual performance-based cash incentive awards.

What's in it for you?

• We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.
• We offer a hybrid working model, which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working.
• We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• From our support for flexible working, health and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.
• With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry and our clients.

Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. Allianz Commercial helps customers to prepare for what's ahead.

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

People with disabilities: We want to give all our candidates the best opportunity to succeed. If you need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please email agcsglobalcareers@allianz.com

Recruitment Agencies: Allianz Commercial has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Allianz Commercial does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact managers directly. Failure to comply could/may result in the disqualification of the candidates and/or the termination of our contract and/or fees not being paid.