Regional Middle Market Umbrella & Excess Leader, West - Los Angeles or San Francisco

Let's care for tomorrow.Your ambitions. Your dreams. Your tomorrowAt Allianz Commercial (AzC), we are the global leader for insuring corporate and specialty risks in the Allianz Group. Whether it's aircraft, satellites, the world's biggest ships and tallest building, cyber-attacks or climate change impacts, AzC has the major risks covered when it comes to protecting businesses.

We are looking for a Regional Middle Market Umbrella & Excess Leader, West in Los Angeles or San Francisco

Your Team Our team is committed to growing the Middle Market Umbrella & Excess Western Region book with a focus on High Excess with a combination of Lead Umbrella. You will part of a collaborative team of Underwriters, Legal, Risk Consultant, Claims and Operations staff working together to ensure that Middle Market Umbrella & Excess meets its objectives and continues to be recognized as a world-class team.

The Impact You Will Have Reporting to the Regional Head of Middle Market Umbrella & Excess, USA, you will join the team as a Regional Middle Market Umbrella & Excess Senior Leader, West. You will be responsible for developing and executing the LoB local strategy and proactively support the development of the LoB strategy, managing the local LoB portfolio to ensure the s Allianz Commercial LoB targets are met successfully, building a functional team and delegating underwriting authority within the USA zone in accordance with the Regional and Global LoB Heads and within the Regional and Global PC Heads and developing and maintaining strong relationships with brokers and clients

Some of your specific responsibilities could include:

• Lead and manage a team of Underwriters, including direct reports and matrix management of functional reports.
• Manage cost center budget within plan.
• Develop and execute a local Middle Market Excess/Umbrella underwriting strategy while supporting the regional and global strategy.
• Steer and control local Middle Market Excess Umbrella portfolio to drive achievement of financial targets (e.g., full combined ratio), ensuring adherence to plan and taking corrective action as necessary.
• Ensure underwriting consistency, underwriting discipline and adherence to all corporate guidelines and authority levels, including Rules and Principles, Underwriting Authorities, corporate governance rules, and local regulatory framework
• Referral/case Underwriting for key clients as required.
• Proactively support development and implementation of new and modified products and implementation of pricing tools.
• Proactively support the acquisition of new business and retention of existing business (including client and broker negotiations where necessary).
• Positively represent Allianz Commercial internally within the Allianz Group, and externally to the market.

What You'll Bring to the Role

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in Excess/Umbrella underwriting;
• Significant experience in leading and directing a team of underwriters, including the ability to delegate tasks, steer team direction/goals, within a complex global matrix environment;
• Ability to build and foster relationships internally across the organization and externally with our broker partners;
• Outstanding technical skills with ability to analyze complex data/information from multiple sources;
• Ability to express ideas and messages clearly, both written and verbally;
• Strong thought leadership skills with the ability to persuade and motivate others to act; and
• Strong solution orientation, with an entrepreneurial spirit.

The annualized base pay range for this role is $147,672 - $264,352. 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.

36103 | Underwriting | Management | Allianz Commercial | Full-Time | Permanent

What's in it for you?

Let's care about everything that makes you, youWe 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. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.

Let's care for your financial wellbeingWe believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and 401K.

Let's care for your opportunities to progressFrom 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.

Let's care for life's twists and turnsFrom 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. We've got your back.

Let's care for our society and our planetWith 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.

Care to join us?Allianz Commercial (AzC) is a global corporate insurance carrier and part of Allianz Group. We provide risk consultancy, Property-Casualty insurance solutions and alternative risk transfer for a wide spectrum of commercial, corporate and specialty risks across 10 dedicated lines of business. Learn more about us by clicking here.Allianz is an equal opportunity employer, and therefore welcomes applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. Diversity of thinking is an important part of our company culture.

Recruitment Agencies: AzC has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. AzC does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. 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.

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Nearest Major Market: Los Angeles