Senior Underwriter Professional Indemnity

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Hybrid working mode

Eager to boost your underwriting career in Financial Lines?

Join our dynamic, experienced team as a Senior Underwriter Professional Indemnity and help us accelerate our success in the Financial Lines market.

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Underwriter to join our Financial Lines team as a Senior Underwriter Professional Indemnity – if that could be you, please get in contact.

As a Senior Underwriter you will underwrite Professional Indemnity insurances in the Benelux.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Manage a diverse portfolio of Professional Indemnity lines risks, focusing on strategic growth and profitability.
• Collaborate with brokers and clients to build strong relationships and secure new business opportunities.
• Develop and implement innovative underwriting strategies that support our entrepreneurial spirit.
• Work in a collaborative and supportive environment, with opportunities for professional development and growth

The Underwriter will have co-responsibility for proper risk selection, mix of business management, pricing strategies, adherence to underwriting guidelines and quality analysis for the lines of business.

Depending on your background and experience,  you can acquire and grow your skillset to develop your potential and, together with your colleagues, reach the set targets and goals.

We invent the new to help the world move forward. Combining powerful analytics and deeper insights with bigger ideas and innovative solutions, we free up our clients’ potential, thereby fulfilling our own. Take it seriously. Make it fun. Know it matters.

You will report to the Underwriting Manager Benelux. The position requires travelling, both domestically and abroad.

What you’ll be DOING

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Expand and manage the PI portfolio with profitable and sustainable growth
• Building and maintaining relationships with both clients and brokers
• Proactively advising, assisting, servicing and following up with clients on insurance and risk management matters to ensure satisfaction and fulfillment of their insurance requirements
• Working collaboratively in a team environment, assisting underwriters, underwriting assistants and management team
• Maintain awareness of all claims advised while supporting and providing input on settlement of claims
• Actively promoting the AXA XL brand within the Benelux market
• Establish strategies and action plans with the Underwriting Manager Benelux and with the product line Chief Underwriting Officer for Professional Indemnity
• Oversee business development, generate submission flow to meet specific targets, and identify up-sell/cross-sell opportunities initiatives with other lines of businesses
• Anticipate market trends and keep track of specific underwriting issues
• Develop customer relationship management initiatives in coordination with Client Distribution Leads, particularly with brokers and Risk Managers of main Benelux corporations

What you will BRING

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

• University degree in business or law
• Significant experience with Financial Lines underwriting and/or broking, with recognized knowledge and abilities overall with Professional Indemnity insurances
• Excellent local market knowledge and very good reputation in the market
• Analytical, proactive and communicative, takes on an active approach
• A team player, with an open mind and an ambition to learn and grow
• Ability to respond to a changing environment with flexibility and innovation
• High communication, negotiation and presentation skills (both written and verbal) in English and Dutch

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Passionate about doing business, negotiating and driving growth in a competitive market
• Demonstrated organizational skills and a talent for prioritizing tasks that align with both individual and team success.

Who WE are

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com

What we OFFER

Inclusion

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.   At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity.  AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Total Rewards

AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

Sustainability

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action:  We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.

For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability.