Zone Leader

New York, New York
QBE Insurance
Primary Details
Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

Lead a team of underwriting professionals for an assigned region on the delivery of profitable Middle Market insurance risk selection by communicating underwriting vision and objectives, directing team operations, mentoring team members, and communicating risk assessment best practices to align underwriting strategy with portfolio growth goals

The Opportunity

Lead a team of underwriting professionals for an assigned region on the delivery of profitable Middle Market insurance risk selection by communicating underwriting vision and objectives, directing team operations, mentoring team members, and communicating risk assessment best practices to align underwriting strategy with portfolio growth goals.

Primary Responsibilities
• Enhance Middle Market insurance Underwriting portfolio by measuring, analyzing and communicating agency performance to ensure alignment with business strategy, retention of key partners and acquisition of desired business
•Manage profitability by identifying, measuring, managing and accounting for risks through team of managers and professionals underwriting processes to achieve business plan profit goals
•Recommend and implement business growth initiatives to achieve business plan goals
•Cultivate efficient team functioning by managing resources and recommending and implementing needed changes to fill in gaps and ensure streamlined strategy execution
•Influence team by modeling strong relationship building with key stakeholders to encourage team to utilize timely and effective communication and deliver personalized and quality service
•Build relationships and facilitate Middle Market insurance projects by sharing expertise with peers and senior leaders, guiding product review/launch process, leading agency and underwriter training, resolving escalated issues and monitoring agency level impact of change to ensure department initiatives enhance the business
•Guide key stakeholder decision-making and understanding of operations by sharing underwriting technical expertise with team, agents and regulators and clarifying complex escalated inquiries to transfer information and cultivate a strong department reputation
•Manage budgeted resources by anticipating expenditures, accurately forecasting resource needs/costs and properly accounting for expenses to meet requirements and achieve fiscal responsibility

Required Education
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience

Required Experience
• 7 years relevant experience

Preferred Competencies/Skills
• Assume a methodical approach to evaluate complex situations; conduct gap analysis of current state and desired future state
•Provide vision and think creatively and innovatively; implement strategies to improve efficiency
•Anticipate obstacles and challenges, identify root cause and strategize plans to address
•Organize people, tasks and activities to yield efficient work flow
•Build consensus through persuasion and influence
•Critically review, analyze, and synthesize information for reporting purposes
•Effectively present information to influence organizational leaders and key stakeholders
•Analyze risks, benefits and opportunities to ensure organizational competitiveness and satisfaction of established long-range objectives
•Foster and promote collaboration and teamwork
•Build and capitalize on beneficial internal and external relationships including competitors
•Use internal and external resources to gather, analyze, and reorganize information and use logic to address work-related issues and problems
•Risk identification and mitigation
•Creativity and alternative, open thinking to generate and support new or better ways of doing things
•Communicate information in a clear, well-organized, and professional manner
•Use relevant information and individual judgment to identify need for change
•Establish a high degree of trust and credibility with others
•Provide appropriate structure, direction and feedback
•Build long-term collaborative working relationships with senior managers
•Adapt and be flexible in a complex changing environment
•Coach and encourage employees towards continuously improving performance and mentor team with feedback, on-the-job skill enhancement opportunities and career advice
•Utilize motivational, inspirational and enthusiastic approach to managing team
•Anticipate obstacles, estimate time and resources needed for the completion of a project

Preferred Experience
• Extensive property and casualty insurance underwriting experience
•formal insurance coursework
•experience managing or leading others
•increasing levels of responsibility
•Middle Market insurance industry
•underwriting operations
•experience managing or leading others
•increasing levels of responsibility

Preferred Licenses/Certifications
• Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU); Certificate of General Insurance (INS); Associate in Insurance Production (AIP)

Preferred Knowledge
• Advanced working knowledge of commercial lines products and insurance concepts
•Advanced working knowledge of underwriting processes and procedures
•Advanced working knowledge of laws and regulations related to area of responsibility
•Advanced working knowledge of terminology, concepts and principles related to strategic planning
•Relevant trends and information within the industry
•Current and possible future policies, practices, trends, competition and information affecting his/her business and organization; knows how the business works

QBE Cultural DNA

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future by helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realizing our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the center of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other to enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities.

With more than 12,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.

We believe this is our moment: What if it was yours too?

Your career at QBE – let’s make it happen!

US Only – Travel Frequency
• Occasional (approximately 5-10 trips annually)

US Only – Physical Demands
• General office jobs: Work is generally performed in an office environment in which there is not substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions. Must have the ability to remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time. Must be able to operate basic office equipment including telephone, headset and computer. Incumbent must be able to lift basic office equipment up to 20 lbs.

US Only – Disclaimer
• To successfully perform this job, the individual must be able to perform each essential job responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential job responsibilities.

Job Type
• Manager

Global Disclaimer
• The duties listed in this job description do not limit the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the duties normally to be performed in the position or those occasionally assigned outside an employee’s normal duties. Our Group Code of Ethics and Conduct addresses the responsibilities we all have at QBE to our company, to each other and to our customers, suppliers, communities and governments. It provides clear guidance to help us to make good judgement calls.

Compensation

Base pay offered will vary depending on, but not limited to education, experience, skills, geographic location and business needs.

Annual Salary Range: $146,000 – $220,000

AL, AR, AZ, CO (Remote), DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL (Remote), IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX (Remote, Plano), UT, VA, VT, WI, WV and WY

Annual Salary Range: $161,000 – $242,000

CA (Remote, Fresno, Irvine and Woodland), Greenwood Village CO, CT, Chicago IL, MA, MD, NY (Remote), RI, Houston TX and WA

Annual Salary Range: $183,000 – $275,000

San Francisco CA, NJ and New York City NY

Benefit Highlights

You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why QBE provides you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally. Employees scheduled over 30 hours a week will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health.

We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution and a paid-time off program. In addition, our paid-family and care-giver leaves are available to support our employees and their families. Regular full-time and part-time employees will also be eligible for QBE’s annual discretionary bonus plan based on business and individual performance.

At QBE, we understand that exceptional employee benefits go beyond mere coverage and compensation . click apply for full job details