Underwriting Leader, Representations and Warranties - M&A Financial Lines

Join us as an Underwriting Leader, Representations and Warranties - M&A Financial Lines to play a highly influential role in protecting our clients, leading the underwriting of complex transactions and growing our business. 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.

• Conduct background research on the parties to a particular transaction and the industries in which they operate.
• Review and understand the client's motivation for requesting the insurance coverage, the role the insurance is playing in the transaction, and the value of the insurance to the transaction.
• Review and understand the agreements and other documentation relevant to the analysis and assessment of the risk.
• Analyze and assess complex and highly negotiated risks in accordance with the relevant product line policies and procedures, exercising sound judgment on coverage, structure, pricing and risk selection.
• Prepare and negotiate non-binding indication letters, insurance policies and binder agreements.
• Serve as a key point of contact for clients, client’s advisors, brokers and other deal professionals, providing clear, commercially focused guidance throughout the underwriting process.
• Lead and participate on underwriting conference calls.
• Manage the underwriting process and the selection of and work performed by outside counsel and other advisors.
• Present preliminary findings and conclusions to management.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching and support to less experienced underwriters, analysts, and other team members and contribute to consistent underwriting practices across the Group.

• Participate in the marketing of transactional insurance products to brokers, private equity firms, law firms, investment banks, accounting firms, consulting firms and prospective clients, with a focus on strengthening strategic relationships and identifying new business opportunities.
• Develop and deliver sophisticated presentation, marketing and informational materials tailored to clients, brokers and other M&A professionals.
• Help develop, refine and enhance the suite of transactional insurance products offered to our clients based on market developments, claims experience and evolving transaction structures.
• Contribute to the formulation and implementation of the Group’s strategy at the product line level, including underwriting appetite, portfolio quality, broker engagement and profitable growth initiatives.

LEADERSHIP

SKILLS:

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including advanced proficiency in drafting clear, precise legal and commercial documents
• Advanced understanding of complex corporate structuring and financing arrangements
• Demonstrated ability to lead negotiations with commercially and legally sophisticated advisors, brokers and clients
• Highly focused, enthusiastic and creative thinker with strong judgment and a solutions-oriented approach to novel or complex issues
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multiple complex underwriting processes, assess and prioritize material risks, coordinate stakeholders and maintain organization under demanding transaction timelines
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across…