Head of Pricing, Commercial

This role is part of the Pricing & Analytics team supporting AXA XL’s Insurance Division. As the Head of Pricing, Americas Large Commercial, you will be responsible for driving market-leading pricing capabilities and support for all America’s Large Commercial products including US, Canada, and Bermuda. As the Head of Pricing, you will work closely with the Head of Pricing, Americas, the Large Commercial CUO and others to monitor profitability and help drive profitable underwriting decision making.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Ensure all Large Commercial Americas lines of business have market-leading technical pricing and portfolio management capabilities through effective engagement with underwriting and collaboration with product pricing teams.
• Act as a key member and influencer on the Americas Large Commercial leadership team.
• Lead, develop and motivate high performing individuals throughout the broader Pricing & Analytics team in support of the Large Commercial Americas region.
• Ensure technical pricing is compliant with regulatory filings whilst incorporating proprietary pricing insights to drive underwriting decisions.
• Develop robust portfolio management capabilities to support business intelligence and management information, including core pricing metrics.
• Drive appropriate consistency in pricing and portfolio analysis across Americas Large Commercial whilst ensuring consistency across the broader AXA XL Insurance products.
• Influence the creation of the region’s business plan including communication of loss ratios, trends, and pricing metrics whilst considering local market conditions and regional strategy.
• Collaborate with Heads of Pricing for each Product to ensure regional needs are prioritized whilst balancing the need for global consistency and other priorities.
• Regularly communicate with product pricing teams to ensure knowledge of latest trends and changes.
• Engage with underwriting and pricing to solve complex problems through analytical solutions.
• Collaborate with the broader Pricing & Analytics teams, UW leadership, reserving, finance, regulatory and capital modelling.
• Support and encourage the usage of pricing models and metrics, delivering training of underwriters as necessary.

You will report to Actuarial Leadership within AXA XL.

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

• Extensive non-life actuarial pricing experience, including experience in the large commercial space.
• Actuarial designation of ACAS required, FCAS preferred.
• Refined business acumen, demonstrating knowledge of market challenges and opportunities and implications of decisions.
• Leadership skills to work collaboratively with colleagues to build consensus.
• Impeccable written and verbal communications skills to gain buy-in to communicate clearly and concisely with internal and external clients.
• Resourceful and innovative – meeting challenges with new ideas and alternative solutions and leveraging the capabilities of AXA XL.

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.

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.

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