Senior Underwriter, E&S Energy

AXA•Dallas, TX

10h

About The Position

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. Our Wholesale Solutions team at AXA XL, poised for growth in the dynamic world of Excess and Surplus lines. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative team that has been unlocking the future since 1978, creating teams that excel at innovation, expanding geographically, building new products, and serving our wholesale partners with excellence. AXA XL's E&S Energy business unit offers insurance solutions for a broad range of risks including traditional contractors involved in upstream exploration, manufacturers, and suppliers of oilfield equipment as well as ventures developing and delivering new alternatives. Products include Primary GL, Excess, CPL, and Professional for North American based Insureds. The Senior Underwriter, E&S Energy will be responsible for underwriting and managing a portfolio of complex energy insurance risks, including both traditional oil and gas operations and renewable energy projects. This individual will evaluate exposures, set pricing strategies, and develop tailored insurance solutions while maintaining profitability and underwriting integrity. The candidate will also be responsible for strengthening broker and client relationships.

Requirements

Extensive progressive underwriting experience related to Energy accounts.
Outstanding relationships within National and Regional brokerages in the assigned territory.
Thorough knowledge of commercial insurance coverages and contracts.
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience working hands-on with actuarial colleagues.
Outstanding project and time-management skills.
Effective sales, marketing and negotiation skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

The candidate will handle both new and renewal business in an assigned territory.
Market and solicit new business opportunities from wholesale broker partners.
Analyze submission data including applications, policy wording, inspection reports, loss runs, and financial reports while conducting appropriate research to determine degree of risk for each account.
Utilize underwriting tools including exposure, experience and industry ratings to analyze complex casualty exposure.
Adhere to underwriting guidelines, underwriting authorities and referral requirements as needed to regional management, product management and chief underwriting officers.
Collaborate with internal colleagues in the assessment of current and prospective risks, including actuarial, claims, and legal.
Pro-active service of business in conjunction with our Middle Office to ensure timely and accurate delivery of quotations, binders, policies and endorsements.
Cross-sell with other business units including primary casualty, property and other professional lines to maximize deployment of AXA XL’s capital.
Monitor trends within the Marketplace to ensure we stay aware and ahead of emerging issues. (Renewables and alternative energy opportunities)
Contribute to regional planning through the development and execution of your own annual desk-level underwriting plan.
Travel throughout the territory (20%) for client, broker and internal meetings.

Benefits

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.
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
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.
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.