In this role you will support AXA XL’s newly established Middle Market pricing team which focuses on the expansion of our current offering to Middle Market clients in the Commercial P&C market.
- Ensure that the US Middle Market product lines have market leading, technical pricing and portfolio management capabilities and be responsible for the delivery of those capabilities.
- Provide decision making guidance throughout the entire underwriting process, through the use of advanced analytics, to drive superior business performance.
- Develop and leverage product pricing methodologies (aligned to global strategies and methodologies) including pricing algorithms, pricing parameters, pricing change impact analysis, and advanced pricing techniques.
- Support development, testing and calibration of Pricing tools, alongside Models team.
- Train and answer underwriter queries on pricing tools.
- Case pricing for larger risks.
- Collaborate with key business stakeholders in Underwriting, Finance, Reserving and Claims to support adequate pricing and profitable growth strategies.
- Ensure compliance with Pricing Model Standards, maintain required technical pricing documentation, and enforce pricing model governance.
- Support reinsurance and risk management with data and analysis, as needed.
- Managing the portfolio, assessing the expected profitability and risk of products through review, analysis and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative information and trends.
- Creation of underwriting actions to improve profitability if required.
- Ad hoc requests.
- Extensive P&C experience with emphasis in Middle Market, commercial lines pricing and/or small commercial (CMP or BOP) pricing.
- ACAS or FCAS Designation.
- Leadership skills to work collaboratively with colleagues to build consensus.
- Outstanding verbal communications skills, as well as influencing and negotiating skills, to gain buy-in to communicate clearly and concisely with internal and external clients.
- Excellent written communication skills.
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
- The ability to demonstrate critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Excel, programming (R, VBA, SQL) preferred.
- 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
- 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.