Senior Analyst, Global Underwriting Risk Management

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The Senior Analyst, Global Underwriting and Claims Risk and Quality Assurance reports into the Global Director and will play a significant role in supporting the enterprise in its monitoring and mitigation strategies for the insurance, reinsurance, fronting and insurance linked securities divisions of Markel Corporation. The role will support the Director in solving and managing a wide variety of complex underwriting issues and by finding creative cost effective solutions that will provide the enterprise with better underwriting oversight. This position is focused on risk prevention and detection by enhancing existing procedures to support risk mitigation throughout the organization. In addition, the role will be responsible for facilitating underwriting and claims audits and using data analytics to highlight and communicate areas of opportunity and risk to the business.

Job Responsibilities

• Promote, cultivate and develop oversight and Risk Management best practices across our insurance and reinsurance divisions worldwide.
• Facilitate the underwriting and claims audit processes process through Sentry, our system, and further enhance reporting.
• Identify issues, deviations, and root causes; and effectively communicate with Markel underwriters, claims examiners and leadership.
• Seek to develop effective working relationships, cultivate networks, create opportunities to develop relationships across the departments / divisions to achieve group and organizational goals.
• Identifies and promotes assurance objectives which align with the stated strategic goals of the organization.
• Open to continued evolution and flexibility to promote continued growth and change in role and responsibilities. Striving for a better way to safeguard Markel’s assets.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Certification

• Industry designations are a plus (CIA, CPCU, ARM, CRM, INS, IEA, AIC, ARM)

Work Experience
A combination of 5+ years of underwriting or claims, commercial insurance and data analysis experience

Skill Sets

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Demonstration of a highly collaborative work style
• High degree of creativity and self-motivated in striving for continued evolution and automation
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Advanced Excel knowledge to include performing data analytic tests and trend analyses.
• Strong desire for continuous improvement

Who we are:
Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.
We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better
We enjoy the everyday | We think further
What’s in it for you:

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.

• We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life.
• All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
• We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.
• Markel offers hybrid working schedules of 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.

Are you ready to play your part?
Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
The base salary offered for the successful candidate will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, demonstrated competencies, geographic location, and other factors.
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No agencies please.

• Promote, cultivate and develop oversight and Risk Management best practices across our insurance and reinsurance divisions worldwide.
• Facilitate the underwriting and claims audit processes process through Sentry, our system, and further enhance reporting.
• Identify issues, deviations, and root causes; and effectively communicate with Markel underwriters, claims examiners and leadership.
• Seek to develop effective working relationships, cultivate networks, create opportunities to develop relationships across the departments / divisions to achieve group and organizational goals.
• Identifies and promotes assurance objectives which align with the stated strategic goals of the organization.
• Open to continued evolution and flexibility to promote continued growth and change in role and responsibilities. Striving for a better way to safeguard Markel’s assets