at Accident Fund Insurance Company of America in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
REMOTE opportunity. Must reside within the U.S. Travel is required.AF Group (or any Emergent Holdings) employees who cannot access our internal job board "Opportunity Marketplace", please use your corporate email address to apply here.
The Reinsurance Team is responsible for the implementation of the organization's treaties, including system setup, cross department coordination, submission preparation, contract/terms negotiation, managing treaty documentation, and all related compliance and control processes. The position is responsible for working with brokers, intermediaries, and reinsurers in the placement of reinsurance agreements. Role will require utilization of analytical and critical thinking skills to help identify risks faced by business units and determining mitigating reinsurance solutions.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Other duties may be assigned.
- Lead the placement of treaty reinsurance agreements, acting as the contact for external brokers, intermediaries, and reinsurers.
- Interacts with internal reinsurance legal counsel to ensure that reinsurance agreement wording is in line with agreed terms and conditions, and that all parties have agreed all terms prior to seeking binding approval.
- Work with business unit leaders to understand risks and desires of reinsurance as a tool to mitigate risk.
- Understand, negotiate, and achieve best reinsurance contract terms.
- Prepare presentations and documents outlining the reinsurance placement strategy and objectives.
- Facilitate and oversee periodic reinsurer audits and data requests.
- Present and represent the company in meetings at industry events to brokers, agency partners, and reinsurers.
- Supports monitoring catastrophe risk and aggregation management, with understanding of AM Best's perspective and impacts on BCAR.
- Assigned advanced special projects as needed.
- Strategize on best economic structures to maximize P&L impact of reinsurance by understanding the various levers that impact reinsurance pricing and structure in addition to performance metrics.
- Provide recommendations for Firm Order Terms, participation allocations and reinsurance structure based on technical and strategic analysis of the reinsurance marketplace with considerations for pricing, diversification of credit risk and long-term reinsurance purchase strategy.
- Supports details and analysis for forecasting and annual planning with regards to reinsurance.
- Understands the company's overall strategy and ideates and supports reinsurance utilization to provide maximum support towards those strategies.
- Bachelor's degree required, business or insurance related major preferred.
- Eight years of reinsurance experience required, or combination of 8 years of either P&C experience and reinsurance may be considered in lieu.
- Completion of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) or Associate in Reinsurance (ARe) designations preferred.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Knowledge of property and casualty insurance with understanding of reinsurance principles, practices and procedures, products, and services.
- Ability to effectively exchange information clearly and concisely, present ideas, report facts and other information, and respond to questions as appropriate.
- Presentation skills and confidence to present company and product in one-on-one settings or in small groups.
- Ability to apply the principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw conclusions.
- Ability to establish a personal rapport with opposing parties and to resolve conflicts in a professional manner.
- Ability to serve as a mentor and trainer of reinsurance leads.
- Subject matter expert in reinsurance contract structures and terms.
- Thorough knowledge of insurance principles and practices including reinsurance, underwriting and marketing guidelines, and claims practices.
- Knowledge of GAAP and SAP accounting with understanding of financial data.
- Ability to create reinsurance pro-forma structure with little direction.
- Ability to lead projects and direct others.
- Superior analytical skills that can be leveraged to create reinsurance strategies for the organization.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Work is performed in an office/remote setting with no unusual hazards. 30-40% travel required.
The qualifications listed above are intended to represent the minimum education, experience, skills, knowledge and ability levels associated with performing the duties and responsibilities contained in this job description.
"Actual compensation decision relies on the consideration of internal equity, candidate's skills and professional experience, geographic location, market and other potential factors. It is not standard practice for an offer to be at or near the top of the range, and therefore a reasonable estimate for this role is between $102,400 and $171,500."
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity is valued and we will not tolerate discrimination or harassment in any form. Candidates for the position stated above are hired on an \"at will\" basis. Nothing herein is intended to create a contract.
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