Head of Casualty - Greater China

Company Details

Fortune 500 Company. General Insurer. Fast growing, dynamic organisation, dedicated to the development of its people.

Our organisation is actively committed to Innovation. Team members throughout our business live the Innovation Behaviours. This fosters an Innovation culture where new skills are learnt, ideas are shared and opportunities are created as we strive for better outcome.

The Role

Lead & build a profitable Casualty Underwriting Portfolio for Greater China with primary responsibility for Hong Kong per the agreed business plan. The role is a management position while includes responsibility for underwriting and marketing.

Key focus areas on products liability, CGL and life sciences. This position will also work closely with other underwriting departments to execute a successful and profitable business portfolio in Greater China markets. The position requires the candidate to also be responsible for managing and generating new and existing business.

• Support Head of Commercial Lines, Greater China on renewal, new business underwriting and marketing
• Lead product development for Casualty products from wording to market
• Continually help to improve to keep current a market leading Casualty Underwriting manual to align with our business and financial goals
• Establish budgets and goals in coordination with senior management and business strategy
• Build, Lead, train, develop and supervise Casualty Underwriting Team
• Establish a Casualty claims management strategy in conjunction with the Claims Manager
• Work with the Support Services to ensure systems requirements are specified and business needs are being met.
• Work with finance and business support to ensure reporting requirements and put in place and ongoing management reports are established to monitor portfolio performance.
• Continually seek ways to improve organizational efficiency, effectiveness and profitability
• Participate in relevant professional organizations as a representative of the company
• Perform additional duties as assigned by senior management team
• Ensure excellent service standards including quality of underwriting and timely responses which meet or exceed company standards.
• Ensures that budget goals are met in terms of revenue and expenses
• Participates in goal setting, planning and executive decision-making

The Candidate - Skills, Qualifications & Experience

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