Head of Construction

Join Starr, a global leader in commercial insurance with over a century of expertise. We empower our employees to innovate, make impactful decisions, and build lasting client relationships worldwide. At Starr, you'll work in an entrepreneurial culture alongside accessible leaders, leveraging our financial strength and vast industry experience to deliver solutions for our clients, no matter how complex. Grow your career with a rapidly growing company that invests in its people and their ability to drive real progress.

The priority is to develop, underwrite & manage the strategy for Construction portfolio for Starr in Latin America, also analyze and write Onshore Operational Property Insurance for Oil, Gas, Petrochemicals, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Power Generation/Utilities, Process Industries, Mining, Heavy Industriies & Commercial Property.

You will work to identify and develop business, and provide reinsurance quotations to national and international reinsurance brokers, including underwriting, proposals, and visits to the insured. This includes serving as a referral point for construction projects exceeding local underwriting authorities, but also

• underwriting assessment of risks with the underwriting authority that may be delegated to you, and
• monitoring of the results on the accounts in your portfolio and taking of corrective measures if necessary.

• Job functions:

  Achieve budgeted divisional production and profitability goals

  Develop and implement strategic business plan for Construction in support of divisional and corporate objectives

  Manage/develop/expand key broker relationships and implement external marketing/internal cross marketing strategies

  Develop and implement disciplined underwriting strategy to ensure sustained profitability

  Develop and implement staff training/development/mentoring/succession plans.

  Work with the Regional Head of Property in Miami to prepare an Annual Business Plan and Budget.

  Provide underwriting assistance for Construction to Starr offices elsewhere in the Latin America region, as may be necessary.

  Place facultative reinsurance following Home Office guidelines as well as may be necessary.

  Meet regularly with local Brokers and Risk Managers/Insureds.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Proven track record of profitable growth in Construction and Property
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced decision-making environment
• Minimum of 10 years construction/property underwriting experience
• Have an extensive network of senior-level broker and construction client contacts
• Significant aptitude with management reporting tools/systems: Salesforce, Excel, Power BI
• Full professional fluency in Spanish and English.
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.