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AXA

Global insurer offering life, property, casualty

Area Manager - Multiple Teams

InsurancePosted on Nov 12
Full-timeCologne, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in industrial insurance underwriting, ideally in industrial property insurance, and a deep understanding of underwriting policy, portfolio management, and risk management.
  • Entrepreneurial thinking and experience managing large business lines on a profitability basis, including comprehensive Germany-wide profit and loss responsibility.
  • Ability to identify market opportunities, develop innovative business models, and translate strategic goals into effective measures for sustainable growth.
  • Several years of leadership experience, with the ability to provide clear direction, develop talent, and motivate managers and teams toward shared goals.
  • Ability to actively shape change processes, drive innovation, and lead a business area through change in a dynamic market environment.
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills at all levels, and the ability to collaborate confidently and build trust in an international matrix organization.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure cross-site, profit-oriented underwriting and business policies, and manage product management for the STTL lines serving industrial clients to achieve defined revenue, sales, and earnings targets in line with group and division strategy.
  • Develop and implement necessary strategic measures for the STTL area's underwriting and business policies, focusing on opening new business areas and transformation in a dynamic market environment.
  • Set underwriting guidelines and authorities for the central and decentralized STTL units.
  • Provide professional oversight of underwriting within delegated authorities.
  • Manage underwriting and remediation decisions for specialty risks.
  • Manage portfolio and cycle activity across the business area's lines, including developing pricing and rating in collaboration with industrial actuarial teams.
  • Develop the risk management and control system within the area of responsibility.
  • Manage information for the lines on line-specific, insurance-technical, product-related, and legal topics.
  • Coordinate cross-site, timely planning and forecasting processes to produce standard reports for the area of responsibility.
  • Work closely with industrial sales units, industrial actuarial teams, financial controlling, AXA Group, and other internal and external stakeholders.
  • Build and maintain trusted relationships within an international matrix organization.
  • Lead a team of managers and specialists, including talent development, and collaborate with decentralized leadership units and external partners.
  • Represent the business line in industry association bodies such as GDV, participate in strategic working groups and projects, and represent the business line to external partners.

About the Company

AXA

Global insurer offering life, property, casualty

AXA is a global insurer and asset manager that provides life, health, and property and casualty insurance, as well as related financial services. Its products work by customers paying insurance premiums in exchange for coverage against risks; AXA pools risk across many policyholders, prices premiums based on risk, and pays claims when events occur, while also offering investment and retirement products through its asset management arm. The company has grown through large acquisitions, giving it a wide geographic footprint and a diverse mix of personal, commercial, and specialty insurance offerings. This scale and breadth set AXA apart from many competitors, alongside a long history of strategic mergers that expanded its reach to customers around the world. AXA’s goal is to be a leading global insurer and asset manager, delivering financial protection and long-term value to customers and stakeholders.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1816

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