Executive Underwriter - E&S Casualty & Energy Complex Accounts

We have an exciting opportunity for an Executive Underwriter to write new and renewal accounts across both Casualty West and Energy. This role combines hands-on underwriting of large and complex risks with business development and portfolio management, delivering tailored insurance solutions that meet client needs and support profitable growth within each business unit’s appetite and underwriting guidelines.

The Executive Underwriter will manage an assigned book of business spanning Casualty West and Energy, build robust broker and client relationships, and collaborate with underwriting colleagues, actuarial, claims, risk management, and distribution. As a senior technical resource, this individual will exercise self-supported underwriting judgment and mentor colleagues while remaining focused on account production, retention, and profitability.

What you’ll be doing

• Underwrite large and complex new and renewal accounts across Casualty West and Energy within the assigned remit, delegated authority, and each business unit’s risk appetite.
• Assess risk acceptability, evaluate exposures, and determine appropriate pricing, coverage, terms, and conditions using sound technical analysis and self-supported judgment.
• Manage and grow an assigned renewal book while producing new business to achieve profitable premium, rate, retention, and financial plan objectives.
• Negotiate account terms with brokers and producers within delegated authority and established underwriting standards; refer risks and exceptions outside authority through the appropriate channels.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with wholesale brokers, agents, and clients to identify opportunities across both Casualty West and Energy and deliver solutions tailored to client needs.
• Partner with the Casualty West and Energy teams to coordinate account opportunities, communicate appetite clearly, and provide consistent, responsive service to brokers.
• Analyze portfolio performance and monitor production, hit ratios, retention, pricing, and business mix; identify opportunities to improve risk selection and support sustainable profitability.
• Collaborate with actuarial, claims, risk management, and distribution colleagues to inform underwriting decisions, evaluate loss trends, and support effective delivery of complex account solutions.
• Maintain knowledge of products, target markets, industry developments, and emerging risks relevant to Casualty West and Energy; apply market insights to account and portfolio decisions.
• Participate in underwriting roundtables and provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior underwriters, particularly on large and complex accounts.
• Represent AXA XL in broker and client meetings, industry conferences, and events to strengthen relationships and communicate underwriting expertise.
• Maintain compliance with internal and external underwriting guidelines, delegated authorities, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

What you will BRING

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Extensive casualty underwriting experience, including E&S and large and complex accounts, with the technical capability to evaluate and write accounts across Casualty West and Energy.
• Robust understanding of insurance principles, risk assessment, coverage analysis, pricing, underwriting guidelines, and applicable regulations.
• Demonstrated success underwriting complex risks, managing a renewal portfolio, and generating profitable new business.
• Established wholesale broker relationships and the ability to develop new distribution opportunities.
• Outstanding negotiation skills and the ability to explain and negotiate complex coverage terms and underwriting decisions.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Outstanding analytical, critical-thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to perform accurate mathematical calculations and interpret portfolio performance.
• Effective organization and time management, with the ability to manage competing priorities across two business units in a collaborative environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Insurance, Business, or a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to travel a minimum of 30% of the time.

Who WE are

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com

What we OFFER

Inclusion

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.   At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Learn more at Inclusion & Diversity at AXA XL | AXA XL. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Total Rewards

AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides enterprising compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

Sustainability

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action:  We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.

For more information, please see Sustainability at AXA XL.

Applicants for this role must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

The U.S. base salary range for this position is USD $146,900 – $244,900. 

Actual pay will be determined based upon the individual’s skills, experience and location. We strive for market alignment and internal equity with our colleagues’ pay.

At AXA XL, we know how important physical, mental, and financial health are to our employees, which is why we are proud to offer benefitssuch as enterprising retirement savings plan, health and wellness programs, and many other benefits. We also believe in fostering ourcolleagues' development and offer a wide range of learning opportunities for colleagues to hone their professional skills and to positionthemselves for the next step of their careers. For more details about AXA XL’s benefits offerings, please visit US Benefits at a Glance 2026.