Global Head of Engineering

Title:

Global Head of Engineering

Company:

Everest Advisors (Uk), Ltd.

Job Category:

Underwriting

Job Description:

About Everest:  
Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. We also offer generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement programs, mentoring opportunities, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.  

About the Role:

Global Specialties is an exciting new division within Everest Reinsurance, providing strategic direction and underwriting expertise across the entire Reinsurance Division. Our International team specialises in the following classes of business:

• Engineering and Onshore Energy
• Aviation
• Marine
• Cyber
• Parametric Solutions

We are seeking a talented and culturally aligned individual to join us as our Global Head of Engineering.

The successful candidate will be responsible for underwriting complex Treaty Engineering and Onshore Energy risks, developing innovative reinsurance solutions, and maintaining strong relationships with clients and brokers. This role is crucial for the profitable development and maintenance of our high-profile, market-leading Engineering and Onshore Energy Treaty portfolio.  We are open to applicants from senior reinsurance underwriting and broking backgrounds, in addition to individuals from senior Engineering underwriting roles within insurance seeking a move into reinsurance.

If you are passionate about reinsurance and looking to make a significant impact within a dynamic and supportive team, we would love to hear from you.

Key Accountabilities

Support the expansion of Global Specialties division in line with business plans and underwriting strategy, whilst maintaining a focus on bottom line underwriting profit and delivery of Everest internal plans

• Accountability for the strategic direction and management of the Engineering and Onshore Energy portfolio
• Maintain a focus on building and strengthening Everest’s relationships with Clients and Brokers
• Work closely with the rest of the Global Specialties team to promote the division
• Liaise with other Everest business units where required
• Develop and train underwriters in the team
• Manage a portfolio of renewal business, including underwriting & pricing, claims, referral, processing, broker, and client relationship aspects; and servicing any new business request in the same way.
• Represent Everest at meetings and conferences
• To liaise with the Claims, Finance and Actuarial teams where necessary
• Business travel as required to support the above objectives, and the appropriate management of T&E expenses.

Requirements:

• Strong experience in Engineering and Onshore Energy
• Strong numeracy and Excel skills
• Excellent broker and client relationships

• Excellent marketing skills are required to develop and maintain relationships with clients and brokers.

• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills and the ability to flourish in a collaborative environment.
• Self-motivated and independent whilst maintaining underwriting discipline to achieve strategic objectives.
• Ability to stay organised within a fast paced, team orientated and high intensity work environment with the ability to effectively prioritise tasks.
• Educated to degree level.

Our Culture 

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviours. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviours. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.  
• Our Colleague Behaviours define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level, or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.  

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviours across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve.  

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

London

Additional Locations: