Head of Sports, Media and Entertainment - UK and Lloyd's

• Collaboration and Partnerships:

  • Partner with actuarial, accounting, claims, and finance to support underwriting strategies and service excellence.
  • Assist in developing reinsurance strategies and managing limit accumulations to avoid earnings volatility while maximizing AXA XL's opportunities on placements.
  • Partner with the Chief Risk Officer and others to implement best practices and internal controls to support enterprise risk management.

• Distribution and Value Proposition:

  • Develop and execute a focused effort targeting key distribution partners, marketing the merits of AXA XL’s value proposition.
  • Lead with the value of a compelling partnership, demonstrating AXA XL’s ability to be viewed as a long-term player.

What you’ll bring

Required Abilities and Skills

• Experience:

  • Substantial experience focusing on underwriting management within Specialty.
  • Experience building relationships with all the larger brokers and clients, with a focus on SME.
  • A successful track record of driving profitable growth.
  • An undergraduate degree is required; a master’s degree and/or professional insurance certification is preferred.

• Inspired Leadership:

  • A self-starter who will thrive in a team-oriented environment.
  • A non-political player who can, by virtue of your background and experiences, be immediately credible with both internal and external constituents.
  • Naturally collaborative, with the ability to influence without authority, motivate others, and be highly participative.
  • A reputation for engaging through listening and driving for efficiency of decision-making versus creating bureaucracy.

• Business Building:

  • An effective balance of both strategic and operating skills.
  • Experience participating in thoughtful and profitable growth.
  • A track record of executing to plan and working to achieve objectives.
  • Understanding the importance of a robust value proposition and leveraging distribution relationships.
  • Financially astute and sophisticated in identifying key financial trends and reworking metrics.

• Technical Acumen:

  • A sharp, rigorous thinker who creates a logical connection for others between the dynamics of market realities, AXA XL’s mission, vision, and strategy.
  • Granular knowledge of all aspects of managing a market.
  • Market savvy and awareness of what the competition is doing from a product and pricing perspective.
  • Proven ability to articulate the technical and complicated in a manner others readily understand.

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.
• An inclusive culture is critical to our success, and we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance, and retain the most inclusive workforce possible.
• 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.

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.
• Competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

Sustainability

• Sustainability is integral to our business strategy.
• 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: Protecting and restoring nature by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: Building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices to build resilience from the roots of our business.

AXA Hearts in Action

• 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 axaxl.com/sustainability.

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 inspirational individuals, we don’t just provide re/insurance; we reinvent it.

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.