AXA XL
Underwriting Manager, Contingency Media and Entertainment
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Underwriting Manager - Contingency, Media & Entertainment
Location: London, UK
Division: Sports, Media & Entertainment (UK & Lloyd’s)
Within Sports Media and Entertainment, we are looking to grow our portfolio to continue expanding under current and future market conditions. The strong AXA brand presents significant global opportunities, and a strengthened team can capitalise on these. Our profitable portfolio spans a broad range of risks written across Lloyd’s & Company platforms, covering Delegated Authority, Facility & Open Market business. As Underwriting Manager, you will drive strategic growth, maintain brand visibility, and leverage cross-sell opportunities while ensuring compliance under the Central Bank of Ireland’s Fitness and Probity regime.
About the Role
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Key Responsibilities
Underwriting & Portfolio Management
- Underwrite high-profile and complex UK/Global accounts, adhering to underwriting guidelines, authorities, processes, and strategy.
- Support and manage underwriting operations within the Sports, Media & Entertainment portfolio, including:
- New business production
- Portfolio profitability management (volatility management, technical rate strength, account pricing).
- Oversee submissions (including enquiries, NBIs, coverage negotiations, and policy wording).
Relationship & Business Development
- Lead and develop relationships with brokers, clients, reinsurers, and market players to generate targeted business.
- Act as the senior contact point for insureds and brokers, ensuring strategic growth aligned with company objectives.
- Represent AXA XL externally at events/meetings, promoting brand values and capabilities globally.
Team Leadership & Mentorship
- Lead, develop, and manage a team of underwriters, acting as a referral point for technical guidance.
- Mentor junior colleagues, sharing underwriting principles, procedures, and controls.
- Ensure ongoing client satisfaction while reinforcing AXA XL’s proactive brand leadership.
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Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Support cross-sell objectives, collaborating with colleagues across lines of business.
- Work with internal teams (Finance, Claims, Operations) to enhance processes and efficiency.
Risk & Reinsurance Oversight
- Assist in reinsurance placements to optimise risk distribution.
- Assist in underwriting presentations to ensure compliance with established guidelines and frameworks.
Strategic Initiatives & Reports
- Support business reporting, performance analysis, market research, and in-depth studies.
- Assist in implementing underwriting governance frameworks.
- Contribute to committees and subject-matter expert groups, facilitating constructive discussions.
Requirements
Essential Experience:
- Significant background in technical underwriting and broker relationship development.
- Proven team leadership experience in a structured Underwriting environment aligned with AXA XL’s corporate values.
- Portfolio management capabilities, with experience achieving profitability under fluctuating market conditions.
- Fluency in underwriting systems and analytics tools.
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with a meticulous work ethic.
- Ability to adapt to change with agility and drive innovation in underwriting practices.
- Strong public-speaking and networking skills, with practical experience at client-facing events.
- Native or fluent in English and the ability to communicate in writing at native speaker level.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and ACII (or equivalent underwriting credentials).
- For Lloyd’s-related roles, **}${Professional qualifications related to Casework Certificates or relevant ATP Underwriting exams.
Soft Skills:
- Self-motivation and collaborative team player mentality.
- Willingness to listen, accommodate, and lead inclusively.
- Proactive and resilient mindset, balancing pressure with measurement-taking.
- Open-body policy and customer-centric drive to develop solid industry networks.
What We Offer
Inclusion & Diversity
- Commitment to equal employment opportunity, celebrating differences across all demographics (gender, disabilities, ethnicity, etc.).
- Five business Chapters globally with in-person + virtual discussions tailored to gender, LGBT+, heritage, neurodiversities, ability/inclusion.
- Support for flexible working, family-friendly leave benefits (AP1 & FMLA), and parental/emergency leave assistance.
- Named to Diversity Best Practices Index; signed to UK Working In Finance Charter.
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Total Reward Program
- Tailored benefits covering health, well-being, lifestyle and financial security, evolving with your professional life.
- Competitive salary and incentivized compensation
- Personalized benefits, from life-workfit initiatives to flexible spending accounts for caring obligations or education.
- Educational stipends and continuous learning benefits.
Sustainability & Purpose
- Full qualification: AXA XL embeds sustainability into its strategy, ensuring resilience for people, operations, and ecosystems.
- Valuing Nature: Adjusts practices to mitigate biodiversity loss through client and employee engagement.
- Climate Action: Measuring net-zero emissions, designing adaptive products, and funding societal green transition programs.
- ESG Integration: Building sustainable practices into governance and workplace culture.
- Community Engagement: Volunteering leave (AXA Hearts in Action), matching gift programs, and company-sponsored global day of giving.
Culture & Values
AXA XL embraces agility, collaboration, innovation, and purpose-driven work governance. Employees are encouraged to contribute ** fauteuil and contribute to structuring a resilient future**. Seekers thrive in transparent, collaborative ecosystems, where training, mentoring, and client-centric problem-solving are prioritized. Icon-highlighted continue alongside **ideascit traorto Zentrum management mystery-drone sound team actions.
Who We Are
AXA XL – the in premiere P&C and specialty division of AXA – shapes insurance solutions from robust underwriting frameworks to reimagined risk solutions. Your work enables us to cater to visionary companies, global arménificent professionals, and ideas that drive change. Advanced tools, agility and exponential talent make AXA XL the go-to partner for reinvention. Learn more at: axaxl.com
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