Senior UW Renewable Energy
3 days ago
Madrid
Opportunity: Senior UW Renewable Energy Our employees are at the heart of what we do: helping people, businesses and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times. When you join our team, you are bringing this purpose to life alongside a passionate community. Feel empowered to learn and grow while being valued for who you are. At Intact Insurance, we commit to supporting you in reaching your goals with tools, opportunities, and flexibility. It’s our promise to you. Who we are At Intact Insurance, we are experts at what we do in protecting what makes businesses unique. Our deep understanding of the specialty insurance market is the foundation for our customized solutions, backed by targeted risk control and claims services. Our employees are passionate about providing insurance coverage that’s aligned to our targeted customer groups. Across Europe, our footprint includes offices in France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands, supported by a dedicated team of around 300 professionals. The opportunity We are launching a new Renewable Energy underwriting practice and are looking for a highly experienced Senior Underwriter to help lead its development. This is a unique opportunity to shape the strategy and appetite, product offering, and underwriting process from the ground up, building a growing and sustainably profitable portfolio from the first account. The successful candidate will bring deep technical expertise, market insight, an entrepreneurial spirit, and strong broker and client relationships to position us as a credible lead market in the renewable energy insurance space. Our entry into the European market, initially focused on and based in Spain, is a continuation of our effort to build and invest in a market-leading global offering to address the critical and emerging renewable energy segment. In this role, you will be joining a growing and dynamic global Power & Renewables team, responsible for developing and executing our local strategy, but with the capabilities, resources, and support of an established global organization behind you. This job includes underwriting large, complex or specialist cases to achieve new business growth. You will spend the majority of your time driving underwriting decisions, actively contributing to business development activities and liaising with customers and brokers. You will deal with customers and third parties independently and on a one-to-one basis. You will be a senior member within team where you will act as point of contact for future junior members. You have strong analytical, relationship management and communication skills. Some of the Senior UW Renewable Energy responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Works alongside senior leadership to develop business strategy, underwriting processes and procedures, and a go-to-market product offering., • Maximizes opportunities for underwriting profitable new and renewal business by leveraging business relationships, product knowledge, and underwriting acumen., • Analyzes underwriting submission information including, but not limited to, policy wordings, insured values, engineering and risk control reports, loss history, contractual agreements, and financials to assess risk quality and fit with risk appetite. Uses available tools and resources to support risk analysis and underwriting., • Builds and manages a book of business with responsibility for underwriting quality and portfolio characteristics. Executes underwriting strategy, including portfolio management, self-audits of new and renewal business, and well documented approvals of underwriting edits. Ensures compliance with underwriting guidelines, standards and assigned underwriting authorities., • Drives new business growth through the development and maintenance of an active target account list, tracking prospects, account rounding, missed opportunities, and/or other key business development metrics., • Demonstrates a strong understanding of exposures and key coverage issues. Makes underwriting decisions to accept, decline, or modify risks within the highest production underwriter authority levels. Implements underwriting decisions in compliance with state local laws., • Develops and manages superior working relationships with producers to successfully promote achievement of mutual growth and profitability goals and to supply the appropriate products and services. From a sales perspective, has the ability to identify gaps in coverage and/or services, understands where the company can make a difference based on those gaps and uses that information to help retain or obtain a customer., • Frequently travels to key producers/accounts and remains highly visible in the marketplace.Anticipates the needs of customers and broker partners, analyzes trends, and implements proactive strategies that best position the business. Understands and communicates the company’s underwriting appetite and generates qualified business in support of that appetite. Monitors broker action plans and participates in account management and marketing meetings to best position the business for the future., • Regularly schedules meetings, events, lunches, and entertainment with key broker partners., • Works closely with and establishes strong business partnerships with other departments, including claims, actuary, and risk control staff in an effort to better service producers and accounts., • Works collaboratively with global colleagues in accordance with established operating principles in an effort to grow our global presence, book, and profitability., • Mentors and coaches less experienced underwriters. Develops and leads technical training and provides guidance to other departments within the company, as needed., • Possesses and maintains strong professional knowledge of competitive, regulatory, and legal environments. Proactively monitors developments in both the insurance and renewable energy markets to best position the business with respect to the latest innovations, trends, and emerging risks. The expertise you bring • You have a Bachelor and/or Master degree and solid experience in Renewable Energy, broader Power/Energy lines or a related (Construction, Energy Property, etc.) specialty underwriting practice. Your experience includes issuing terms, quotes, and policies as a lead insurer (not just follow capacity)., • Strong knowledge of engineering and construction risks associated with renewable energy projects., • You have an analytic mind and you are comfortable taking ownership and accountability, with a proven ability to execute in accordance with company Plans., • Solid market reputation and exceptional relationships with key national and regional brokers., • You have an entrepreneurial mindset; experience launching or expanding a product line is highly desirable., • You are a team player and are seen as a role model by peers and more junior staff., • Fluent English & Spanish., • Strong ethical standards and alignment with sustainability values. About Intact As part of Intact Financial Corporation (IFC) – Canada’s largest Property & Casualty insurer, with nearly CAD$24 billion in annual direct premiums and a global team of 31,000 employees – we bring global strength, deep expertise, and a strong focus on customers. Intact Insurance Europe is part of IFC’s Global Specialty Lines business (GSL) which represents 3,500 professionals dedicated to more than 20 niche segments. GSL operates across North America, the UK, and Europe, and benefits from a strong international network covering over 150 territories – with clear profitable growth ambitions to reach $10 billion in operating DPW by 2030, performing at a sub-90 operating combined ratio. We’re specialists who go the extra mile, offering expert solutions, treating claims as a promise, and helping businesses manage risk and move forward. 4 out of 5 brokers recognize us as a trusted partner, valuing our specialized expertise, simplified multinational programs, local market knowledge, and reliable claims handling. Intact Insurance (Europe) S.A. is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected, as the data controller, we take the necessary measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal information it holds or processes in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) of 27 April 2016 (GDPR) and the Ley Orgánica 3/2018, de 5 de diciembre, de Protección de Datos Personales y garantía de los derechos digitales. The data you provide will be processed as part of our candidate selection process. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in considering your application. Unless you object, your CV will be kept for two years after our last contact with you. We may kept your data for the duration of the employment contract in the event of recruitment. Once your employment has ceased, your personal data will be only retained for as long as is necessary to satisfy any legal, accounting or reporting obligations. Intact Group companies and third-party partners may be recipients of your personal data when required. Sometimes your personal information may be sent to other parties outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) in connection with the purposes set out above. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in compliance with data protection regulations. In accordance with data protection laws, you have the right to access and obtain a copy of the data concerning you, object to the processing, have it rectified or deleted. All you have to do is write to the Intact Insurance (Europe) Data Protection Officer to the following address Intact Insurance (Europe) S.A. Edif. Torre Europa, Pº de la Castellana, 95 – Planta 19 28046 Madrid (SPAIN) or send an email to the following address . We will ask you to confirm your identity if we need to, we have one month from receiving your request to tell you what action we have taken.
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