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Argo Group is a leader in specialty insurance with a vibrant culture built on respect, equality, wellness and opportunity. We're an innovative organization that's small enough to be agile and big enough to make a difference in our industry.
Our flexible workplace is continuously evolving to ensure all employees feel:
- Comfortable bringing their whole selves to work.
- Confident that they will be treated respectfully.
- Recognized for their performance and provided with equal opportunities to succeed.
At Argo, skill meets opportunity. If you're wired to raise your hand and ask, "Where can I help?", you'll thrive with us.
The AVP Underwriting Operations, Inland Marine will oversee process and systems transformations, product management, and management of Underwriting Support Team for Inland Marine.
The primary duties and responsibilities of the role are:
* Responsible for directing foundational and strategic compliance responsibilities with consistent excellence that support the team and management.
* Oversees regulatory and reinsurance audits, SOX Audit, data security audits, audit planning, and assessing audit preparedness.
* Support inquiries/investigations on data from Underwriting, Actuary, Finance, Premium Receivables, Reinsurance, Predictive Analytics, et al.
* Oversee UW Support Management, including organization design to ensure accurate staffing levels and ensuring a high level of customer support to Inland Marine underwriting team
* Oversight of rater integration/maintenance
* Provide coaching, mentoring, and manage performance for UW Support team.
* Partner with internal and external stakeholders to lead the design, implementation, and change management activities related to the rollout of new key tools for Inland Marine
* Apply process improvement and design methodologies to analyze issues and develop enhancements to Inland Marine systems.
* Ensure all binders/policies/midterm changes are handled quickly/accurately
* Find solutions/work arounds to complex processes and system issues
* Work with Product Management on any form needs/assistance
* Monitor and ensure newly created forms are added to raters/quote generators and CAPS (as applicable)
* Participate in disaster recovery exercises
* Other duties as assigned.
Core qualifications and requirements for this position include:
* Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or equivalent combination of education and experience. Higher education is a plus.
* Minimum of 10 years insurance industry experience
* Minimum of 7 years of Project/Product and Process Improvement activities preferred.
* Ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization.
* Demonstrated analytical and mathematical skills
* Detail-oriented, with a high degree of accuracy and excellent organizational skills.
* Ability to exercise sound judgement in decision making processes and ability to support those decisions.
* Very strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
* Results oriented with the ability to review and direct to achieve desired results while still maintaining strong relationships with agents.
* Computer literacy including strong familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite.
* Ability to lead and facilitate cross-functional teams
* Minimal travel required.
The base salary range provided below is for hires in those geographic areas only and will be commensurate with candidate experience. Pay ranges for candidates in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. In addition to base salary, all employees are eligible for an annual bonus based on company and individual performance as well as a generous benefits package.
Colorado outside of Denver metro, Maryland, Nevada, and Rhode Island Pay Ranges: $171,900-206,300
California outside of San Francisco metro area, Connecticut, Denver metro area, Washington State, and New York State (including Westchester County) Pay Ranges: $189,100-$226,900
New York City and San Francisco metro areas Pay Ranges: $206,300-$247,600
PLEASE NOTE: At this time, Argo Group will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization for this position.
If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or a similar law and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Argo Group, please contact our Benefits Department at 210-321-8400.
To all recruitment agencies: Unless you have been requested to work on this position, or other positions with Argo Group, please do not forward any resumes to Argo Group employees. Argo Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. is an underwriter of specialty insurance products in the property and casualty market. Argo offers a full line of products and services designed to meet the unique coverage and claims-handling needs of businesses. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. Argo and its insurance subsidiaries are rated A-' by Standard and Poor's. Argo's insurance subsidiaries are rated A-' by A.M. Best. More information about Argo is available at .
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin or citizenship (including language use restrictions), denial of family and medical care leave, disability (mental and physical) , including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), race, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, child birth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, child birth or breastfeeding), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
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Our Benefits
Developing our employees professionally and personally strengthens our organization.
Argo Group offers an attractive Total Rewards package that includes:
- A culture that recognizes performance and empowers employees to excel, offering competitive compensation and merit driven profit sharing.
- Flexible workplace policies that support employee well-being include compressed hours, flex-time, job-sharing, remote work, sabbatical leave, holiday and summer hours.
- Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial planning options that employees can tailor to meet their personal and family needs. In addition to traditional health and wellness plans, benefits include dental, disability, life insurance, medical, and vision insurance, matching 401(k) retirement savings, generous paid time off (21 days of PTO, 11 paid company holidays, 3 floating holidays and a paid voluntary day), paid caregiver and parental leave, paid bereavement, jury duty/court appearances, and military (up to 14 days) leave, employee assistance program (EAP), and an array of voluntary benefits.
- Argo Academy, a digital and instructor-led platform that offers continuous learning and professional development - magazine lists Argo among the Training "Top 125" Companies. Argo encourages career mobility and continuing education to pursue and maintain professional and industry designations, in addition to traditional university and higher education programs.
- An inclusive culture that develops and sponsors diverse teams, encourages cross-functional engagement and collaboration, builds community through employee resource groups (ERGs), and provides an environment that welcomes ongoing dialogue, creative innovation, professional and personal development.
- Active community outreach and volunteer programs in addition to matching charitable gifts by 100%.
- A generous Employee Referral program that results in approximately 25% of all new hires annually.