Title Underwriter

at  XL Catlin

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We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Some experience of title or real estate insurance (either as a broker/underwriter or from a client or advisor perspective).
• Qualified lawyer with real estate experience.
• Some alternative relevant experience working in a real-estate focused role (e.g. in -house legal or other advisory services).
• Basic knowledge of real estate and title-related legal matters.
• Experience underwriting, procuring, broking or negotiating title or legal indemnity risk or other commercial/financial lines insurance on behalf of deal clients is highly beneficial.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Negotiating skills and comfort working with legal documents.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively within a team environment is essential.
• Organized, reliable and able to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines and timetable pressures.
• A 2.1 degree (or similar) in law, accounting, economics or business required.

• Managing deal workflow (including triage of enquiries) and the underwriting process across ongoing active transactions.
• Processing and negotiating documentation, including NDAs and non-release letters, and liaising with our colleagues in AXA XL’s legal and compliance teams where required.
• Drafting and submitting custom-tailored quotes for proposed policies and following up with brokers to win new business.
• Reviewing and analysing relevant searches, due diligence reports and disclosure documentation in order to assess submissions and identify deal risks.
• Interacting with and supporting other team members on day-to-day business issues and throughout the underwriting process, including performing detailed analysis of issues raised on underwriting calls and in due diligence reports.
• Negotiating and drafting insurance policy terms and language specifically addressing the risk and issues in each case.
• Collaborating with and helping to instruct and supervise external legal counsel hired to represent AXA XL.
• Developing and cultivating relationships with title and M&A insurance brokers, lawyers, private equity firms, deal principals and internal AXA XL colleagues.
• Contribution towards the running of the accounts, including monitoring and managing status/progress of accounts implementation from quote processing to policy issuance, premium collection and policy maintenance (certificates, endorsements etc.)
• Working with our colleagues in AXA XL’s claims team to deal with policy notifications and claims