Loss Control Engineer, Senior Vice President

Location
New York City, New York
Salary
commensurate with experience
Posted
Oct 13, 2017
Closes
Dec 12, 2017
Ref
1393
Job Type
Full Time
Career Level
Executive

Large specialty insurance company is seeking Senior Vice President, Loss Control Engineer.  The Senior Vice President, Loss Control Engineer will provide risk improvement consultation to large and middle-market commercial customers in targeted industry verticals (real estate, hospitality, financial institutions, and professional services) and provide added value to clients.  The focus of this position is to evaluate the processes in place, conduct on-site visits of existing and prospective clients and aid the underwriters in the selection and pricing of an account.

The Loss Control Engineer will also be responsible to track trends at a book level and communicate effectively with clients and brokers and set the strategy for the entire department with the goal of reducing loss experience.

Candidate must have proficiency in property and casualty loss control skills, with an emphasis on Property, General Liability, and Worker's Compensation and have the ability to manage a team of senior Loss Control Engineers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prioritization and evaluation of new and renewal work volumes to meet the goals of the department;

• Manage a team of Senior Loss Control Engineers and set the Loss Control strategy for the entire department;

• Candidate should possess a comprehensive understanding of the following areas: property construction protection and exposures, business interruption exposures and controls, general liability exposures and controls, and workers' compensation;

• Ability to create client-facing reports and/or loss control surveys;

• Conduct loss control surveys at client locations to determine potential hazards and risk factors to be considered in underwriting/risk selection;

• Analyze loss trends, recognize opportunities to provide risk control products and/or services which can help reduce losses.

• Attend client/broker meetings, lunches, dinners and other social outings as applicable;

• Expand existing relationships and new prospective clients;

• Ensures compliance with all regulations and keeps abreast of any changes to laws and regulations which pertain to loss control;

• Explore and develop new technologies for delivering loss control services;

• Designs, develops, organizes and conducts training and staff development programs for internal and external customers

Qualifications include:

• Undergraduate degree

Possessing relevant professional designations or certifications such as CSP or ARM is highly desirable

• At least 15 years of loss control experience

• Established relationships with retail producers

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)

• Excellent communication (both written and verbal) skills

• Ability to plan strategically and prioritize workload to meet production and management objectives