Senior M&A Underwriter

4 months ago


London, United Kingdom AIG Full time

At AIG, we are reimagining the way we help customers to manage risk. Join us as a Senior M&A Underwriter to play your part in that transformation. It’s an opportunity to grow your skills and experience as a valued member of the team.

Make your mark in Underwriting

AIG underwriting teams help to find insurance solutions in areas including Financial Lines, Property, Casualty, Specialty Lines, Cyber, Multinational Clients, and High Net Worth individuals. We are reimagining how we help customers to manage risk, transforming our operating model, and reshaping our role responsibilities and career pathways. The goal is to unlock the full potential in each colleague – empowering our people to grow as insurance professionals and add more value to our customers and AIG.

How you will create an impact

  • You will undertake a process of legal, financial and commercial risk analysis for M&A deals, with a view to providing clients with a bespoke insurance solution that allows them to meet their transaction objectives.
  • Your activities will be centred on underwriting corporate transaction deals across all sizes, jurisdictions and sectors of business, carrying out detailed warranty and indemnity analysis, developing and marketing new business, assisting with new product development and developing new and existing broker and client relationships.
  • The roles activities will be focused on the underwriting of corporate transaction risks in conjunction with the other members of the M&A team, to deliver timely and bespoke transaction insurance documents on transaction risk deals. Supporting management with the implementation of agreed strategies for growing the book of business. Developing commercially successful relationships with M&A production and distribution sources – with focus on brokers, law firms, investment banks, accountants, and private equity funds.
  • Regularly attending and presenting at external client meetings, commercial and legal seminars with a view to building relationships. Propose and develop new transaction insurance products.

What you’ll need to succeed

  • UK (or commonwealth) qualified lawyer preferred, or other relevant M&A transactional experience such as tax or accounting
  • Strong technical knowledge in relation to negotiating and managing M&A transactions
  • Excellent legal, technical and business development skills
  • Strong written and oral communication skills; extremely proficient drafter of legal and commercial documents
  • Ability to negotiate with commercially and legally sophisticated advisors and clients
  • Highly focused, enthusiastic and creative thinker
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaboratively work with local financial lines team
  • Ability to understand and execute commercial decision making in a context of legal risk assessment

#LI-AIG

Enjoy benefits that take care of what matters

At AIG, our people are our greatest asset. We know how important it is to protect and invest in what’s most important to you. That is why we created our Total Rewards Program, a comprehensive benefits package that extends beyond time spent at work to offer benefits focused on your health, wellbeing and financial security—as well as your professional development—to bring peace of mind to you and your family.

Reimagining insurance to make a bigger difference to the world

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks. It is an exciting time to join us — across our operations, we are thinking in new and innovative ways to deliver ever-better solutions to our customers. At AIG, you can go further to support individuals, businesses, and communities, helping them to manage risk, respond to times of uncertainty and discover new potential. We invest in our largest asset, our people, through continuous learning and development, in a culture that celebrates everyone for who they are and what they want to become.

Welcome to a culture of belonging

We’re committed to creating a culture that truly respects and celebrates each other’s talents, backgrounds, cultures, opinions and goals. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging through our flexible work arrangements, diversity and inclusion learning, cultural awareness activities and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). With global chapters, ERGs are a cornerstone for our culture of inclusion. The diversity of our people is one of AIG’s greatest assets, and we are honored that our drive for positive change has been recognized by numerous recent awards and accreditations.

AIG provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected categories.

AIG is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees with disabilities.  If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send an email to candidatecare@aig.com.  

Functional Area:

UW - Underwriting

Estimated Travel Percentage (%): No Travel

Relocation Provided: No

AIG Europe S.A. (U.K. Branch) & American International Group UK Ltd



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