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Building on your insurance fundamentals, appraisal expertise and experiences to date
Core Skills
Negotiation; building strong relationships (e.g. underwriting, brokers / agents, claims); initiative; multitasking; business communication
Key Experiences
Growing your comfort in recommending appropriate coverages and controls to protect client interests; managing increasingly larger or more complex insurance needs; coordinating the development of a particular facet or strategy included in a client’s enterprise risk management plan; supporting new product development / revisions based on experiences in the risk management space; leveraging network to achieve best solution for clients
MASTERY
Transitioning to technical consultant/leader of a team of risk managers with increased autonomy and decision making power
Core Skills
Strategic thinking; operational leadership; change management; teaching / coaching; conflict management
Key Experiences
Developing plans and strategies to mitigate / control / reduce potential impacts of risk exposures at a global enterprise level; providing expert advice to clients, brokers / agents, underwriters, loss control, etc.; leading new product development / consulting on wordings based on risk management outcomes; demonstrating effective management of key accounts; supporting projects implementing new / revised underwriting rules, emergency preparedness / contingency planning, systems, etc.