Tax underwriter

Who we are

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a leading global insurance organization. Building on 100 years of experience, today AIG member companies provide a wide range of property casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement solutions, and other financial services to customers in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. These diverse offerings include products and services that help businesses and individuals protect their assets, manage risks and provide for retirement security.

Get to know the business

General Insurance is a leading provider of insurance products and services for commercial and personal insurance customers. It includes one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks. General Insurance offers a broad range of products to customers through a diversified, multichannel distribution network.

Your future team

AIG’s underwriters develop insurance solutions that address the exposures of companies and individuals, and embody AIG’s tradition of innovation, bringing to market groundbreaking insurance solutions for our changing world. AIG’s underwriters help to find insurance solutions for risks from a range of areas including Financial Lines, Property, Casualty, Specialty Lines, Cyber, Multinational Clients and High Net Worth individuals.

About the role

You will undertake a process of legal and commercial risk analysis of tax risks relating to M&A transactions and also standalone tax risks, with a view to providing clients with a bespoke insurance solution that allows them to meet their transaction and tax risk management objectives. Your activities will be focused on underwriting tax risks identified in corporate transactions across all sizes and sectors of business, and all jurisdictions (with Asia Pacific being a focus) carrying out detailed tax risk assessment and analysis, developing and marketing new business, assisting with new tax product development and developing new and existing broker and client relationships.

What you need to know:

• Underwriting of tax risks identified in corporate transaction risks (both tax risks and special situation contingent risks relating to tax).
• Deliver timely and bespoke tax risk insurance documents on tax risk deals.
• Implementing agreed strategies with management for growing the book of business.
• Develop commercially successful relationships with M&A production and distribution sources – with a focus on brokers, law firms, investment banks, tax advisers and accountants, and private equity funds.
• Regularly attend and present at external client meetings, commercial and legal seminars with a view to building relationships.
• Propose and develop new tax insurance products.
• Advising M&A underwriters on tax risks relating to W&I transactions.

What we’re looking for:

• Experienced qualified tax professional with a particular focus on Asia Pacific.
• Strong technical knowledge in relation to tax law and tax practice.
• Excellent 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.
• Ability to understand and execute commercial decision making in a context of legal risk assessment.
• Specific experience in advising M&A Insurance carriers on tax risks a plus

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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.  

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