Insurance Underwriter

Name: Ryan (Xianbin) Zhang MBA CPCU

Email: *******.********@*****.*** Cell: 917-***-****

Work Experience

Apr. 2016 – Oct. 2016: Chief Underwriting Officer at Taiping Starr Holdings, New York

Responsibilities

Worked with Joint Venture Partner on readiness of Taiping Starr Operation o Coordinated Starr and the headquarters of China Taiping Insurance Group on JV agreement and execution

o Explored Fronting Arrangement in addition to Managing General Agent status for Taiping Starr Holdings to broaden its future profitability stream

Conducted market research on the U.S. P&C insurance market and established preliminary framework of entry strategy, target segment, and business model Oct. 2006 – Mar. 2016: Deputy General Manager at China Taiping Insurance (UK) Co., Ltd., London

Responsible for departments of Business Development/Underwriting, Operations, and Risk Management as follows:

Business Development/Underwriting Department

o Developed strategies to attract clients of Chinese investors o Underwrote Professional Indemnity(PI), P&C for small-medium enterprises o Managed MGA and reviewed their performance regularly

Operations Department

o Improved accountability by establishing appropriate authority level on claims and complaint resolution

o Enhanced partnership with loss adjusters, solicitors and MGAs o Introduced innovative TPA arrangement and strategic alliance established routine review

Risk Management (Actuarial) Department

o Implemented Solvency II to satisfy EU regulatory requirements o Led the arrangement of Facultative Reinsurance on large risks June 2004 – Sept. 2006: Deputy General Manager at John Hancock Tian Life Insurance Co., Shanghai

Responsibilities

Managed 12 direct reports who were function leads of: Sales of Individual Business, Sales of Group Business, Marketing, Claim, Legal, Compliance and IT

Motivated and managed a 600+ agents team and doubled the Company's premium in two years

Led Legal and Compliance Departments, focusing on share transfer between John Hancock and the domestic Chinese Partner

Nov. 1998 to May 2004: Assistant to Vice Chairman of China Insurance Regulation Commission (CIRC), Beijing

Responsibilities

Assisted chairman’s work to lead Property and Casualty Department, International Department, and Department of Administration

Aug. 1994 to Jan. 1998: Associate, People’s Insurance Company of China, Beijing Responsibilities

Client management with job functions including field underwriting (marine and auto business), policy issuance and premium collection, in addition to relationship building Education

M.S. in Risk and Insurance Management

Cass Business School, City University (London, UK) MBA

Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)

B.E. in Electrical Engineering

Xi’an Jiaotong University (Xi’an, China)

B.E. in Computer Science

Xi’an Jiaotong University (Xi’an, China)

Designation

CPCU (Chartered P&C Underwriter)

SOA candidate (passed Exam P, FM)

Skills

Excel, Access, Visual Basic, SQL, Qlikview

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