assistant vice president

senior underwriter

senior claims specialist

underwriter

adjuster

Sompo International

Sweat shop in the 21st century. Consultants are treated worse than second class citizens. Full time employees treated marginally better compared to the consultants. Does not matter how productive you may be, it is a slave and master environment. If you ever dare to refuse politely something outrageous, seen as insubordination. Not encountered more unprofessional and disrespectful behavior in a career spanning two decades, strangely from senior management employees. Too much politicking and back biting. You could be the worst at your job and may be goofing up day after day, but you will survive if you can kiss the business's backside. Trust me, I can give you names in PMO who make a living just that way.  Ironically, the higher management lacks the basic skills and understanding of the ground level tasks. Short-sighted planning, lack basic understanding of process. PMO is a joke and farce, theyre just trying to make it to the last few years to retirement. Will micromanage you to death despite their own incompetence. Senior IT management promises business without even consulting people who do the real work. The most talented are unfortunately not making the decisions, rather are merely following instructions. Don't believe me? Ask anyone who works in IT. Would give a negative, not 1/5 if it were possible. Need names, could provide those as well. Worked in numerous environments, would not work here ever, even if it were the last company that survived.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working with this organization was hands down my manager. He was one of the best managers that I have ever had in any of my careers. He was supportive. He gave criticism when it needed to be given. He'd listened. And his manager had the same mindset as him. I only wish that this was a permanent opportunity because I know we would have been a powerhouse supporting our clients which were the managers.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Just making sure I gave each manager received level of standard and attention equally. Some positions were a little easier to fill, and some positions do to circumstances were just not easily turned around. But when you work remotely like I did at this organization, I worked and was searching all hours in a day. My goal was to make sure I presented the best candidates possible to all of my managers.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Open, honest, fun, busy with support. And I saw lots of diversity. Which motivated me even more to want to stay.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy busy meetings some down time busy. But this is what I love.

I am in IT and there are many projects in the pipeline with aggressive timeline to support the organizational needs as the company is growing globally through expansion and M&A, so there is always great work and you're given the chance to implement your ideas and own the product delivery. 
Salary can be on the lower end and raises are basic which is in part compensated by generous yearly bonuses. Your efforts can lose sight at times given some office politics and complex leadership structure. Promotions are hard to come and favoritism is existent. It is a strict work-from-office environment where everybody is expected to show up at work 9 to 5. 
All in all a good place to work with some caveats. 

The company does not have equal focus for all departments related to job advancement, appreciation of employees and communication related to managements expectations.  There is an environment of finger pointing when something goes wrong, and then people disappear without explanation instead of trying to correct the issue(s).  There are out of control egos in Senior management (VP/SVP) which require a lot of "Managing Up" by direct reports.  This company has potential to be very strong in the Shared Services area but Silo's need to be broken down and finger pointing needs to stop by Senior Managers. Diversity has long been an issue, there is a new diversity program being put in place, but it seems to be all talk.

Bold growth outside of Japan in recent years since the management of the former Endurance Specialty gained control over strategic direction. Growth primarily through acquisitions. Beware if you are an employee of the acquired company. While the official communications may say no layoffs planned, the real strategy is to make employees of the acquired company so miserable that they leave. Lots of “attrition”. Culture is elitist and ageist. If you aren’t on a conference call or Zoom meeting, don’t be surprised if you are openly dissed by your manager, for all to hear. 

Senior management in the IT Division are mostly unqualified individuals who has zero background and experience in the field.  Not only these individuals are unprofessional, they always have unrealistic expectations.  Unless you're on their favorite list, promotions will never be considered.  annual raise will be at a minimum and bonus will below average.  Always say there's a budget to get training but will always be rejected due to cost.  Expectation is to watch training videos online and be able to perform at a high level.

This was one of the worst companies to work for. Management and employees created significant amount of drama. As a top performer, they did everything to keep me in the position and would create HR issues promoting employee abuse to others. Very twisted department that would target employees and make their lives miserable. I could never support this department. I have since moved on and have grown significantly. 

Unfortunately, the Finance department has a toxic work culture. The CFO often communicates in a disrespectful and condescending manner, which has significantly impacted team morale. This leadership style has created a negative atmosphere, and as a result, many talented employees have chosen to leave. The high turnover has left several roles unfilled. Unless you are in urgent need of employment, I would recommend exploring other opportunities.



This can really overall be a great place to work if they had better management and an overseer of the department I was in. Not both overseers were bad but the one. That person is a work place bully and in the future will cost this company a lot if they don’t pay attention and listen.

Great company to work.  Workplace culture and management is very good.  Work hard and learn a lot.  Management encourages staff to express their opinions and offer solutions to streamline workflows.  People work together to achieve the company objectives.  Days go fast because kept very busy.  Great opportunities to liaise with staff from all areas of the company.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Assistant vice president 32 salaries reported	$156,047 per year
Senior underwriter 6 salaries reported	$118,750 per year
Senior claims specialist 38 salaries reported	$135,197 per year
Underwriter 17 salaries reported	$82,353 per year
Adjuster 4 salaries reported	$55,000 per year

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