Senior Underwriter

Are you an experienced P & C Underwriter?

Do you enjoy trading with brokers?

Need a new challenge?

If you’ve answered yes, please keep reading….

About the Job

Due to an exciting time of growth, we have exciting and new opportunities to join our clients expanding underwriting team. Our client is one of the UK’s leading MGA who are well established and reputable in the Insurance Market.

We are looking for an experienced, Senior Underwriters to join their team and help manage the existing business and develop business though the regional broker panel.
The Role:

• Maintain and grow new business, renewal, rating and adjustment enquiries from your allocated client portfolio.
• Handle technical claim cover requests, liaise as required with brokers, insurers, Accounts and Claims functions.
• With a strong attention to detail, sign off referrals from Assistant Underwriters.
• Operate within the confines of the agreed personal delegated underwriting authority.
• Hybrid or remote working.

Your knowledge, Experience and Skills:

• CII/ Dip CII (Desirable), educated to A-Level standard or equivalent.
• Firm grasp of risk exposure, able to determine the acceptance criteria and risk classifications in a range of complex or unfamiliar situations.
• Underwriting experience in servicing accounts, use specialist technical knowledge to handle claim queries, ensuring a connected service. Extract and piece together required learning from a variety of opportunities and sources.
• Experience of planning and prioritising client renewals and seeking business opportunities
• Strong communication and social skills with clients and colleagues, good level of numeracy and literacy coupled with excellent attention to detail
• Analytical problem solving approach with initiative and a “can do” attitude
• An insightful, ambitious, willing teammate who takes ownership and accountability, keen to share expertise.
• Eligible to work in the UK

Rewards And Compensation
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, they also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ 5 more days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

If you are interested in hearing more, please reach out for a confidential conversation.

Paul Singh