Senior Underwriter

Senior Underwriter, Bristol

Resolve Recruitment are working with an innovative and highly successful legal insurance organisation working in partnership with brokers, insurers, and solicitors. Due to continued growth, they seek an experienced Senior Underwriter to join their successful Underwriting team within an award-winning insurance company that ranks as one of the best companies to work for in the industry.

The role;

* Manage your own portfolio of insurance business, taking ownership of accounts in collaboration with the sales team.

* Building and maintaining strong relationships with business partners and attending customer meetings.

* A technical referral point for the BTE Underwriting department.

* Identifying the learning and development needs of the BTE Underwriting department and implementing training programmes.

* Review and assess new insurance business applications and provide our sales team with new scheme quotes and prices for one off insurance cover.

* Face to face meetings with clients and business partners is encouraged. Great opportunity to build relationships with clients.

* The Senior Underwriter will have a share of the top 10 accounts and will manage their own portfolio. They will also have exposure to rest of company.

The person;

Essential

* You will have a minimum of three years Underwriting experience and will be ACII qualified or working towards.

* You will be extremely comfortable working with and manipulating numbers in Excel, to understand historical trends and future projections.

* You will have experience training team members and acting as a referral point for escalated queries.

* You will have excellent attention to detail and be comfortable assessing information quickly and effectively.

* You will enjoy working as part of a busy team, and relish in swapping from one task to another.

* You will therefore be organised and quick to prioritise your work as needed.

* Good level of education (min. 3 A Levels or equivalent) with three or more years relevant experience.

* Dip CII qualified or working towards.

* Good working knowledge of MS Office applications including Excel.

* Good numeracy and literacy skills with an attention for detail and accuracy.

Desirable

* Experience of Legal Expenses Insurance

* ACII qualified or working towards

The rewards;

* Competitive basic salary of up to £44,000 p/a depending on experience

* Monday to Friday 9-5 (35 hours per week) - but talk to us about flexibility

* Work from home up to 3 days per week

* 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option of buying an additional 5 days and carrying over

* 7% employer contributions

* Free Legal Expenses Insurance and Motor Breakdown Cover

* Health Cash Plan

* Gym subsidy worth up to £25 pcm

* Cycle scheme and interest free commuter loans

* Company Sick Pay and enhanced Parental Leave

* Free coffee, tea, squash, and biscuits

* Free company events and socials

* Learning expenses and time for study and exams

* Additional excellent benefits

* Ongoing support and career progression

For more information on this exciting and rewarding Senior Underwriter career, please APPLY BELOW

Key:

Senior Underwriter, Legal Expenses Underwriter, BTE Underwriter, Insurance Underwriter, Insurance, Underwriter, Bristol, BS8