Job Description -
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our clients Regional Team as a Senior Regional Underwriter; they are seeking a Property & Casualty underwriter to oversee new and existing UK mid market business.
Our clients are very flexible with only one day (Monday) required in the Chelmsford Office and then working predominately from home (if you do a second day in the office it will be on a Wednesday.)
Our clients offer a wide range of home, motor and commercial insurance backed by award-winning customer service. Their focus is on underwriting Commercial Combined, Real Estate, Motor Trade Combined and Motor Fleet products. This role as a Senior Regional Underwriter will focus on writing new business for their Commercial Combined and Real Estate products, aligned primarily to Chelmsford and Bristol. They have a fantastic mix of experience with a huge amount of collaboration and support across the team to deliver top class service to their broker partners.
Key Responsibilities -
- Acting as a focal point to develop long, trusted relationships with a panel of brokers, and to leverage and protect profitable business through service excellence and local engagement
- Contributing to the achievement of the regional financial plan through effective use of the personal underwriting authority to optimise the breadth of the underwriting appetite and footprint within strategy
- Leading the development and underwriting of larger and more complex risks, whilst strengthening our clients reputation in the market
- Building a reputation as an underwriting expert and technical focal point to develop confidence in the underwriting capability of the region, improving the team to deliver the strength & depth to underwrite effectively
- Leading a strong governance culture and awareness of risk across the region, focused on core business and technical discipline
- Operating in line with agreed audit controls and objectives aligned to effective control and implementation of risk management
- Proactively supporting the underwriting relationship with key strategic brokers and customers in the Region to provide a competitive edge and tactical advantage aligned to the delivery of profitable growth
- Help with the mentoring and training of underwriters
