Location: London/ Hybrid
Salary: £Competitive
Key Responsibilities
- Whilst the market opportunity allows, you will be expected to assist the Underwriting team in its plan to grow the business portfolio to over GBP200m of written business in the next three years.
- The business strategy isn’t contained to a single line of business or territory so, as the market cycle evolves, you will be an integral part of the underwriting team focusing on the optimisation of the portfolio through the cycle.
- You will be required to, as part of the Underwriting team, interact with the core capital providers pitching new business opportunities and underwriting strategy for the core renewals
- You will be responsible for helping the Underwriting team in new business development and international travel will be required.
- You will be responsible for the development and maintenance of strong relationships with Brokers and Coverholders, enabling the profitable growth of the business portfolio.
- You will have responsibility for managing a number of accounts in different territories and products. You must have the ability to seamlessly switch between these territories and products on a daily basis.
- Experience within the delegated authority or reinsurance market (either underwriting or as a broker) where the requirement for a portfolio underwriting approach is essential.
- A desire to develop business and broker relationships with the willingness for international travel - both individual and part of a team.
- The ability to structure and process both qualitative and quantitative data to draw insightful conclusions and apply this to the underwriting process.
- Someone who can operate autonomously, albeit with an appropriate level of support, and has the personal drive to take control of underwriting decisions and, whilst remaining open to challenge, be trusted to pro-actively manage a portion of the portfolio.
- A strong and confident communicator - both written and verbal - who can engage effectively with a wide spectrum of stakeholders including brokers, clients, capital providers, actuarial and underwriting teams
- This is not a status quo underwriting environment; we specialise in alternative insurance risk solutions, binders and portfolio deals with the ability to operate across multiple placement platforms, so you will need to demonstrate a flexible approach that allows you to adapt quickly to changing priorities and conditions.
- We take an analytical approach to underwriting and portfolio management with a team of six actuaries/pricing analysts so you will need to think about risk in an analytical manner and be able to communicate your underwriting rationale effectively to a variety of stakeholders.
- Demonstrates a winning attitude and expects personal and team performance to be nothing short of the best.
- Acts with honesty and integrity and is unwilling to cut corners ethically