Senior Life Science Underwriter

4 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd Full time

The primary purpose of this role is the management and leadership of Life Science team. In this role, you will set the vision and plan, build, and support the day to day needs of the team, plus play an active part in supporting the talent and development needs of underwriters. You will report to the Head of Underwriting and there are a broad range of other key stakeholders to engage including Life Science practice leader, Product leaders, UK Regional Leaders ( CUO and Country President).

Any candidate should have an underwriting background and be capable of holding high levels of underwriting authority in at least one CORE line of business. You should also be interested in and capable of operating with understanding and influence across other line of business.


This position involves the underwriting of complex existing business in the Life Science sector. This can be any combination of mono-line or packaged Employers Liability, Public Liability, Products & Services Liability, Property, Clinical Trials and Errors and Omissions and Cyber.


As the successful candidate, you will contribute to achievement of the Life Science, Branch and Corporate Goals relating to profit, renewal retention, rate, exposure, service and producer / client relations.


You will obtain and analyse account-specific information and ensures accuracy of risk report, utilising our internal systems and develops information and recommendations based on the account analysis. You should be able to demonstrate the ability to deal with the full renewal and policy-change cycle for an allocation of Life Science business and maintains branch and line data integrity.


Key Responsibilities:


  • Development, growth, profitability and service of existing client and cross sell, account rounding and up selling. Responsible for service on UKI retained accounts and application of rate and growth strategy. Execution of the financial plan is a critical responsibility for this role, and regular financial forecasting and updates will be required.
  • Build and maintain relationships with a panel of brokers, maintain regular dialogue with brokers and clients to obtain and act on their feedback. Regularly conduct and share market research and intelligence. Ensure our product and proposition is communicated to the market and working with Branch Underwriters and BDMs to ensure proactive retention, account rounding, upselling and cross-sell opportunities.
  • Technical specialist for Life Science with external profile as a subject matter expert. Representing the company externally with brokers and within the sector raising profile as an industry expert across Life Science through events, engagement with technical market bodies, plus attending client, broker, and industry forums/events. This role is market facing. It requires excellent communication and presentation skills to communicate our proposition clearly and passionately to brokers and clients, promoting the company as a ‘Go to’ market. Acting as a senior representative for Life Science (both internally and externally), driving the strategic relationships, in terms of trading and execution with all our broking partners.
  • Work closely with internal stakeholders, including but not limited to Life Science Manager, Branch Development Managers, Development Underwriters, Product leaders, Claims and Loss Control in assessing risks and managing the delivery of services in an efficient manner.
  • Execute renewal plans for the portfolio to meet retention budget, data integrity and implementing a stratified underwriting approach to the business by size / complexity. Drive and maintain best practice and disciplines around usage of key operational systems and look for opportunities to improve our processes to generate operational efficiency.
  • Take a leading role in the matrix teams and support creativity in the delivery of renewal and product enhancements, sharing practice within and outside the business.
  • Obtains and analyses account-specific information and ensures accuracy and compliance with underwriting strategy and authority.
  • Ownership of the monitoring of the portfolio and caseload of both the team and individual team members
  • Coach and support Junior UK Branch team members including taking referrals and being a role model of team support and technical expertise


Skills & Experience Required:

  • Underwriting background and be capable of holding high levels of underwriting authority in at least one CORE line of business. They should also be interested in and capable of operating with understanding and influence across other lines of business.
  • Under minimal direction, works within delegated underwriting authority.
  • Strong expertise in risk analysis, interpretation and analysis of claims, and appropriate deployment of loss control resources.
  • Experience of underwriting and servicing multinational clients and has knowledge of program structure and compliance requirements.
  • Proven ability to successfully negotiate on all levels and develop broker relationships.
  • A strong track record of service orientation and teamwork.
  • The aptitude to attract and retain profitable business.
  • Ability to execute and influence at all levels both internally and externally.
  • People management and leadership skills
  • Must have strong interpersonal, written communication skills and focus on quality.
  • The ability to work independently and cohesively in a team environment in conjunction with service staff, risk engineering and field marketing claims employees.
  • Experience of the Life Science Sector is preferred but not required.
  • ACII qualified or working towards preferred but not essential.

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