Senior Underwriter

1 week ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Avencia Consulting Full time

Are you looking to progress your underwriting career?

Help us provide an outstanding underwriting service to brokers and clients across the UK dealing with professional indemnity policies.

What part will you play? If you're looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you've found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you'll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We're always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special

The opportunity:

This exciting opportunity is based within the renewals department as a Professional Indemnity Underwriter based in either our Leeds, Manchester or Birmingham office. The successful candidate will be dealing with a wide variety of Professional and Management risks and wider financial lines risks including Cyber and Technology risks. This is an area of considerable growth and a great opportunity to join and established but growing team. This team is often an integral part of projects developing the book and improving the way we do business.

The opportunity of the Underwriter is to be an integral part of the Professional and Management risks renewal team providing an excellent underwriting service for brokers in the UK. As a senior member of the team you will be required to be pro-active, build and maintain good relationships internally and externally. Monitor and analyse broker activity to identify success and areas for improvement and provide feedback to the team leader.

What you'll be doing:

Manage a portfolio and risks, underwrite large and complex renewal cases within the defined underwriting authority

Collaborate with the Markel Claims team on claims on complex cases to ensure the best outcomes for policyholders and Markel

Demonstrate and promote a thorough knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels in order to achieve profitability and underwriting objectives

Provide excellent service to our brokers, prioritising renewals and mid-term adjustments to ensure deadlines are met and maximising our business development opportunities

Attend underwriting and broker meetings as required throughout the year and to provide insight into developments, trends and feedback on market conditions

Manage renewal cases working as appropriate with the broker to secure renewal and upsell/ cross-sell additional covers

Build and maintain excellent working relationships with the Technical department and the wider business

Develop team members' technical knowledge through mentoring, day to day underwriting referrals and exposure to underwriting risks

Assisting the team and wider business with ad hoc projects

Our must haves:

Experience of financial lines underwriting including Professional Liability, Cyber and / or Management Risks

Ability to review wordings, lead in the complexities of drafting clauses/ endorsements and tailored wordings

Excellent written and spoken communication skills

A high level of accuracy and attention to detail

Track record in building and developing broker relationships

Ability to regularly analyse competitors' products, capabilities and appetite and share within the team

Proven ability to renew business whilst maintaining underwriting discipline

ACII and/or similar qualification preferred

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE - MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We're all about people | We win together | We strive for better| We enjoy the everyday We think further

Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International.

What's in it for you:

  • A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
  • 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
  • Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
  • There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose 'Apply Now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer which means we will you'll have a positive experience applying for a role at Markel and are able to perform at your best. If there are any adjustments we can reasonably make to ensure that the process is accessible for you at every stage please let us know.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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