Underwriting Director

3 weeks ago


United Kingdom Jackie Brightman Executive Search Limited Full time

My client, a top ten UK intermediary business, requires an Underwriting Director (Property) to join the senior leadership team of their MGA division. 

Responsible for setting the underwriting and pricing strategy across personal and commercial lines property portfolios for the UK and Ireland, providing direction and oversight to ensure best practice is achieved through embedded technical standards and controls.

Key Requirements

· The successful candidate will display a proven track record of success in senior underwriting leadership within an MGA, insurer or Lloyd’s environment, ideally with extensive UK property underwriting experience.

· Possess an in-depth knowledge and understanding of personal lines and/or commercial lines underwriting (ideally both).

· Possess non-standard home and/or real estate experience.

· Extensive experience of policy wording drafting.

· Extensive experience of managing a large property portfolio.

· Strong stakeholder management skills.

· Experience of creating and implementing underwriting and pricing strategies.

· A collaborative, engaging and influential leader.

· Experience gained in transformation and change a distinct advantage.

· ACII qualified.

This is a re ally exciting opportunity to join a company who continue on a journey of growth, building energy and momentum, where ideas are taken on board, as a company that goes from strength to strength.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in the future growth and development of the property portfolio and have the opportunity to work for a versatile and entrepreneurial business with an effective and inclusive senior management team.

You will be commercially focused, an engaging and credible leader, who is results driven and displays an excellent track record of success gained from within the insurance industry.

The position offers a highly competitive six figure salary, car allowance and bonus.



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