Pricing Underwriting Department

4 months ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom The Granite Group Full time

Reporting to the Chief Pricing Officer and the Managing Director of Granite Underwriting, as Head of Pricing for Granite Underwriting you will lead the end-to-end product, pricing and commercial decision making across our Wholesale businesses.
Granite Underwriting transacts through our specialist broker network and includes a variety of Specialist Private Car, Short Term cover, Commercial Vehicle, Fleet, Wholesale Taxi and Motor Trade.

**Role**: Head of Speciality and Broker

**Location**: Hybrid with office days in Liverpool

**Working hours**: 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5:30pm

**What you will be doing**:

- Lead Product and Pricing decisions for Granite Wholesale’s varied range of products, managing growth and profitability for existing products as well as designing and launch of new products.
- Keep up to date with market developments such as competitor shifts, inflation and claims trends, and views from our Claims and Reserving Departments, to quickly identify and act on opportunities or risks to our business model.
- Use our suite of MI to manage a range of Traditional Rating Schemes across the multiple products listed above, taking a practical market approach as well as a technically robust one.
- Identifying opportunities and launching new Specialist Motor products to expand our footprint.
- Present insights and proposals to senior stakeholders. Champion our Product and Pricing Governance framework, also working closely with Haven, Technical Product and Compliance, and the Senior Leadership team.

**What we’re looking for**:

- Experienced Underwriter with track record of managing complex portfolios and traditional eligibility and pricing Schemes.
- Numerically savvy and comfortable combining traditional schemes with modern pricing techniques such as GLMs and Machine Learning models.
- Strong commercial acumen and ability to make sensible commercial decisions based on complex models in a competitive and dynamic market.
- Experience of delivering on large-scale projects involving multiple teams, and managing and prioritising multiple priorities and analysts.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Desire to challenge the status quo and offer new solutions in a proactive manner.
- UK Motor knowledge preferred but not essential.

About Acorn Insurance
We have 40 years of experience helping people secure competitive car, taxi, van, motor trade and home insurance, across the UK. As a specialist insurance provider, we offer a wide range of competitive insurance policies that can are tailored to our customers unique insurance needs. In 2020 we were in the Sunday Times top 30 Profit Track companies for private companies with fastest growing profits.

Why Acorn Insurance?
Acorn want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer? Some of the benefits you will receive include:

- Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)
- Additional Buy & Sell Holidays
- Company Sick Pay Scheme
- Company Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
- Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
- Perk Box Online & High Street vouchers and discounts
- Fresh fruit Deliveries twice a week*
- £250 bonus for every new colleague you recommend to the business
- Free monthly Café Nero Coffee
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free eye test vouchers and a contribution towards the frames
- Clearly defined progression paths with training and support
- National vocational qualifications
- Free self-development & qualifications via Magpie Learning
- A comprehensive Mental Health support network including:

- A wide Network of Mental Health First Aiders 4 free counselling sessions
- CBT programmes available with a trained Therapist Mentor
- Unlimited access to a councillor 365 days a year, 24/7
- Free Hot Drinks*
- Dress Down Days
- Regular Employment Engagement including ongoing competitions with fantastic prizes
- Charity fundraising events
- On Selected Sites

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