Schemes Underwriter

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Hiscox Full time

Job Type:
Permanent

Build a brilliant future with Hiscox

Schemes Underwriter

Manchester, Birmingham or London

About Hiscox UK

Hiscox UK is a leading brand in the insurance market, recognized as setting the standards others try to emulate. We consistently deliver strong growth and exceptional returns, recruiting only the very best and empowering them to deliver. We are known for insuring the homes of the rich and famous through to the most innovative technology companies. Our customers are diverse and unique and are only united by our ability to provide specialist insurance tailored to their needs.

The role

We have a market leading reputation for producing bespoke solutions for niche customer groups managed by our broker partners. Within the wider Schemes team we deliver Schemes solutions across the UK retail business.

You’ll work across the existing portfolio of schemes business as well as the creation of new scheme opportunities. You’ll work with the wider schemes underwriters, operations, sales and wider senior leadership team to drive improvement and profitable growth of our schemes portfolio and play an integral part in realising our ambitions of growing the book to £250m by 2027

You’ll be responsible for underwriting schemes business and servicing our schemes partner cover holders. You will also have opportunity to help drive and shape our wider underwriting strategy.

What you’ll be doing:

- Challenging convention on a regular basis. Suggest and execute underwriting strategies to ensure sustained, efficient and profitable growth
- Delivering exceptional service to our brokers.
- Delivering profitable growth through ownership and portfolio steering
- Maintain Hiscox’s market leading position in schemes by keeping abreast of new risks and exposures within our chosen sectors
- Build underwriting guides, policy wordings and other supporting documentation in collaboration with Underwriting, Due Diligence and Legal teams
- Shaping the schemes underwriting strategy and portfolio with the Head of Underwriting to deliver our 2027 ambitions
- Taking underwriting ownership and support relationship management and accountability for key strategic broker partners

Our must-haves:

- The ability to make a confident decision in difficult and complex situations
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work independently in a collaborative environment
- Relevant underwriting experience
- Comfort in analysing, making and executing underwriting recommendations on portfolios of business or willing to learn these skills
- An interest in becoming an expert in specific trades and insurance covers
- The ability to demonstrate great influencing and negotiation skills
- Openness to new ideas, innovation and educated risk taking
- Diversity and flexible working at Hiscox_
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- Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success. We also understand that working life doesn’t always have to be ‘nine to five’ and we support flexible working wherever we can. No promises, but please chat to our resourcing team about the flexibility we could offer for this role._

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