Senior Underwriter

3 weeks ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Avencia Full time

**Senior Underwriter**:
Leeds Permanent - Full Time

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**The Opportunity**:
**Are you looking to progress your career within Underwriting?**

**Help us provide an outstanding underwriting service to brokers across the UK dealing with Social Welfare, Care, Not For Profit and Charity policies here at Markel**

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. Because, at Markel, the work you do gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities. Whether you’re wild about horses, bananas for boats or driven by data, 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**:
It’s an exciting time to join Markel as we grow our business and we have a new opportunity for a **Senior Underwriter** to join our highly respected team working from our Leeds office (3 days in the office / 2 days from home). The role sits within our renewals department handling a variety of interesting Social Welfare and Charity policies. Our risks range from foster care to drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres to schools for children with learning disabilities. The team are well respected in the industry, having built a strong reputation, of which we take great pride.

Working alongside other departments within the business to build relationships both internally and externally and deliver an exceptional service, keeping customers at the heart of all key decisions ensuring all customers receive a good outcome is key to this role. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong underwriting experience who wants to work in a forward thinking business with a people first approach.

**What you'll be doing**:
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 and referrals to ensure deadlines are met

Underwrite renewals including large premium and complex cases within the defined underwriting authority

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

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

**Our must have's**:
Have a proven underwriting experience - ideally in social welfare/care risks, although commercial combined / other insurance lines would be considered

Excellent written and spoken communication skills

A high level of accuracy and attention to detail

Track record in building and developing broker relationships

Demonstrable IT skills including MS Office

Consistent record 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?

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