Development Underwriter

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom MW Appointments Full time

Development Underwriter - Property & Casualty

Location : City of London based with hybrid home working available

**Salary**: Highly Competitive

An exciting opportunity to develop your career with a leading brand in the insurance market who have a track record of providing specialist insurance solutions tailored to meet their clients specific needs.

Context of the role:
Our client is looking to find an experienced UK property & casualty underwriter who can help drive profitable growth of the P&C portfolio as a member of an established team underwriting larger and more complex business.

This role will offer a fantastic platform for someone looking for their next role to progress their career to a leadership role.

Role summary:

- Promoting the Property & Casualty offering to regional underwriters and broker partners.
- Underwriting larger, more complex cases and taking referrals.
- Leading and setting the execution of the UK-wide underwriting strategy.
- Influencing the UK Product Heads on underwriting appetite and strategy
- Leading underwriting and sales visits to larger clients and prospects
- Providing leadership to ensure that the target retention rates are achieved.
- Developing close, effective relationships with brokers to develop new opportunities.
- Keeping abreast of the competitive landscape from market moves to new product launches

The essentials:

- An excellent understanding of P&C and underwriting larger more complex risks
- Excellent knowledge of the insurance market, industry, competitors, Brokers and factors that can affect the market including soft/hard markets
- Excellent relationship management and sales skills
- Leads underwriting and sales visits to larger clients and prospects
- Acts as the referral point for larger more complex cases
- Coaches and mentors less experienced underwriters in underwriting and sales skills

REF - 9156

MW Appointments is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.



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