Casualty Portfolio Underwriter

3 days ago

Gloucester, United Kingdom Ecclesiastical Insurance Full time

**Job Title: Casualty Portfolio Underwriter**

**Location: Gloucester (with hybrid working)**

**Salary: Commensurate with experience plus a good range of benefits**

**Duration: Permanent**

**Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday**

**About the role**

This is an excellent opportunity to work within our UK Casualty Underwriting Team supporting the profitable growth and development of the Account and enhancing your own knowledge and understanding of the Casualty Class of Business.

**Key accountabilities**
- Support the profitable development of the Account and delivery of the UK General Insurance Plan
- Support the team in portfolio analysis tasks to aid the understanding of Account performance
- Pro-actively identify areas of opportunity and issue in relation to technical underwriting matters
- Working towards acting as a technical referral point for the Line of Business
- Develop updated underwriting risk appetite material, underwriting guides, pricing, wordings and other technical literature as required for the Line of Business
- Support the development of training material for the GI Academy, working with the Underwriting Performance Team
- Support the delivery of work items relating to pricing reviews as required
- Support UKGI business units in developing and enhancing relationships with brokers, customers and business partners to act as a specialist, demonstrating Ecclesiastical’s Line of Business knowledge and expertise
- Support the delivery of work items required to assist reserving practices and financial reporting for the account
- Help to ensure underwriting quality is in line with underwriting strategy by highlighting areas of concern, working with the Underwriting Performance Team
- Support defined pieces of work end to end within agreed timescales
- Managing and prioritising own workload effectively
- Keep up to date with market conditions, practice and legislation
- Understand and operate within regulatory framework and identify and escalate any risks to the business

**Key performance indicators**
- Contribution to delivery of the Business Plan KPI’s and the profitable development of the Account
- Contribution to the improved level of technical competency in the underwriting teams across the business
- Contribution to the implementation of tactical and strategic actions following pricing/underwriting reviews to the wider business

**Knowledge, skills and experience**
- Proven technical underwriting knowledge within commercial insurance
- Minimum CII with commitment to advance (company support provided)
- Practical experience of the ability to quickly implement new initiatives
- Microsoft Excel proficient
- Some experience in portfolio management desirable, but not essential

**What we offer**
- A competitive salary
- Flexible working
- Competitive Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
- Annual Bonus scheme up to 24%
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- A holiday buy and sell scheme
- An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance

**About Ecclesiastical**

**Committed to making a difference**: We think that people are looking for something worthwhile in a company beyond the workplace. Our employees are encouraged to take at least one day a year to help a charity of their choice, offering practical and professional support, as part of our MyGiving programme.

Our staff know how to work hard but also how to enjoy themselves We pride ourselves on creating an appropriate work-life balance, valuing wellbeing, flexibility and being part of a team.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Gloucester

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