Commercial Property Underwriting Expert

1 week ago

York, York City, United Kingdom Hiscox Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Development Underwriter to join our Commercial Property Owners (CPO) team at Hiscox. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in driving the profitable growth of our business.

Key Responsibilities
  • Underwrite Property Owners schemes within the CPO team, working on a range of products including Buildings, Loss of Rent, Property Owners Liability, Engineering Breakdown, and Terrorism.
  • Underwrite new and existing business, focusing on larger, more complex cases in the open market or from our CPO schemes.
  • Account manage brokers, working with them to develop and execute annual business plans using a deep understanding of their business to achieve growth targets.
  • Take overall responsibility for Hiscox's relationship with your brokers, delivering profitable growth across your panel.
  • Identify poorly performing open market and scheme accounts and implement measures to improve their business with Hiscox, such as commission levels, profit improvement plans, retention and conversion improvements.
  • Drive new business opportunities by regularly meeting your brokers, building strong relationships with the individuals there, and delivering exceptional service to them.
  • Contribute positively towards our annual Sales and Underwriting Audits.
Requirements
  • A strong property underwriting experience.
  • Comfort in analysing, making, and executing underwriting recommendations on individual and portfolios of business.
  • An adaptable mindset, able to switch between open market and schemes business, new and existing business.
  • Great relationship building, influencing, and negotiation skills.
  • Strong communication, relationship management, and interpersonal skills.
  • Good knowledge of the insurance market, industry, competitors, brokers, and factors that can affect the market, including soft and hard markets.
  • Either previous experience underwriting schemes business or a strong understanding of schemes and how they are operated successfully.
  • Ideal Diploma CII qualified or exempt through relevant experience as defined by the FCA.
About Hiscox

We care about our people and are committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success. We have introduced hybrid working to encourage a healthy work-life balance. The successful candidate for this role will be in the office up to 2 days per week in either our Colchester, Manchester, or York office.

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