Senior Underwriting Specialist

1 month ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Travelers Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Underwriting Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our underwriting team, you will be responsible for managing the profitability, growth, and retention of an assigned book of business. This will involve underwriting and negotiating risks to minimize risk and maximize profitability, as well as proactively managing your portfolio to ensure key performance indicators are consistently achieved.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage the profitability, growth, and retention of an assigned book of business.
  • Underwrite and negotiate risks to minimize risk and maximize profitability.
  • Proactively manage your portfolio to ensure key performance indicators are consistently achieved.
  • Identify and take corrective action in collaboration with your Manager/Team on individual risk characteristics identified through Portfolio Management.
  • Identify and capture opportunities to write additional lines of business using knowledge of products, risk characteristics, and appetite.
  • Proactively utilize various technology platforms to quote and bind E-Trade risk efficiently.
  • Provide input and support the presentation of Underwriting Reviews for individual policies or portfolios and manage action points.
  • Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal partners within the business unit and across the enterprise to identify cross-selling opportunities.
  • Foster and maintain relationships with brokers by phone, email, or other communication channels to market and sell Travelers products with a goal of writing and retaining accounts consistent with our risk appetite.

Requirements
  • Good knowledge of products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market.
  • Inclusion and views those differences as assets to be leveraged to accomplish business goals and objectives.
  • Industry/Competitor Analysis: Review competitor press releases and industry trade press for helpful insights, linking key themes together.
  • Project Management: Participate in projects that involve analysis and the implementation of non-complex, routine business and regulatory changes relating to the enhancement, maintenance, or introduction of new products.
  • UK: A-Levels or similar qualification.
  • Good experience of underwriting, product knowledge, financial analysis, or risk assessment experience.

About Us

Travelers Europe is a leading property casualty insurer with a reputation for excellence. We are committed to providing our customers with the best possible service and to creating a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. If you are a motivated and experienced underwriter looking for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.

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