Senior Commercial Underwriter

About the role Working hours : 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday Duration : Permanent Location : Birmingham Job ref : 204011 Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for a Senior Underwriter to join our Birmingham office. You'll take ownership of a diverse portfolio, managing renewals with premiums ranging from £5,000 to £250,000 and beyond. You’ll handle some of our most fascinating risks and valued customers, ensuring seamless mid-term servicing. In this role, you’ll also play a key part in mentoring and coaching team members, conducting audits, and collaborating with commercial partners. You’ll work closely with various stakeholders and referral points within the business, contributing to a dynamic and high-performing underwriting team. Why join us Be part of a collaborative, inclusive, ambitious culture committed to making a difference and working towards a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UKs top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities, with all of our profits going to charity and good causes. What you’ll be doing Develop, negotiate, and profitably underwrite existing business caseload within own authority and in line with rate / commercial strategy, delivering underwriting excellence through specialist knowledge and support. Act as referral point for the team providing coaching, training and support for colleagues including supporting lesser experienced members of the team with their broker engagement and Underwriting development. Plan, prioritise and manage individual work to deliver agreed objectives and meet SLAs to deliver exceptional customer service and support Ecclesiastical’s right first-time approach maintaining successful Internal and External relationships. Build and maintain commercial relationships including commercial visits and activity. Identification of areas for continuous improvement and simplification in our processes and ways of working including sharing of best practice and knowledge which would benefit the wider team. What you’ll need to have A proven track record of delivering exceptional customer service. Appropriate IT skills. Strong verbal communication skills. Experience of acting as a coach within a commercial environment including taking referrals. Experience of effective stakeholder management within a commercial environment. Experience of meeting commercial partners / stakeholders. What makes you stand out Qualified Dip CII or commitment to achieve within an agreed timescale. Experience of conducting training in a classroom setting. Experience of meeting end customers. What we offer A competitive salary - let's discuss it Hybrid working Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24% 25days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year Employee Assistance Programme Full study support to gain professional qualifications Access to virtual GP Enhanced maternity and paternity pay Hear from the hiring manager "The Birmingham region is a thriving and highly successful business area within Ecclesiastical Insurance. Over the past seven years, it has nearly doubled in size—both in headcount and Gross Written Premium (GWP)—all while maintaining exceptional underwriting quality. This commitment to excellence has strengthened profitability, allowing us to contribute even more to charitable causes. The Birmingham office has a remarkable story to tell, and now’s your chance to be part of it." About us Ecclesiastical Insurance offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK. As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more. Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size. We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone. If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know. #J-18808-Ljbffr