Insurance New Business Team Leader

Commercial Express is on a trajectory of fantastic growth, with ambitious plans and are looking for an experienced New Business Team Leader to join our thriving MGA Business.

**The Role**:
As a New Business Team Leader, you will play a crucial role in leading and motivating a team of commercial underwriters. Your focus will be on driving high performance, fostering a culture of development and collaboration, and ensuring exceptional service to our broker partners. You will be highly supportive and engaging leader who can lead indirectly, virtually and via others.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead, coach, and develop a team of underwriters to achieve business targets.
- Foster a positive and high-performing team culture with a strong focus on accountability and results.
- Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, performance reviews, offering guidance and providing feedback.
- Drive the team to Secure new business in line with the underwriting appetite and strategy.
- Monitor and analyse operational delivery and team performance, identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Work closely with stakeholders to develop and implement new business strategies.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with brokers to maximise new business opportunities.
- Support the team in negotiating and securing new business.
- Ensure exceptional customer service and responsiveness to broker enquiries.
- Work with internal stakeholders to improve underwriting processes and efficiencies.
- Ensure underwriting decisions comply with company policies, regulatory requirements, and risk appetite.
- Report on team performance and key business metrics to Underwriting Service Manager.

**Skills**:

- Proven experience leading a team within a commercial underwriting or insurance environment.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, motivate and develop a high-performing team.
- A results driven mindset with a track record of achieving and exceeding targets.
- Excellent relationship management skills, particularly with brokers and stakeholders.
- Strong commercial awareness and knowledge of the UK insurance market.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills to drive performance improvements.
- Ability to make recommendations to improve underwriting processes and efficiencies.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

**Benefits**:

- Workplace Pension Scheme offering you flexibility of up to 16%.
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- 1 Paid Volunteer Day per year.
- Hybrid Working - Flexibility to work from home combined with a number of days per week in our office on The Waterfront in Brierley Hill. We are providing a fantastic work environment to drive our commitment to learning and development, innovation, and collaboration.
- Health Cash Plan and Virtual GP Services.
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders and access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, offering a range of health and wellbeing, financial and counselling services.
- Professional Membership Status - as part of holding CII Chartered Insurance Underwriting Agent Status we offer a variety of funding options to support our people in achieving industry standard qualifications.
- Employee recognition awards and annual employee awards.
- Staff social events throughout the year, including Summer and Christmas parties.
- Long Service awards.
- Free onsite parking.
- Matched funding for charities.
- Death in Service benefit.

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

Pay: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Are you able to commute to our offices based in Brierley Hill in the West Midlands?
- Please let us know what your salary expectations would be for this role.

Work Location: In person