Underwriter - Casualty

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee
- Underwriter - Casualty
- (Birmingham or Bristol)
- The Opportunity:

- We are looking for an Underwriter to join our friendly and supportive UK Casualty team, based in Birmingham or Bristol. Covering UK and multinational lines of business, you will underwrite casualty business across a broad range of clients.
- Your responsibilities for this role may include, but are not limited to:

- Contribute to the delivery of the annual business plan for the respective business unit by making appropriate decisions
- Perform underwriting activities in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met
- Adhere to underwriting standards, instructions and good practice to minimize risk and maximize efficiency
- Ensure the recording and measurement of insurance risks, (including DUA’s if relevant) to ensure accuracy and good practice
- Understand and comply with any reinsurance requirements to minimize risk and to deliver business plan objectives
- Establish, strengthen and develop relationships with stakeholders including customers, brokers, business partners and colleagues to maximize influence and achieve business objectives
- Underwrite insurance risks in accordance with the business plan and the delegated underwriting authority to meet business objectives including:

- Negotiating rates terms and conditions for existing and new business
- Compliance of production and issue of contract certainty documentation (non-Lloyds)
- Ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations and guidelines
- Ensuring contribution to the business plan and objectives
- Support credit control in payment collection
- Participate in the review and analysis of the portfolio to identify progress toward business objectives
- Ensure entries are properly and promptly recorded on EO systems to ensure accuracy of data in relation to Underwriting & Aggregate exposures
- Contribute to the aggregate management and peer review processes to encourage and develop excellence
- Motivate and coach team members to ensure the relevant knowledge and expertise is shared for their continuing personal and professional development
- To succeed in the role, you ideally will have:

- Experience in Underwriting UK Casualty business
- A commercial ability to understand the key profit drivers to maximise long term wealth for our shareholders
- Strong knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your tasks to gain maximum outcome
- Good relationship management through interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence
- Innovation in your underwriting approach and programme design, along with an open mindset to be able to adapt and grow with the ever-changing market
- Use of risk profiling, pricing tools and loss models along with the ability to analyse data and use this data for decision-making
- Working for us. Working for you.
- We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. Working for us. Working for you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA - because we know it’s not just what we do that matters, it’s how we do it that makes the difference.
- At QBE, we view our people as our most precious asset. We understand the importance of fostering a work environment that is responsive to the changing needs of today's workforce. QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation.
- About QBE
- QBE’s European Operations, which accounts for over 27% of QBE Group turnover, is a leading specialist in London market and European commercial lines business. Active in both the Lloyd’s and company market, QBE offers considerable diversity to the broking community. We are a socially responsible company and give our customers the ability to invest a portion of their premiums in environmentally and socially beneficial projects.
- How to Apply:

- Equal Employment Opportunity:

- QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.