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Senior Underwriter

4 months ago


London, UK, United Kingdom Avencia Consulting Full time

Avencia are currently recruiting a Senior Environmental Underwriter for a leading global carrier.

This role will be pivotal to the international liability team as it will carve out their Environmental offering.

What you'll be doing:

  • Work with the Head of International Casualty to develop the Environmental Liability account, underwriting a market leading portfolio of diverse business from the London market and other international hubs whilst ensuring long-term profitability
  • Recruit, develop, mentor, and provide performance feedback to direct reports
  • To ensure the business is maintained in line with key performance indicators
  • Champion continuous development of associates to ensure all team members reach their potential
  • Confidently and positively demonstrate the discipline of our chosen underwriting approach
  • Monitor and report on portfolio performance utilising all available MI tools
  • Prioritise customer experience with best-in-class response times to all stakeholders
  • Demonstrate sound underwriting judgement whilst continuously scrutinising performance against plan and adjust approach if required
  • Ensure the team adhere to Binder Management guidelines, including underwriting controls and bordereaux management
  • Prioritise the team's underwriting strategy and diligently adhere to it at all times
  • Apply appropriate underwriting practices in line with authority and guideline control
  • Apply appropriate risk management practices including aggregation management, governance controls and any measures required to monitor exposures within plan / agreed limits
  • Travel as required
  • Identify own and direct report's skill gaps and proactively find training solutions as required

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

  • Have experience underwriting a wholesale book in the Environmental Liability market
  • Have specific open market and delegated underwriting experience covering a broad range of trades and territories, with a technical grasp of current risk factors and underwriting concerns, as well as an understanding of the global insurance marketplace for environmental liability
  • Demonstrate strong numerical and analytic ability
  • Have excellent communication skills
  • Have experience managing an Underwriting team
  • Demonstrate being an active member of a team and contribute to an open environment
  • Have a strong network of London and international distribution channels