Underwriter

1 month ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom Hiscox Full time

Job Type:

Permanent

Build a brilliant future with Hiscox
 

The role

The Central Underwriting teams are located throughout the UK mainly in our regional central underwriting hubs including Glasgow, Colchester and York. The team forms part of Hiscox UK’s central operations function and are responsible for the technical underwriting of new business and renewals across our broker business.

You’ll focus on underwriting existing business for our commercial policies. The role will provide a breadth of development opportunities and exposure to our products, state of the art new underwriting platform and underwriting strategy to allow you to progress into a senior underwriter role.

What you’ll be doing:

You’ll be underwriting our commercial products in line with our high standards Working towards set targets each month including profitability, conversion and productivity Develop your sales skills and appreciation of sales and underwriting strategy in collaboration with the wider teams and regions Effectively negotiate with both internal and external parties including identified points of contact with a brokerage Challenging non-standard underwriting decisions leveraging the expertise of product specialists and underwriting managers Showing courage and innovation by spotting process improvements and how we can do things differently to improve the customer experience and drive profitable growth

Our must haves

You’ll have min. 2 years’ experience as a commercial lines underwriter with knowledge of Professional Indemnity, exposure to Management Liability and Cyber will be advantageous A logical and analytical thinker An excellent communicator with the ability to present and articulate your thinking  A natural flair for building relationships enabling you to develop close rapport with brokers Be an ambassador of Hiscox and demonstrate ‘going the extra mile’ dedication and commitment in a fast growing and demanding area of the business Ambitious and driven, someone who can self-motivate and achieve results Ideally Degree qualified and working towards Diploma CII or exempt through relevant experience as defined by the FCA

Diversity and flexible working at Hiscox

At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success. We also understand that working life doesn’t always have to be ‘nine to five’ and we support flexible working wherever we can. No promises, but please chat to our resourcing team about the flexibility we could offer for this role.

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