Mid-Market Underwriter Property & Casualty

Mid-Market Underwriter Property & Casualty

Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00am to 17:00

Salary: £38,000 to £48,000

Full time / Permanent 

Leeds - Hybrid

What you'll be doing:

• Underwrite new and existing business profitably, accurately, consistently and in line with established underwriting practices, using the full range of tools available
• Proactively lead the development of strong trading relationships with panel of brokers, taking full ownership for the generation of profitable business from nominated panel
• Proactively develop a robust pipeline of appropriate new business opportunities and ensure that long-term pipeline is realised by ensuring broker / client engagement
• Lead meetings, presentations and tender responses with brokers / end customers to portray the clients capabilities and secure new business opportunities
• Coach, train and develop Senior Underwriters to continually improve their technical and trading capability from a New and Existing business perspective
• Act as the referral point for Senior Underwriters within your team, providing technical and trading input to improve the quality of decisions within their empowerment. 
• Work with Underwriting Manager to actively manage and review underwriting standards and licences within the team ensuring effective management and deployment of empowerment
• Effectively promote and deploy clients strategy, product range, propositions and key differentiators to leverage commercial opportunities

Qualifications: 

• ACII qualification desirable
• Excellent negotiation and sales skills
• Mid-corporate underwriting experience is essential e.g., slip based business, bespoke wordings, international and captives
• Experience of large case and portfolio management in the Commercial Property and Casualty sector, including client exposure
• High level of technical product knowledge for Commercial Property and Casualty classes
• Time management and prioritisation skills
• Established networking and relationship building skills
• Sound knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements for insurance
• High level of communication and negotiation skills with the ability to build positive relationships at all levels both internally and externally
• Ability to identify and convert business opportunities

The Benefits:

• Competitive annual salary, dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Private Medical Cover
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Employee discounts
• Gym benefits

In the first instance please apply to this advert by forwarding your CV to MPJ Recruitment Ltd, where one of our consultants will be in contact. However, preference will be given to those who match the criteria and experience.