At MetLife, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact in a supportive and innovative environment. We value growth and development and offer a platform for you to excel in your career.
The Head of Underwriting will lead the Underwriting team, including Chief Underwriters, Underwriting Technical Managers, and Pricing Underwriters to shape the expertise and success of the Underwriting team across Employee Benefits.
The Opportunity
Drive underwriting philosophy for the Employee Benefits business, providing thought leadership and guidance to ensure MetLife stays abreast of competitors, adjusting our practices to develop an innovative, talented and successful underwriting capability.
Collaborate with other functions to deliver a robust end-to-end underwriting service.
How You’ll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)
1. Lead the underwriting team to develop a strong underwriting philosophy and its interpretation commercially, to help achieve sales targets whilst balancing acceptable risk.
2. Provide thought leadership and expert underwriting capability within the Underwriting team.
3. Work with the Actuarial and Pricing teams to deliver competitive and customer focused pricing outcomes that help to drive growth.
4. Support key strategic relationships, both internally and externally by making pragmatic and commercially focused underwriting decisions whilst delivering Fair Customer Value.
5. Identify and develop key stakeholder relationships both within MetLife and externally.
6. Accountable for driving underwriting margins working in close partnership with the Head of Employee Benefits.
7. Ensure robust education, coaching and training plans are in place for the department.
What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications)
1. Relevant underwriting experience, preferably with the Group Protection market.
2. Be able and happy to work in a hybrid arrangement, which will see you in our Brighton office 2 days a week.
3. Demonstrate the ability to lead a large team with some remote workers.
4. Have a strong commercial and strategic mindset.
5. Demonstrate expert levels of relevant knowledge and skills to perform all aspects of the job.
6. Have attention to detail, and the ability to work under pressure.
7. Take ownership and personal responsibility for delivering timely, high-quality work.
8. Have good communication skills with the ability to interact with various stakeholders.
What Can Give You an Edge (Additional Skills)
1. Group Protection market.
Benefits We Offer
MetLife UK offers a range of benefits to deliver value to our employees and their families, supporting their health, wellbeing and financial security. Our flexible benefits offering provides freedom, choice, and flexibility in the way that you receive your benefits to better suit your lifestyle, meet some of your practical needs, and provide advantages in terms of tax and National Insurance savings. Our core benefits include 9% employer pension contributions with up to 4% matching available, comprehensive private medical insurance, income protection insurance, and life insurance. We offer a host of additional benefits that you can choose to buy including critical illness/dental/travel/gadget insurance, annual leave buy/sell, partner life insurance and more. All employees receive a £20 benefits allowance per month to spend on any additional benefits they select.
About MetLife Recognized on Fortune magazines list of the 2024 "Worlds Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces for 2024, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
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