Senior Underwriter
Markel Corporation Leeds, United Kingdom Apply now Posted 27 days ago Permanent Competitive
Would you like to develop your career within Underwriting working for a great insurance company?
Help us provide an outstanding underwriting service to our brokers across the UK, dealing with Social Welfare, Care, Not For Profit and Charity policies as a Senior Underwriter here at Markel.
The opportunity:
It's an exciting time to join Markel as our business grows. We have just moved into brand-new innovative offices in Leeds city centre right next to the train station, and we currently have a great new opportunity for a Senior Underwriter to join our highly respected team (3 days in the office / 2 days from home). The role sits within our renewals department handling a variety of interesting Social Welfare and Charity policies. Our risks range from foster care to drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres to schools for children with learning disabilities.
Working alongside other departments within the business you'll build relationships both internally and externally and deliver an exceptional service, keeping customers at the heart of all key decisions ensuring they receive the best outcome. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong commercial underwriting experience who wants to work in a forward thinking, global business with a real people first approach.
What you'll be doing:
* Provide excellent service to our brokers, underwriting renewals including large premium and complex cases within the defined underwriting authority.
* Handle referrals from our broker e-trading platform or by email/phone to ensure deadlines are met.
* Actively manage and provide an efficient service to maintain good broker relationships.
* Attend underwriting meetings to provide insight into developments, trends, and feedback on market conditions.
* Demonstrate thorough knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels to achieve profitability and underwriting objectives.
* Handle renewal cases, working with the broker to secure renewals as well as upselling and cross-selling additional covers.
* Build and maintain excellent working relationships with the Technical Teams in Leeds and the wider business.
* Assist the team and wider business with ad hoc projects.
* Develop team members' technical knowledge through mentoring and exposure to underwriting risks.
Our must haves:
* Demonstrable underwriting experience, ideally in social welfare/care risks, although commercial insurance will be fine.
* Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
* High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
* Track record in building and developing broker relationships.
* Good IT skills including MS Office and ideally systems including the broker e-trading platform.
* Ability to renew business while maintaining underwriting discipline.
* CII qualifications or willingness to study for - supported and fully funded by the company.
What's in it for you:
* Great starting salary plus 25% annual bonus & strong benefits package.
* 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave.
* Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan, and other great benefits.
* Countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, with support provided.
Are you ready to play your part?
Choose 'Apply Now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. #J-18808-Ljbffr