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Senior Underwriter

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Lawes Consulting Group

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Location:
United Kingdom, London

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Category:
Insurance

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Contract Type:
Not provided

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Salary:

55000.00 GBP / Year

Job Description:

Due to an exciting time of growth, our client has new opportunities available within their commercial underwriting team. Excellent opportunity for a proven property and casualty underwriter to further develop their technical underwriting expertise through underwriting unique Commercial Combined risks as part of a fast growing and successful team in the London market.

Job Responsibility:

  • Develop, negotiate and profitably underwrite new/existing business within own authority and in line with our clients’ strategy
  • Provide embedded underwriting support at partner and customer sites if required
  • Plan, prioritise and manage individual work to deliver agreed objectives and meet SLA’s to deliver exceptional customer service
  • Act as referral point for the team providing coaching, training in an appropriate time frame
  • Use the appropriate method of communication (telephone, face to face) to support our client’s right first time approach in order to maintain successful Internal and External relationships
  • Working with some of the most high profile brokers in the UK to build your personal profile and maintain and develop our clients’ excellent broker relationships
  • Act on individual audit results and agreed action plans within agreed deadlines to improve own performance
  • Understand and operate within regulatory framework and identify and escalate any risks to the business
  • Identify complaints, act upon them and resolve in line with company policy
  • Conduct audits and provide feedback, coaching and training as appropriate
  • Provide team manager support as and when required
  • Manage a defined caseload
  • Actively expand personal technical and niche knowledge both informally (networking internally and externally, internet, industry press) and formally (In-house training, CII, CPD)

Requirements:

  • Qualified Dip CII or commitment to achieve within an agreed timescale
  • Market, Industry and Company knowledge
  • A proven track record of delivering exceptional customer service
  • Appropriate IT skills
  • Strong verbal communication skills
  • Experience of acting as a coach within a commercial environment
  • Experience of effective stakeholder management within a commercial environment
What we offer:
  • Flexible working
  • Group Personal Pension – up to 12% employer contribution
  • Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
  • An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
  • Up to £300 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
  • Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Full study support to gain professional qualifications

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 27, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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