Media Underwriter

Hiscox SA; York; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job description

Location - Flexible (York, Colchester, London, Manchester or Birmingham)

About Hiscox UK

Hiscox UK is a leading brand in the insurance market, recognised as setting the standards others try to emulate. We consistently deliver strong growth and exceptional returns, recruiting only the very best and empowering them to deliver. We are known for insuring the homes of the rich and famous through to the most innovative technology companies. Our customers are diverse and unique and are only united by our ability to provide specialist insurance tailored to their needs.

The role

The media sector is a key industry for Hiscox UK where our team of four underwriters primarily work to offer media liability and other ancillary covers to insureds in this space. We have been providing insurance solutions to this demographic since 1994 and the account spans a broad range of insureds from multi-national broadcasters to individual marketing consultants (and everything in between!)

Working within the Specialty team you will be responsible for driving the profitable growth of our media business at a time when we have ambitious growth plans. You will join an established and high performing team who operate within a fast paced environment. You will need lots of energy to contribute to our winning team whilst driving your own relationships (internal & external) and pipeline. You will be involved in product development, case and portfolio underwriting and dealing with some of the largest clients and brokers in the media sector. It is therefore essential that you are technically astute, have strong relationship management skills and are driven by an exceptional service ethic.

What you’ll be doing

Underwriting:

1. Profitable case underwriting of new, mid-term and existing business
2. Effectively negotiate with both internal and external parties
3. Broker and client visits as required on new and existing cases
4. Handle media referrals from UK regional offices & portfolio underwriters and assist in writing media business regionally
5. Write a targeted amount of new and existing business each year including cross-sell and up-sell
6. Optimise your conversion, profit and productivity whilst maintaining the target underwriting model
7. Product & wording development, keeping abreast of new risks and exposures within the sector to ensure Hiscox market leading position is maintained

Pro-active internal & external development:

1. Increase Hiscox’s profile both internally and externally in the Media sector
2. Develop a strong new business pipeline; including individual large prospects
3. Forge strong professional relationships with our key brokers
4. Keep abreast of the competitive landscape from market moves to new product launches
5. Promote and develop media products in the regional offices, including training of local underwriters and brokers as required
6. A deep understanding of your brokers and the development opportunities in the media sector
7. Continually improve your broker and customer interactions using the Hiscox coaching framework

Superb service:

Be a trusted advisor for our brokers, become their go to Underwriter in the market

Our must haves

1. A keen interest in the media and creative sector
2. A background of writing Professional Indemnity. Experience of writing media business would be an advantage but is not essential for the right candidate.
3. You’ll be a brand advocate for developing our media proposition across products & wordings, pricing and the portfolio and will possess a desire to improve on everything
4. The know how to keep abreast of new risks and exposures within the sector to ensure Hiscox market leading position is maintained
5. A unique blend of technical expertise plus softer relationship and positive influencing capability
6. Lead other underwriters within the media field through product and sales coaching and taking complex referrals
7. Experience in providing superb service whilst managing lots of work and changing priorities at once
8. Challenge convention on a regular basis and able to take decisive action on conversion, profit, loss and productivity whilst maintaining the target underwriting model
9. A proven track record of business development and technical underwriting skills, with close attention to detail
10. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
11. Enjoy building strong relationships, seeking out new opportunities and being a trusted advisor for your brokers and clients
12. ACII qualification or willingness to progress toward this

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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If you want to help build a brilliant future; work with amazing people; be part of a unique company culture; and, of course, enjoy great employee benefits that take care of your mental and physical wellbeing, come and join us.

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About us

We’re a global, specialist insurer headquartered in Bermuda and listed on the London Stock Exchange. With 3,000 employees and 32 offices in 12 countries we’re a business with lots of opportunity for people with talent, spark and lots of ambition. If you want to build a great career with a company that prioritises strong values – such as integrity and courage – where our people always pull together to do the right thing for each other and our customers, then we’d love to hear from you.