Senior Financial Lines Underwriter (Remote

Aston Charles; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

Job Type: Permanent

Sector: General Insurance

Specialism: Underwriting

Location: North East & Scotland

Town/City: Edinburgh

Salary range: Other

Salary Description: Attractive salary (Negotiable), plus market-leading bonus and benefits

Posted: 09-Jan-25

Start Date: ASAP

Recruiter: Aston Charles

Job Ref: JH-3136HB

Job Views: 4

Job Overview

We are delighted to be partnering with this world-leading insurance company that is seeking a talented Senior Professional Indemnity Underwriter.

This role can be fully home-based, although there will be occasional face-to-face team meetings required in a regional office.

This company is well-renowned for providing innovative insurance solutions, using its ingenuity to insure risks that others can’t.

This position has arisen due to the company’s impressive expansion; it is enjoying 20% year-on-year growth and is on track to double in size over the next 5 years.

Not only is this an opportune time to join the company, but this organization is also extremely well-renowned for its culture; many of its staff cite, “this is the best employer I have ever worked for.”

Responsibilities

Working within the specialist Financial Lines Division, you’ll be underwriting incoming new business enquiries from a wide variety of brokers throughout the UK, using your sound technical and negotiation skills to secure profitable business.

1. Underwriting large and complex renewal cases.
2. Collaborating with the Claims team.
3. Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with the Technical department and the wider business.
4. Getting involved in interesting ad hoc projects and making a real difference.

Qualifications

You must have strong experience within the Professional Indemnity arena, and candidates from a variety of specialisms (such as the Professions, Miscellaneous, Tech, Life Sciences, etc.) will be considered. As you’ll be regularly dealing with brokers, you’ll have excellent communication skills, along with a good track record of maintaining and developing relationships.

“I really want to stress that this is by no means a ‘dead-end’ senior underwriting role,” says the Director. “We are extremely passionate about developing our staff, and this role has the genuine potential to progress into a number of different areas, such as Product Line Management, General Management, Technical, Compliance, Sales, and more.”

You’ll be rewarded with a generous basic salary (Negotiable depending on experience), plus a highly lucrative 25% bonus scheme and impressive corporate benefits, which include substantial pension contributions. While this role can be fully remote, you will always be welcome to work in one of our client’s offices as much as you like!

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