Senior Underwriter

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000

Job description

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.

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

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.

The team is well respected in the industry, having built a strong reputation, of which we take great pride. We can look at other locations for this role across our Leeds, Manchester, and Birmingham offices.

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:

1. You’ll provide an excellent service to our brokers, underwriting renewals including large premium and complex cases within the defined underwriting authority.
2. Handle referrals whether emanating from our broker e-trading platform or by email/phone to ensure deadlines are met.
3. Underwrite renewals within the defined underwriting authority.
4. Actively handle and provide an efficient service to brokers to maintain good relationships.
5. Attend underwriting meetings as required throughout the year where you’ll provide insight into developments, trends, and feedback on market conditions.
6. Demonstrate and promote a thorough knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels in order to achieve profitability and underwriting objectives.
7. You’ll handle renewal cases, working with the broker to secure renewals as well as upselling and cross-selling additional covers.
8. You’ll build and maintain excellent working relationships with the Technical Teams in Leeds and the wider business.
9. Assist the team and wider business with ad hoc projects.
10. Develop team members’ technical knowledge through mentoring, day-to-day underwriting referrals, and exposure to underwriting risks.

Our must haves:

1. You’ll have demonstrable underwriting experience, ideally in social welfare/care risks, although commercial insurance will be fine.
2. You’ll have excellent written and spoken communication skills.
3. A high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
4. A track record in building and developing broker relationships.
5. Good IT skills including MS Office and ideally systems including the broker e-trading platform.
6. Shown ability to renew business whilst maintaining underwriting discipline.
7. CII qualifications or be studying for/or be willing to study for – you will be supported and fully funded in the study for this qualification by the company.

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

1. A great starting salary plus 25% annual bonus & strong benefits package.
2. 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave.
3. Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer.
4. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

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 or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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