Senior Trading Underwriter - Property & Casualty or Motor Trade or Motor Fleet - Manchester
Posted: 04 April 2025
Job description
This is a new and exciting opportunity to work for leading Global Insurance company with offices throughout the UK.
Our insurer client is seeking an experienced Lead Underwriters to work from their city centre Manchester operation to join them to be aligned to a portfolio of brokers/customers to proactively develop and profitably grow their commercial book of business within the company.
They are seeking 5 new hires which has arisen due to the need of additional head count, and one internal promotion.
In this Lead role you will be responsible for mentoring and coaching less experienced colleagues in writing and winning more complex, higher value business, whilst maintaining a multiclass underwriter approach when dealing end to end with brokers/customers.
This role would be dealing with either new or existing business or both, and hybrid working is supported and 50/50 home/office.
Skills and experience they are looking for are:
- Previous underwriting experience from Property & Casualty, Motor Trade or Motor Fleet background is essential.
- Excellent communication, listening, time management and negotiating skills.
- Analysis of risks and ability to communicate and present effectively to brokers and/or customers.
- Familiar with applying underwriting knowledge to effectively improve processes/procedures, whilst being responsible for own underwriting caseloads within a regulatory environment.
- Excellent business development/customer engagement skills in order to influence key contacts in the marketplace.
What you’ll get for this role:
- Competitive Salary (depending on experience) £55K to £70K.
- Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary
- Generous pension scheme – company contribute up to 14%
- 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, buy or sell up to 5 days
- Up to £1,200 free share annually
For further information please contact Andy Baker on 07834 696414/0113 4931720 or email andy@cryerbaker.co.uk
