Underwriter
Insurance
London
Amazing salary and benefits

New Business Underwriter

Ref: 4347| Posted: 27th Jan 2025

New Business Underwriter

A bold, highly rewarding opportunity for an ambitious underwriting professional seeking to soar.

Boost your underwriting career right now with this brilliant opportunity to join a company part of one of the world’s largest and most ambitious insurance intermediaries.

About the role

This role is a perfect fit for a dynamic, target-driven, customer-focused, resourceful and experienced underwriter who’s proven you can hit the ground running and thrives at working at pace.

Handling all new liability lead business, you’ll underwrite risks within your authority levels, negotiate and issue quotations to brokers, and inform them of relevant products. This includes reviewing and analysing presentations and proposals, and proactively prospect internally and externally for new (and lapsed) leads.

An innate and effective communicator, you’ll build and maintain strong relationships with brokers and insurers. You’ll also be a solid team player, collaborating clearly and seamlessly with colleagues, particularly delivering clear instructions.

You’ll manage (on average) 150 enquiries a month, considering premiums ranging from £1k to £100k.

The role is ‘hybrid’ working, requiring 3 office-based days in our modern offices in London.

 

About the company

Established over 65 years’ ago, this established, and highly respected insurance underwriting agency enjoys an august reputation for market leading insurance solutions.

Having built its success on delivering product excellence, exceptional service and deep-rooted long-term relationships, the company is now part of one of the industry’s most powerful and influential leaders, when it comes to career opportunities, therefore, the sky’s the limit!

 

What you’ll receive

As you’d expect, you can expect an excellent salary and great benefits…

 

What you’ll bring 

To thrive in the role, you’ll need to be quality- and accuracy-oriented, dynamic and resourceful, but also highly organised with a “can do/growth mindset” attitude.

You’ll be required to demonstrate a strong underwriting track record, as well as solid expertise in Liability Underwriting, including Ts&Cs, ancillary risks covered. The role requires a clear knowledge of relevant legislation, complaints handling, business ethics standards, and financial competence.

Your work must reflect the company’s high standards of integrity, care, skill and diligence. Appreciating the role of regulators, you will observe proper standards of market conduct.

 

What you can expect

The firm culture will be a great fit for a resourceful, ambitious professional, confident and driven to continually grow. In return, you’ll be offered limitless opportunity for success within this firmly-established, fast-paced company, a top target for ambitious candidates who are insurance rising stars.

 

Find out more

Contact Jack Boakes at Insure Recruitment and apply to the role by submitting your latest CV.

At Insure Recruitment, we work with clients who are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the above description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be exactly what we’re looking for in this or other roles.