Commercial New Business Property & Casualty Underwriter - London

A Global Insurer with offices across the UK are looking to source an experienced Commercial New Business P&C Underwriter.  

Key Responsibilities

• Working with key strategic intermediary partners to underwrite new business opportunities in the mid market to mid corporate space. 
• Operate within your underwriting authority working closely with the Underwriting Manager & Sales Team to deliver exception service to customers and innovative underwriting solutions.
• Support less experienced colleagues to increase their knowledge and experience.
• Comfortable trading face to face with intermediaries or clients.
• Identify and develop a new business pipeline to enable annual targets to be hit by year end.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Strong trading and relationship management experience.
• Strong knowledge of underwriting and insurance industry theories and practices.
• Demonstrated high level of technical expertise in Property and Casualty Underwriting.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. Ability to effectively interact with internal and external business partners at all levels.
• Capacity to work independently.
• Strong ability to identify, analyse and solve problems as well as to learn rapidly, adapt quickly to change, and manage and prioritise multiple concurrent projects.
• Skilled in exercising independent judgment and making critical business decisions effectively.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite as well as other business-related software.

The Reward

• Salary circa £65,000
• Strong bonus structure based on performance
• Company Pension
• Healthcare 
• Extensive additional benefits