Agricultural Underwriter

National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading MGA as an Agricultural Underwriter, where you'll leverage your agricultural underwriting experience. This hybrid role entails identifying client solutions, underwriting business, and working in a vibrant environment that values professional growth and inclusion across multiple UK locations.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive leaders

Qualifications

• Agricultural underwriting experience from an insurance background.
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to offer solutions to existing client/broker accounts.
• Review and analyse submissions independently.
• Work within delegated underwriting authority.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Agricultural Underwriting Experience

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to join Victor in our Agricultural Underwriting team in Bristol / Leeds / Cambridge or Witham. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement to work three days per week in the office.

The role: Agricultural Underwriter

Victor and its businesses operate as Managing General Agency (MGA), offering a wide range of property, liability, motor and specialty insurance products in the UK.

Victor Insurance is part of Marsh McLennan, - a global network of experts in risk, strategy and people. For over 140 years, Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) has supported enterprise, helping clients realise, survive and grow in changing times.

This is a perfect opportunity for an ambitious individual with an agricultural underwriting background seeking an opportunity to join a market leading MGA.

We will rely on you to:

• Identify opportunities to offer solutions to existing client/broker (in the UK) accounts by evaluating applicant situation and circumstances and determining insurance risk.
• Review and analyse submissions without assistance.
• Work within your delegated underwriting authority to underwrite both new and existing business.
• Communicate effectively with senior members of staff as well as Assistant Underwriters.
• Work within Victor's agreed Service Level Agreements

What you need to have:

• Agricultural Underwriting Experience from an Insurance background
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written

What makes you stand out:

• 5+ years Farm Combined experience working towards Senior Underwriter
• Self-starter and organisation skills to manage your own workload

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

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Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is the world's top insurance broker and risk advisor. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Victor offers a connected culture of talented, inspired individuals, and a work environment where colleagues can grow and succeed. At Victor, your voice is heard, your skills are sharpened and your ambitions nurtured. We value diversity in thought and background and are looking for individuals who are up for the challenge of creating the insurance enterprise of the future. If that's you, join us on our journey-with us by your side, you'll be ready to tackle tomorrow's challenges. Victor Insurance Managers LLC ("Victor") is one of the world's largest managing general underwriters with locations in the US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Australia. It handles more than $4 billion USD in premium on behalf of numerous insurance carriers, through a large network of more than 20,000 active insurance agents and brokers. With deep, specialized underwriting expertise, the company delivers a wide range of insurance solutions - from specialty property and casualty and professional liability insurance to group and retiree benefits. Victor is committed to building on 65-plus years of experience to develop products and services that address the complex needs of its customers. For more information, visit www.victorinsurance.com.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [e-mail].

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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