Assistant Underwriter

IDEX Consulting; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

IDEX Consulting in Manchester is recruiting for an Underwriter in the D&O/management liability area. You'll join the Manchester financial lines team, working alongside experienced Underwriters and gaining exposure, responsibility and development to progress your underwriting career.

You’ll be involved throughout the underwriting process from submission to binding, build relationships with Brokers, and develop your technical capability.

Qualifications

• Experience within management liability/D&O underwriting.
• Comfortable operating at Assistant Underwriter level with ambition to progress.

Responsibilities

• Supporting D&O/management liability risks from submission through to binding.
• Working directly with Brokers and developing market relationships.
• Preparing financial and underwriting analysis.
• Working on portfolio business, volume deals and panel placements.
• Supporting underwriting decisions and developing technical capability.
• Maintaining accurate risk, exposure and premium information.
• Getting increasingly involved in the commercial side of underwriting as experience develops.

Skills

D&O underwriting

Analytical

Job description

If you've previously worked in D&O/management liability and you're wondering when you're actually going to get the opportunity to become an Underwriter, this could be worth a conversation.
Because that's the real attraction here.
This isn't an Assistant Underwriter role where the expectation is that you'll still be assisting Underwriters three years from now.
You'll be joining the Manchester financial lines team of a major global specialty insurer, working alongside experienced Underwriters and being given the exposure, responsibility and development you need to progress your own underwriting career.

The opportunity

You'll be involved throughout the underwriting process - from initial submission and analysis through to binding - while building your own relationships with some of the market's major broking partners.
You'll get exposure to D&O and wider management liability risks, portfolio underwriting, volume deals and panel placements.
More importantly, there is a clear route to becoming an Underwriter.
That means greater responsibility, stronger earning potential and considerably more career options in the years ahead - without needing to leave the business to find them.

• Supporting D&O/management liability risks from submission through to binding
• Working directly with Brokers and developing your own market relationships
• Preparing financial and underwriting analysis
• Working on portfolio business, volume deals and panel placements
• Supporting underwriting decisions and developing your technical capability
• Maintaining accurate risk, exposure and premium information
• Getting increasingly involved in the commercial side of underwriting as your experience develops

Who we're looking for

You’ll probably have previous experience within management liability/D&O underwriting and already be comfortable operating at Assistant Underwriter level.
Technical ability matters, but so does ambition.
We’re looking for someone analytical, commercially minded and confident dealing with Brokers who wants to develop beyond the Assistant Underwriter title.

Why consider it?

You're joining a world-class specialty insurance business with the platform, people and resources to build a long-term career.
The immediate package is up to £45,000 plus bonus and a strong wider benefits package.
But the bigger reason to consider it is what comes next.
If your ambition is to move from Assistant Underwriter to Underwriter - and benefit from the salary, bonus, responsibility and career opportunities that come with that - this role gives you a genuine route to do it.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mission

At IDEX, we strive for an inclusion-first company culture where everyone is treated fairly and can bring their authentic selves to work. We recognise and acknowledge that diverse representation at every level of our business requires continuous and measurable effort. We are committed to driving conscious inclusion across our business and creating equitable pathways.