Assistant Underwriter (Renewal Connect)

Markel; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company located in Leeds is looking for an Assistant Underwriter to provide exceptional service to brokers. You will underwrite risks, maintain relationships, and handle renewals in a collaborative team environment. The ideal candidate has insurance experience and strong communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary and a generous benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary

Generous annual bonus

25 days paid holiday

Company pension scheme

Private medical cover

Qualifications

• Proven relevant insurance experience and demonstrable technical skills.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide and maintain high level of underwriting.
• Underwrite risks within personal authority.
• Build and maintain excellent working relationships with brokers.

Skills

Insurance experience

Communication skills

Attention to detail

IT skills including MS Office

Education

CII qualifications

Job description

Overview

Are you looking to progress your Underwriting career with a people-focused business? Help us provide outstanding underwriting service to our brokers across the UK, dealing with Professional & Management Risk policies here at Markel.

The opportunity to join Markel is an exciting one as our business grows. We have moved into brand-new innovative offices in Leeds city centre, right next to the train station, and we currently have a new opportunity for an Assistant Underwriter to join our Renewal Connect team; (3 days in the office / 2 days from home). This opportunity is based within the renewals department as part of a smaller renewals team, dealing with a wide variety of Professional and Management Risks and Charity policies. You will work alongside other departments to build and maintain relationships and deliver exceptional service to our brokers.

The role of the Assistant Underwriter is to work as part of the Renewal Connect team, providing an excellent underwriting service for brokers in the UK. You will develop and maintain good relationships internally and externally, monitor and analyse broker activity to identify success and areas for improvement, and provide proactive feedback to the team manager. You will have responsibility for renewals and mid-term queries with a desire to be visible to our brokers.

What you’ll be doing

• Provide and maintain a high level of underwriting, demonstrating knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels to achieve defined objectives.
• Underwrite risks within your personal authority.
• Provide excellent service to our brokers, prioritising renewals and mid-term adjustments and referrals via the broker e-trading platform, Acturis, or by email/phone to meet deadlines.
• Ensure incoming calls to the team are answered promptly and professionally.
• Diarise and follow up renewals with brokers to secure and retain business.
• Review broker activity, highlight product benefits, negotiate terms, and report findings to the team manager.
• Manage renewal cases with the broker to secure renewal and upsell/cross-sell additional covers.
• Build and maintain excellent working relationships with the technical teams in Leeds and the wider business.
• Assist the team and wider business with ad hoc projects.

Our must haves

• Proven relevant insurance experience and demonstrable technical skills.
• Background and experience in our classes of business is desirable but not essential.
• Excellent written, spoken communication and numerical skills.
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Demonstrable IT skills including MS Office.
• Be studying for or willing to study for CII qualifications – the company will fully fund and support this qualification.

Who we are

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) is a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

What’s in it for you

• A competitive starting salary plus generous annual bonus and strong benefits package.
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave.
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance, income protection, season ticket loan, and other benefits.
• Opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career with company support.

Are you ready to play your part? Choose Apply Now to fill out our short application so that we can learn more about you.

Markel celebrates diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome candidates who meet the requirements and are open to flexible working patterns. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us by email at [e-mail] or call 0161 507 5827 to request accommodations. This includes alternative formats of documents or information on how to apply offline.

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