Casualty Underwriting Leader - Portfolio & People Growth

The Benefact Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Group Personal Pension - up to 12%

Bonus 7.5% to 30%

28 days annual leave + holidays

Private healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Study support for professional quals

Volunteer day per year

Job summary

The Benefact Group seeks a Casualty Underwriting Manager to lead a high performing commercial Casualty team in London. You will provide technical leadership, mentor portfolio underwriters and shape portfolio strategy in collaboration with senior leadership.

This role blends underwriting expertise with people leadership and stakeholder management, including third-party capacity relationships, with hybrid working and a generous benefits package.

Qualifications

• Strong technical underwriting experience in casualty and/or financial lines.
• ACII qualification or progress towards a professional credential.
• Proven leadership and coaching capability for underwriting teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across Casualty and Financial Lines portfolio.
• Translate strategy and risk appetite into underwriting actions.
• Maintain high underwriting quality, pricing discipline and coverage intent.
• Lead, coach and develop Portfolio Underwriters and specialists.
• Set priorities and coordinate resources to portfolio needs.
• Develop and maintain policy wordings and underwriting guidance.
• Manage third-party capacity relationships and governance.

Skills

Technical underwriting

Leadership

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Pricing

Education

ACII qualification

Tools

Underwriting software

Job description

The Benefact Group seeks a Casualty Underwriting Manager to lead a high performing commercial Casualty team in London. You will provide technical leadership, mentor portfolio underwriters and shape portfolio strategy in collaboration with senior leadership.

This role blends underwriting expertise with people leadership and stakeholder management, including third-party capacity relationships, with hybrid working and a generous benefits package.