Casualty Underwriting Manager: Lead Portfolio & Team

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Group pension up to 12%

Generous annual bonus: 7.5–30%

28 days annual leave + holidays

Private healthcare & life assurance

Volunteer days & study support

Job summary

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group is seeking a Casualty Underwriting Manager to lead a high-performing team in a specialist casualty head office underwriting function. You will combine technical underwriting with people leadership to shape portfolio development and risk management.

Based in the UK, you will partner with senior casualty leadership, drive strategic underwriting actions, and manage key capacity relationships.

Qualifications

• Strong technical underwriting experience in casualty, financial lines or both.
• Experience of complex referrals and underwriting decisions.
• Experience of leading, coaching and developing underwriting professionals.
• Sound understanding of portfolio management, underwriting performance and governance frameworks.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and contribute to projects or change initiatives.
• Strong communication, analytical and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across Casualty and Financial Lines portfolio, acting as senior referral point.
• Translate portfolio strategy into clear underwriting actions across pricing, risk selection and portfolio mix.
• Maintain high underwriting quality, pricing discipline and coverage intent.
• Lead, coach and develop Portfolio Underwriters and specialists, building a collaborative team culture.
• Establish priorities for the team and coordinate resources against portfolio needs.
• Coordinate development and maintenance of policy wordings and underwriting guidance.
• Manage relationships with third‑party capacity providers and partners.

Skills

Technical underwriting

Complex referrals

Leadership & coaching

Portfolio management

Priorities & projects

Communication & stakeholder mgmt

Education

ACII qualification

Job description

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group is seeking a Casualty Underwriting Manager to lead a high-performing team in a specialist casualty head office underwriting function. You will combine technical underwriting with people leadership to shape portfolio development and risk management.

Based in the UK, you will partner with senior casualty leadership, drive strategic underwriting actions, and manage key capacity relationships.