Commercial Combined Underwriter (Charity or faith experience ideal)

National African-American Insurance Association (NAAIA); City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance firm in London seeks a Commercial Combined Underwriter for a hybrid position in its Charity and non-profit team. With 3–5 years of commercial underwriting experience, you'll manage underwriting activities and ensure customer satisfaction while being part of a diverse and inclusive environment. This role promotes personal growth and offers exciting career opportunities.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work culture

Inclusive environment

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of commercial underwriting experience.
• Held underwriting authority for chosen class of business.
• Strong customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out underwriting activities for authorized products.
• Provide customer service and ensure product profitability.
• Maintain knowledge of market trends.

Skills

Understanding of commercial insurance market

Organizational skills

Customer service ethos

Experience in teams

Job description

Overview

We are currently looking for a Commercial Combined Underwriter to work in our busy Charity, faith and not for profit team at Victor. This role can be based at either our Witham, London or Leeds office. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

What you will do

• Carry out a wide range of underwriting activities relating to authorised products.
• Provide superior customer service and deliver the required product profitability.
• Act within underwriting authority.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of relevant class/product specialisms.
• Keep pace with market trends and developments for authorised industry segments.
• Build strong relationships with broking and capacity partners.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Be responsible for personal technical and skill set progression.
• Complete project work as per briefs and provide appropriate feedback as to projects.

What you need to have

• Good understanding of the commercial insurance market.
• At least 3–5 years commercial underwriting experience.
• Have held underwriting authority for chosen class of business previously.
• Knowledge of the in-scope product and trade range.
• Experience of working in teams and successful record of delivering results.
• Good organisational skills to ensure that company processes and procedures are maintained.
• Strong customer service ethos.

What makes you stand out

• Charity or faith experience ideal.
• Progress towards CII qualification desirable (or equivalent experience).

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.

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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