Commercial Underwriter

RSA; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

RSA is seeking a Commercial Underwriter in Birmingham to join their hybrid underwriting team. The role requires building relationships with brokers, underwriting various commercial policies, and focusing on profitable business growth through effective decision-making. RSA offers a supportive environment with a strong emphasis on work-life balance and continuous development.

Benefits

Pension contributions up to 11%

Flexible working

Continuous development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Property, Casualty, Motor Trade, or Motor Fleet underwriting.
• Ability to build working relationships with insurance brokers.
• Proven track record of writing profitable business.

Responsibilities

• Work with brokers to optimise profitable growth.
• Underwrite Commercial Property & Casualty or Motor Trade policies.
• Identify and convert new business opportunities.

Skills

Relationship Management

Business Development

Underwriting

Job description

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Commercial Underwriter

Job Title Commercial Underwriter Reference UK002890 Town Birmingham Business Line Underwriting

Introduction

At RSA, we believe insurance is about people, not things. We provide our inspiring colleagues the support and opportunity to grow together, shape the future, and win as a team. We are going through a transformation journey, providing our people with opportunity to be integral to improving our service and delivering better products to brokers and customers. We are a proud member of the Intact family, we feel part of something bigger, with a presence in North America, the UK and Europe.

We have a bold ambition to become the best Commercial Lines business in the UK, demonstrated by our recent acquisition of NIG and Farmweb, allowing us to scale by leveraging our combined financial strength and importantly ensure our people feel the benefits of our joint capabilities.

We are currently recruiting for a Commercial Underwriter to join our established and experienced Underwriting team here at RSA on a hybrid basis.

Your Role

This role involves working with selected brokers to optimise profitable growth. You will apply a range of underwriting, relationship management and business development techniques to help achieve this growth. This applies to a range of new and/or existing cases within our agreed process and defined underwriting appetite.

You will spend most of your time working with your selected brokers, identifying, discussing, negotiating and converting/renewing new/existing business opportunities and making effective underwriting decisions. Within this role you will underwrite either Commercial Property & Casualty policies or Motor Trade or Motor Fleet policies.

About You

To be successful in your role of Commercial Underwriter you will require experience within Property, Casualty, Motor Trade or Motor Fleet Underwriting from either a New Business or Existing Business perspective.

You will be able to build working relationships with insurance brokers and write profitable business to ensure growth of the account.

What we offer you

At RSA we put our people first. We have adopted hybrid working as standard, to give you a better work/life balance and an excellent flexible working mindset. That is on top of a comprehensive range of benefits, including pension contributions of up to 11% looking after you now, and in the future.

We will give you countless opportunities to continuously develop, alongside a diverse and passionate community of experts, the best the industry has to offer. You will be empowered to be your best self, do your best work, and make a meaningful impact. Our employee promise allows you to shape the future, win as a team, and grow with us.