Commercial Underwriter

Benefact Group plc; Park Central; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group in Birmingham seeks an Underwriter to manage a diverse portfolio and build commercial relationships. You will collaborate with stakeholders and deliver exceptional customer service. Candidates require at least 5 GCSEs including Maths and English, along with a commitment to professional development. Join a company known for its inclusive culture and dedication to charitable causes, offering competitive salaries, hybrid working, and generous benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Group Personal Pension

Generous annual bonus scheme

25 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing benefits

Charity grant

Volunteering days

Full study support

Access to virtual GP

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 GCSE’s including Maths and English at grade C or above or equivalent experience.
• Qualified CERT CII or a commitment to work towards in an agreed timescale.
• A proven track record of delivering exceptional customer service.

Responsibilities

• Developing and profitably underwriting existing business caseload.
• Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders on cases.
• Planning and prioritising individual work to meet objectives.

Skills

Customer service excellence

Stakeholder management

IT skills

Education

5 GCSEs including Maths and English

CERT CII (or commitment to achieve)

Job description

Working hours:35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration:Permanent

Location: Birmingham

Job ref:204011

About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for an Underwriter to join our Birmingham office.

As an Underwriter, you'll take ownership of a diverse portfolio, managing renewals with premiums ranging from £5,000 to £250,000 and beyond. You’ll handle some of our most fascinating risks and valued customers, ensuring seamless mid-term servicing.

You’ll work closely with various stakeholders and referral points within the business, contributing to a dynamic and high-performing underwriting team.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing

• Developing, negotiating, and profitably underwriting existing business caseload within own authority and in line with rate/commercial strategy, delivering underwriting excellence through specialist knowledge and support.
• Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders and referral points on cases.
• Planning, prioritising and managing individual work to deliver agreed objectives and meet SLAs to deliver exceptional customer service.
• Building and maintaining commercial relationships including commercial visits and activity.
• Identifying areas for continuous improvement and simplification in our processes and ways of working including sharing of best practice and knowledge which would benefit the wider team.

What you'll need to have

• Minimum of 5 GCSE’s including Maths and English at grade C or above or equivalent experience
• Qualified CERT CII or a commitment to work towards in an agreed timescale.
• A proven track record of delivering exceptional customer service.
• Appropriate IT skills
• Experience of effective stakeholder management within a commercial environment

What makes you stand out

• Candidates should possess qualifications beyond GCSE level, such as A-levels, a diploma, or relevant higher education certifications
• Qualified Dip CII or a commitment to achieve within an agreed timescale
• Experience of external commercial activity.

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Hybrid working
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
• Generous annual bonus scheme between 6% and 24%
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
• £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Hear from the hiring manager

"The Birmingham region is a thriving and highly successful business area within Ecclesiastical Insurance. Over the past seven years, it has nearly doubled in size—both in headcount and Gross Written Premium (GWP)—all while maintaining exceptional underwriting quality. This commitment to excellence has strengthened profitability, allowing us to contribute even more to charitable causes. The Birmingham office has a remarkable story to tell, and now’s your chance to be part of it"

About us

Ecclesiastical Insurance offers insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK.

As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, please let us know.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26