Cyber Underwriter

Avencia Talent Solutions; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Dental cover

Competitive pension up to 16%

Income protection and life assurance

Electric car scheme

Job summary

Markel in the UK is expanding its cyber portfolio and seeks an experienced Cyber Senior Underwriter to grow a high-quality, profitable book through 2030. The role blends technical underwriting with broker engagement and offers autonomy within a respected insurer.

Based in Manchester with hybrid working, you will underwrite new business and renewals across open market and e-trade platforms (e.g., Acturis), manage key renewal accounts, and help develop underwriters while strengthening broker

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience underwriting cyber insurance.
• Experience handling both new business and renewals.
• Strong broker relationships and market connectivity.
• Ability to advise and support junior underwriters.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite and negotiate new cyber business and renewals within authority.
• Manage key renewal accounts with a focus on profitability.
• Build and strengthen broker partnerships to position us as a preferred cyber market.
• Act as a technical referral point and support development of team members.
• Review broker quotes and articulate product value to secure placements.
• Manage workflow through underwriting and e-trade platforms (Acturis).

Skills

Cyber underwriting

Broker engagement

Renewals management

New business underwriting

Underwriting discipline

Tools

Acturis

Job description

Help shape one of the UK’s fastest-grow Cyber portfolios !

Cyber risk is accelerating - and so are we. As part of a significant long-term investment in our UK Cyber proposition, we’re looking for an experienced Cyber Senior Underwriter to play a key role in growing and shaping a high-quality, profitable book through to 2030.

This is an opportunity to combine technical cyber underwriting, broker engagement, and genuine autonomy within a highly respected, people-first insurer.

• Be part of an ambitious cyber growth strategy, with a clear plan to build the portfolio to £35m GWP by 2030
• Underwrite quality SME cyber business with strong broker submissions and established relationships
• Real authority and visibility - your expertise will genuinely influence outcomes
• A collaborative, specialist cyber team where knowledge-sharing and development are actively encouraged
• Hybrid working with the role based in Manchester

The role:

Reporting to the Cyber Team Leader, you’ll be a senior member of a dedicated cyber unit underwriting both new business and renewals across open market and e-trade platforms.

You’ll play a key role in supporting growth while maintaining underwriting discipline, acting as a referral point to colleagues and helping develop cyber capability across the team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Underwriting and negotiating new business and renewal cyber risks within authority
• Managing key renewal accounts with a focus on profitable retention
• Building and strengthening trading relationships with broker partners, positioning us as a preferred cyber market
• Acting as a technical referral point and supporting the development of underwriters within the team
• Reviewing broker-generated quotes and articulating product value to secure placements
• Managing workflow through internal underwriting and e-trade platforms (e.g. Acturis)

About you:

You’ll be an experienced cyber underwriter who enjoys combining technical underwriting with broker engagement and commercial decision-making.

You’ll bring:

• At least 3 years’ experience underwriting cyber insurance (preferable)
• Proven experience across both new business and renewals
• Strong broker and market relationships
• Confidence handling referrals and supporting less experienced underwriters
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary plus generous annual bonus
• Up to 16% employer pension contribution
• Private medical and dental cover
• Income protection and life assurance
• Electric car scheme, travel insurance and emergency care benefits
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (with buy/sell options)
• Clear commitment to learning, development and long-term career progression

About us:

We do insurance differently. We’re a people-first organisation built on trust, long-term thinking and underwriting excellence. As part of a Fortune 500 group operating in over 20 countries, we combine global capability with a genuinely human culture.

Our UK Broker channel is the largest and fastest-growing part of the business - and Cyber is central to our future.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful.