Head of Technical Underwriting

Edenbrook; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Edenbrook is seeking a Head of Technical Underwriting to join our Commercial & Specialty team in London. You will drive technical underwriting excellence, strengthen governance and ensure our products, wordings and underwriting standards keep pace with the market.

Working alongside Portfolio Managers, you will oversee wordings, pricing and complex underwriting decisions, while maintaining underwriting discipline and regulatory alignment across the business.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of commercial underwriting experience.
• Experience in Technical Underwriting Cross Class.
• Strong experience in wordings, pricing and underwriting framework.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight across Commercial & Specialty lines, with an overview of wordings and creation of new underwriting products.
• Act as the technical referral point for complex underwriting decisions.
• Support and challenge Portfolio Managers to maintain underwriting discipline.
• Develop and maintain underwriting standards, appetite and technical guidance.
• Review policy wordings, products and delegated underwriting arrangements.
• Ensure underwriting practices remain aligned with regulatory and market developments.
• Work across the business to improve governance, processes and underwriting quality.

Skills

Underwriting leadership

Wordings & pricing

Technical underwriting

Governance & standards

Job description

We are working with a rapidly growing insurer seeking a Head of Technical Underwriting. This role will join our Commercial & Specialty team in a newly created role, reporting directly to the Chief Underwriting Officer.

Working alongside our three Portfolio Managers, you'll be responsible for driving technical underwriting excellence, strengthening governance and ensuring our products, wordings and underwriting standards continue to evolve with the market.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight across Commercial & Specialty lines, with an overview of wordings and creation of new underwriting products.
• Act as the technical referral point for complex underwriting decisions.
• Support and challenge Portfolio Managers to maintain underwriting discipline.
• Develop and maintain underwriting standards, appetite and technical guidance.
• Review policy wordings, products and delegated underwriting arrangements.
• Ensure underwriting practices remain aligned with regulatory and market developments.
• Work across the business to improve governance, processes and underwriting quality.

What we are looking for

• 10+ years' commercial underwriting experience.
• Previous experience in a Technical Underwriting Cross Class.
• Strong experience in wordings, pricing and underwriting framework.