Home-Based Development Underwriter – New Business (Scotland)

IDEX Consulting; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Home-based working across Scotland

Job summary

IDEX Consulting in Scotland is seeking a Development Underwriter for a home-based role within a commercial P&C underwriting team. You will drive new business across an established broker panel, develop agency relationships, and trade SME to mid-market risks under delegated authority.

You'll build strong broker partnerships, identify growth opportunities, and contribute to regional expansion while collaborating with service underwriters and the wider underwriting team.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in commercial P&C underwriting, ideally within the SME or mid-market segment.
• Existing relationships with commercial insurance brokers in Scotland, whether national or independent.
• Background with a composite insurer, MGA, or similar underwriting environment.
• Confidence underwriting a broad range of commercial P&C risks within delegated authority.
• A genuine track record of new business production, not solely account management.
• Self-motivated and comfortable operating in a home-based, field-facing capacity.
• You can be based anywhere in Scotland or Cumbria for this role.

Responsibilities

• Generating and underwriting new commercial P&C business across an established panel of broking partners in Scotland
• Building strong working relationships with existing broker partners to maximise new business flow
• Identifying and developing opportunities for new agency appointments, supporting the wider regional growth strategy
• Underwriting within delegated authority across the SME and mid-market commercial P&C segment
• Working closely with service underwriters and the wider regional team, who manage the ongoing servicing of the existing book
• Representing the business professionally and consistently across the Scottish broker market

Skills

Commercial P&C underwriting

New business development

Broker relationships

SME/Mid-market underwriting

Home-based

Job description

IDEX Consulting in Scotland is seeking a Development Underwriter for a home-based role within a commercial P&C underwriting team. You will drive new business across an established broker panel, develop agency relationships, and trade SME to mid-market risks under delegated authority.

You'll build strong broker partnerships, identify growth opportunities, and contribute to regional expansion while collaborating with service underwriters and the wider underwriting team.