New Business Construction Underwriter

Geo Underwriting; Rayleigh; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Progression across Everywhen family

CII/ACII qualifications supported

Pension scheme

Wellbeing support 24/7

Volunteering day

Spotlight Awards

Job summary

Geo Underwriting is seeking an experienced New Business Construction Underwriter with liability and CAR expertise to join our growing team. The hybrid role offers market-facing duties, broker visits, and opportunities to develop new business opportunities.

You’ll assess Liability and CAR risks, trade new business within authority, and build strong, long-term broker relationships while maintaining rigorous underwriting standards and ongoing technical development.

Qualifications

• Construction underwriting experience with Liability and CAR.
• Experience trading new business.
• Strong technical knowledge of the Construction market.
• Commercial mindset with broker negotiation.
• Ability to build long-term broker relationships.

Responsibilities

• Underwriting and trading Construction new business within agreed authority.
• Assessing Liability and CAR risks and making technically sound, commercially focused decisions.
• Proactively following up quotations and driving new business conversion.
• Developing strong broker relationships through regular contact and broker visits.
• Identifying opportunities to grow profitable business with existing and new broker partners.
• Negotiating confidently and finding solutions that work for Geo and our brokers.
• Maintaining high standards of documentation, compliance and underwriting quality.
• Continuing to develop your technical expertise and underwriting authority.
• Contributing ideas and energy to the continued development of our Construction proposition.

Skills

Construction underwriting

Broker relationships

Negotiation

Trading new business

Technical underwriting

Education

Cert CII or equivalent

Job description

Are you an experienced Construction Underwriter who enjoys trading, winning business and building strong broker relationships?

We're looking for a New Business Construction Underwriter with experience across Liability and Contractors' All Risks (CAR) to join our growing team at Geo.

This is a hybrid role with flexibility around working arrangements based on location. You'll also spend time in the market, meeting brokers, developing relationships and creating new business opportunities.

At Geo, we're building a specialist Construction proposition based on technical expertise, excellent service, strong coverage, consistent pricing and trusted claims support. We're looking for someone who wants to be part of that growth.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Underwriting and trading Construction new business within agreed authority.
• Assessing Liability and CAR risks and making technically sound, commercially focused decisions.
• Proactively following up quotations and driving new business conversion.
• Developing strong broker relationships through regular contact and broker visits.
• Identifying opportunities to grow profitable business with existing and new broker partners.
• Negotiating confidently and finding solutions that work for both Geo and our brokers.
• Maintaining high standards of documentation, compliance and underwriting quality.
• Continuing to develop your technical expertise and underwriting authority.
• Contributing ideas and energy to the continued development of our Construction proposition.

About You

• Previous Construction underwriting experience, particularly within Liability and CAR.
• Experience handling and trading new business.
• Strong technical knowledge of the Construction market.
• A commercial mindset and confidence negotiating with brokers.
• The ability to build credible, long-term broker relationships.
• A proactive approach to generating, progressing and converting opportunities.
• Good knowledge of the legal and regulatory insurance environment.
• Cert CII or equivalent is desirable but not essential.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who combines technical underwriting ability with a genuine desire to trade and grow a book of business.

Benefits

• Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Everywhen family
• Gain CII or ACII qualifications to boost your knowledge and career prospects
• Pension scheme for when you feel it's time to retire
• 24-hour support for physical and mental wellbeing
• 1 days paid volunteering day to give back to our communities
• The Spotlight Awards, where we shine a light on the brightest talent across our group

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Everywhen is an equal opportunities employer, with a growing and thriving diversity, equity and inclusion strategy; we are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.

If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check.

Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received.