New Business Underwriter (Care)

Markel; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable insurance company in Birmingham is seeking a New Business Underwriter to join their team. You will provide underwriting services for brokers, particularly within social welfare and charity sectors. Ideal candidates will have strong underwriting experience and excellent communication skills. The role offers a competitive salary, a generous bonus structure, and numerous additional benefits including private medical care and a company pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous monthly bonus

25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays

Company pension scheme

Private medical and dental cover

Opportunity to learn new skills

Qualifications

• Demonstrated underwriting experience, ideally in social welfare/care risks.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to secure business while maintaining underwriting discipline.

Responsibilities

• Achieve new business targets and provide excellent service to brokers.
• Underwrite a variety of exposures within defined authority.
• Attend underwriting meetings to provide market insights.
• Develop relationships within the business.

Skills

Underwriting experience

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Broker relationship management

IT skills including MS Office

Tools

Broker e-trading platform

Job description

Do you have new business underwriting experience and looking to progress your career with a truly people focused business?
Come and work with our New Business Underwriting team here at Markel.

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a New Business Underwriter to join the Markel team. You will be a member of a successful national underwriting team dealing exclusively with a variety of care and charity risks in accordance with Markel’s underwriting appetite.

The role is based within the Care Sales team, dealing with a wide variety of Social Welfare, Care, Not For Profit and Charity policies. Working alongside other departments within the business to develop and maintain relationships both internally and externally and deliver an exceptional service to our brokers.

The role of New Business Underwriter is to work as part of the Sales team providing an excellent underwriting service for brokers in the UK.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Demonstrate and promote a thorough knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels in order to achieve monthly, quarterly and annual new business team and individual targets.
• Provide excellent service to our brokers to ensure deadlines are met.
• Underwrite a variety of exposures within the defined underwriting authority.
• Attend underwriting meetings as required throughout the year to provide insight into developments, trends and feedback on market conditions.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships within the wider business.

Our Must Haves

• Demonstrable underwriting experience - ideally in social welfare/care risks, although commercial insurance would be considered.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Track record in building and developing broker relationships.
• Demonstrable IT skills including MS Office and our systems including the broker e-trading platform.
• Proven ability to secure business whilst maintaining underwriting discipline.

What’s In It For You

• A great starting salary plus generous monthly bonus & strong benefits package.
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave.
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer.
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

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.