New Business Underwriter (Care)

Markel; Leeds; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a New Business Underwriter to join their team in the UK. This role involves managing a variety of care and charity risks and providing excellent service to brokers. Candidates should have demonstrable underwriting experience and strong communication skills. The position allows for remote work with occasional office visits, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Generous monthly bonus

25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays

Company pension scheme

Private medical and dental cover

Opportunities to learn new skills

Qualifications

• Demonstrable underwriting experience, ideally in social welfare/care risks.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills are essential.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail is required.
• Track record in building and developing broker relationships.
• IT skills, including proficiency in MS Office and broker e-trading platform.

Responsibilities

• Achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual new business targets.
• Provide excellent service to brokers to meet deadlines.
• Underwrite exposures within the defined authority.
• Attend underwriting meetings to provide market insights.
• Maintain excellent working relationships across the business.

Skills

Underwriting experience

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Building broker relationships

IT skills (MS Office)

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. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

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.

We are open to any location for this role as the team are mostly remote based with occasional office visits required.

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

Requirements / 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

Who we are

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

Benefits

• 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
• Countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and support provided to do just that!

Ready to play your part?

Choose Apply Now to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

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 also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

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. Please contact us via email at [e-mail] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.