Scheme Underwriting Manager

JR United Kingdom; Northampton; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance startup seeks a Scheme Underwriting Manager to oversee underwriting and pricing strategies within their insurance team. This fully remote role requires extensive experience in commercial underwriting, focusing on cargo and goods-in-transit, ensuring compliance with regulations as the company aims to become a Lloyd’s Coverholder. Competitive salary with stock options and a forward-thinking work culture that encourages innovation without internal meetings on Fridays.

Benefits

Stock options

Fully remote work

Self-care Fridays (no internal meetings)

Qualifications

• 5-10 years experience in commercial underwriting, preferably in goods-in-transit insurance.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Familiarity with MGA regulatory obligations.

Responsibilities

• Manage underwriting and pricing for a high-frequency product.
• Build and maintain pricing models and analyze portfolio data.
• Lead development of underwriting policies and ensure compliance.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Risk analysis

Job description

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Scheme Underwriting Manager, Northampton

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Location: Northampton, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

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Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

Job Description:

Our client is a venture-backed startup operating in the logistics insurance space. It combines automated insurance products with data insights and risk monitoring tools for enterprise clients.

The company is in the process of becoming a Lloyd’s of London Coverholder (MGA), with support from a well-known reinsurance broker for insurance capacity.

This role will sit within the core insurance team and will contribute to risk management, pricing strategy, policy design, and claims oversight. The team operates fully remotely with optional access to shared office space in central London.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage all underwriting and pricing activity across a low-severity, high-frequency product, including transactional insurance lines.
• Build and maintain pricing models based on live claims and risk data, ensuring responsive, performance-driven pricing.
• Analyse real-time portfolio data to identify claims trends and anticipate developments in claim frequency or behaviour.
• Take full ownership of the underwriting function, operating independently across risk analysis, model creation, and decision-making.
• Lead the development and refinement of underwriting policies, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and the company’s future Lloyd’s Coverholder status.
• Interface with enterprise clients to manage initial pricing and mid-term adjustments.
• Support operational oversight of claims, ensuring customer promises are delivered and claim outcomes align with expectations.
• Contribute to regulatory compliance specific to small schemes and MGA operations.
• Maintain detailed technical documentation to ensure audit-readiness and transparency.
• Collaborate closely with product and commercial teams to align insurance operations with broader business goals.

Candidate Requirements

• 5–10 years of experience in commercial underwriting, with a strong preference for shippers' interest, cargo, or goods-in-transit insurance.
• Deep actuarial understanding and confidence working directly with pricing data.
• Familiarity with insurance compliance and MGA regulatory obligations.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, startup environment with a high degree of autonomy.
• Strong communication skills, particularly when translating technical pricing or risk logic to internal or external stakeholders.
• Experience in the Lloyd’s market is preferred.
• Candidates with prior experience at an MGA or with responsibility for a small scheme are strongly encouraged.

Compensation and Benefits

• Stock options
• Fully remote (with optional office access in central London)
• Self-care Fridays (no internal meetings)