Scheme Underwriting Manager

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

Job summary

A leading venture-backed startup in logistics insurance is seeking a Senior Underwriter. This role involves managing underwriting and pricing strategies while maintaining compliance and operational oversight. The ideal candidate will have extensive underwriting experience, particularly in shippers' interests, and will thrive in a fast-paced setting.

Benefits

Stock options

Fully remote with optional office access

Self-care Fridays

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in commercial underwriting, preferably in logistics.
• Familiarity with insurance compliance and MGA regulatory obligations.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage underwriting and pricing activity for a low-severity, high-frequency insurance product.
• Build pricing models based on claims data and analyze portfolio data.
• Develop and refine underwriting policies aligned with regulatory expectations.

Skills

Actuarial understanding

Risk analysis

Strong communication skills

Job description

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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 are in the process of becoming a Lloyd’s of London Cover holder (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)