Senior Field-Based Commercial Underwriter – Midlands

Pear Tree Recruitment; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Car allowance

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

Pear Tree Recruitment is assisting an award-winning insurer to recruit a Commercial Underwriter for Midlands-based agency partnerships. The role involves building long-lasting relationships, underwriting complex commercial cases, and offering technical autonomy.

It is field-based with regular travel across West Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Oxfordshire; up to 2 days per week homeworking. A full driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of complex and technical underwriting experience in commercial insurance.
• Willingness to travel across the Midlands; full driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Provide underwriting guidance and decision making across a broad portfolio of commercial risks.
• Underwrite across commercial combined, motor trade, property, casualty, and farming insurance with premiums from £35,000-£100,000.
• Review complex risks, negotiate terms within delegated authority, and support large account reviews.
• Advise agencies to strengthen underwriting capability and improve customer outcomes.

Skills

Underwriting

Relationship management

Agency partnerships

Negotiation

Job description

Pear Tree Recruitment is assisting an award-winning insurer to recruit a Commercial Underwriter for Midlands-based agency partnerships. The role involves building long-lasting relationships, underwriting complex commercial cases, and offering technical autonomy.

It is field-based with regular travel across West Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Oxfordshire; up to 2 days per week homeworking. A full driving licence is required.