Senior Specialist Underwriter - Casualty

RSA Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Specialist Underwriter - Casualty to join their dynamic team in London. This role involves working closely with brokers to drive profitable growth, utilizing your expertise in Casualty Underwriting to make informed decisions. You'll be part of a transformative journey, contributing to a company that values its people and promotes a flexible work environment. With a focus on relationship management and business development, this is an exciting opportunity to enhance your career while making a meaningful impact in the insurance sector. Join a diverse community where your contributions are celebrated and your growth is prioritized.

Benefits

Pension contributions up to 11%

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working model

Continuous development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Casualty Underwriting within an insurance company.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with brokers.

Responsibilities

• Work with brokers to optimize profitable growth from accounts.
• Identify and negotiate new or renewing business opportunities.

Skills

Casualty Underwriting

Relationship Management

Business Development

Negotiation Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Senior Specialist Underwriter - Casualty

Job Title: Senior Specialist Underwriter - Casualty

Reference: UK002443

Town: London

Business Line: Underwriting

Introduction

At RSA, we believe insurance is about people, not things. We provide our inspiring colleagues the support and opportunity to grow together, shape the future, and win as a team. We are going through a transformation journey, providing our people with opportunity to be integral to improving our service and delivering better products to brokers and customers. We are a proud member of the Intact family, with a presence in North America, the UK, and Europe.

We have a bold ambition to become the best Commercial Lines business in the UK, demonstrated by our recent acquisition of NIG and Farmweb, allowing us to scale by leveraging our combined financial strength and ensuring our people feel the benefits of our joint capabilities.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Specialist Underwriter - Casualty to join our established and experienced Specialty Lines team here at RSA London on a hybrid basis.

Your Role

Your role as a Senior Casualty Underwriter will involve working with selected brokers to optimise profitable growth from these accounts. You will apply a range of underwriting, relationship management, and business development techniques. This applies to new or existing business within our agreed process and defined underwriting guidelines. You will spend most of your time working with your broker panel identifying, discussing, negotiating new or renewing existing business opportunities and making effective underwriting decisions.

About You

To be successful in your role, you will require extensive experience within Casualty Underwriting within an insurance company. You will be working on a wide range of UK and International business, so the ability to build and maintain relationships is key to this role. You will have the skills and knowledge to write profitable New Business and handle existing renewals to ensure retention is maximised and a profitable account is maintained.

What we offer you

At RSA, we put our people first. We have adopted hybrid working as standard, to give you a better work/life balance and an excellent flexible working mindset. That is on top of a comprehensive range of benefits, including pension contributions of up to 11% looking after you now, and in the future.

We will give you countless opportunities to continuously develop, alongside a diverse and passionate community of experts, the best the industry has to offer. You will be empowered to be your best self, do your best work, and make a meaningful impact. Our employee promise allows you to shape the future, win as a team, and grow with us.

About Us

We celebrate individuality and it's important to us that we have a culture where our people feel respected and valued for who they are. We pride ourselves on being accessible and encourage inclusive environments where our people can always give and show the very best of themselves. We understand that home life is a priority and are happy to consider reduced hours or job shares.

If you think you would be a great fit for us, but don't meet all the requirements of the role, please contact us as we'd love to discuss how RSA could be the next step in your career journey.

Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact our recruitment team so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.