Senior Specialist Underwriter - Surety

Intact Insurance UK; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider is seeking a Senior Surety Underwriter for its newly formed Surety Underwriting Team in London. This hybrid role involves building and managing broker relationships to secure profitable business. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Surety underwriting, strong negotiation skills, and a commitment to growing the business. Attractive benefits include an annual bonus, pension contributions, and generous leave options.

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus

Up to 11% pension contributions

25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell options

Health & wellbeing + virtual GP

Career development and mentoring

Inclusive culture + employee networks

Share investment options

Qualifications

• Extensive experience within the Surety line of business, preferably from an underwriting perspective.
• The ability to build trusted relationships with partner brokers.
• Excellent trading underwriting and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with brokers to optimise profitable growth.
• Review specialist Surety cases and deliver underwriting decisions within agreed timeframes.
• Identify, prioritise, negotiate and win new business.

Skills

Extensive experience in Surety underwriting

Ability to build trusted broker relationships

Excellent trading underwriting skills

Negotiation skills

Job description

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Intact Insurance is the new name for RSA in the UK, Ireland, and across Europe. It’s a new name and a new way to do business. Backed by global expertise and a commitment to service that feels different, we’re focused on making insurance simpler, faster, and more responsive.

Shape the future

We’re leading a transformation in insurance helping people, businesses and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times. When you join us, you’re not just taking a job, you’re stepping into a career where you can make a real difference.

Grow with us

We’re customer-driven, community-focused, and committed to helping our people grow. Whether you’re early in your journey or bringing years of experience, we’ll support you with the tools, flexibility, and opportunities to thrive.

Win as a Team

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Surety Underwriter to join our newly formed Surety Underwriting Team on a hybrid basis.

Intact Insurance is one of the largest Surety Underwriters in Canada and following the rebrand from RSA to Intact Insurance we are looking to establish ourselves as a major player in the Surety Underwriting market in the UK. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us at the start of this journey and be a part of setting out the strategy and plans moving forward.

You will work closely with the Surety Underwriting Director, building a profitable book of business, working initially with a select panel of brokers before growing this to the wider broker market.

You’ll make an impact by:

As the Senior Surety Underwriter you will build, maintain and develop relationships with selected brokers to optimise profitable growth. The focus is to move the relationship with brokers from a trusted relationship to a trading partnership and secure profitable new business in line with strategy and within agreed processes.

Key Accountabilities:

• Review specialist Surety cases and deliver underwriting decisions within agreed timeframes in order to secure profitable business
• Actively work with the Surety Director to build a portfolio of business with selected brokers
• Identify, prioritise, negotiate and win new business
• Work closely with the Surety Director on the strategic vision for this line of business

Your skills and experience:

To be successful in this role of Senior Surety Underwriter you will need:

• Extensive experience within the Surety line of business, preferably from an underwriting perspective but a broking background may be considered
• The ability to build trusted relationships with partner brokers to ensure growth of the account
• Excellent trading underwriting and negotiation skills

Why You’ll Love It Here:

• Annual discretionary bonus
• Up to 11% pension contributions
• Hybrid working
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell options
• Health & wellbeing + virtual GP
• Career development and mentoring
• Inclusive culture + employee networks
• Share investment options

Our DEI Commitment:

We celebrate individuality and believe our differences make us stronger. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive.

As an Equal Opportunity and Disability Confident Employer, we ensure fair consideration for all applicants and offer interviews to all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.

We understand that everyone’s circumstances are different and are happy to explore flexible working options such as reduced hours or job shares to support work–life balance.

If you meet the core criteria but not every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. Let’s explore how this role could support your next career step. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know we’re here to support you.