Senior Travel Underwriter – 28714

The Emerald Group; Croydon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector seeks a seasoned professional to enhance their technical underwriting capabilities. This permanent position in Croydon involves critical responsibilities such as ensuring profitability and collaborating with sales teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in underwriting and knowledge of data analysis tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years’ experience in underwriting or actuarial roles.
• Proven knowledge of technical underwriting and its applications.
• Experience with data analysis tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard profitability of the Travel line of business.
• Ensure pricing proposals align with profitability objectives.
• Collaborate with sales and business partners for underwriting decisions.

Skills

Technical underwriting

Data analysis

Excel

PowerBI

SQL

Python

SAS

Job description

Support the development of technical underwriting competency across the Underwriting function.

Location:

Croydon

Type:

Permanent

Key Duties (Including but not limited to):

1. Safeguard the future profitability of the Travel line of business.
2. Ensure that new and renewal business pricing proposals align with the company’s profitability objectives and underwriting policy.
3. Partner with Sales colleagues to achieve ambitious growth targets.
4. Collaborate with business partners and brokers in selected cases to gather necessary information for qualified underwriting decisions.
5. Minimum 7+ years’ experience in underwriting, actuarial, or similar roles.
6. Proven knowledge of and experience with technical underwriting, including reserving, earning models, IBNR, and their practical application to pricing.
7. Experience working with Excel and PowerBI/MicroStrategy.
8. Knowledge of data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, R, Python, SAS, Radar) is a plus.