Senior Underwriter - Corporate

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Underwriter to join their dynamic team in the UK. In this pivotal role, you will engage with large corporate clients, manage complex underwriting tasks, and collaborate closely with various stakeholders. The company values innovation and teamwork, offering a hybrid work environment that promotes flexibility. With a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including a new joiner bonus, this is a fantastic opportunity to advance your career in a supportive and growth-oriented setting. If you have a passion for underwriting and a commitment to customer service, this role is for you.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Retirement contributions

25+ days holiday entitlement

Wellness Programme

Volunteer Encouragement

Qualifications

• Experience in underwriting Property and Casualty classes.
• Managing large UK Corporate Clients effectively.

Responsibilities

• Engage in key case underwriting and new business.
• Mentor and coach development underwriting staff.
• Develop broker/client relationships through visibility.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Decision-making

Communication

Teamwork

Broker planning

Customer focus

Education

ACII qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

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Taking care of our customers, our communities, and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category

Underwriting

Target Openings

1

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities, and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category

Underwriting

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Our Corporate team uses their specialist expertise to offer bespoke insurance solutions to our largest and most complex clients in the UK and Ireland. Due to our continued growth, we are looking for a Senior Underwriter to join our team in any of our UK or Ireland offices.

In this interesting and varied role, you will be involved from the early stages of client engagement through close interaction and collaboration with our colleagues in Risk Control, Claim, and other critical stakeholders both in the UK and the US. You’ll be responsible for triaging new business opportunities and developing prospects, leading the technical underwriting of these risks, and helping to deliver Travelers’ bespoke customer proposition. You’ll manage an assigned allocation of large cross-class renewal accounts and will be one of the primary contacts for our regional underwriting teams, providing technical support to assist in writing new business and retaining our existing accounts with our broking partners.

Travelers Europe currently offers flexibility to employees who wish to work on a hybrid basis in accordance with our Hybrid Work Arrangements Policy. This entails full-time employees working three days a week in the office and two days at home (or pro-rata for part-time employees). This policy may be changed at the Company’s discretion.

This role is eligible for a £2,500 new joiner bonus. If you are successfully referred by an employee at Travelers Europe, both you and the person who referred you could be eligible for this bonus.

What Will You Do?

• Participate as an advisory/referral point to achieve responsible product development within the Corporate division to ensure it is consistent with profit, growth, and retention strategies for the Product.
• Engage actively in key case underwriting and new business.
• Mentor and coach development underwriting staff to ensure underwriting standards and profitability objectives are achieved for Product Development, in conjunction with Regional and Branch Management.
• Assist in developing and leveraging broker/client relationships through high visibility.
• Act as a large case expert both internally and externally.
• Assist the Director of Corporate to determine sector strategy.
• Encourage others to help achieve underwriting, sales, and production goals, and work towards strategic objectives.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues in Head Office, Risk Control, Claims, Actuarial, and other parts of the organization as needed.
• Ensure policies and accounts are effectively underwritten, handled, and documented in compliance with company and regulatory standards when exercising underwriting authority.
• Develop and leverage broker/client relationships through visibility and disciplined sales management (e.g., planning and follow-up for broker and customer meetings) to support business objectives.
• Demonstrate superior customer service standards (consistency, quick response, product knowledge).
• Engage with customers to meet response time expectations and demonstrate product and business knowledge.
• Work strategically and tactically with brokers to ensure they understand BI goals and objectives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Advanced skills in analytical thinking, judgment, decision-making, communication, and teamwork.
• Proven ability in broker planning and engagement activities.
• Advanced customer focus and positive broker interaction skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Typically demonstrates advanced relationship management skills.
• ACII qualification is preferred.

What is a Must Have?

• Previous experience in underwriting Property and Casualty classes of business.
• Significant experience managing or engaging with large UK Corporate Clients.

What Is in It for You?

• Private Medical Insurance: On employment start, eligible for single coverage with options for dependents at your expense via payroll deduction.
• Retirement: Travelers makes a core contribution of a percentage of salary to your Pension Plan, with additional contributions if you choose to contribute.
• Holiday Entitlement: Starts with a minimum of 25 days annually, with options to purchase additional days up to 35 days.
• Wellness Programme: Includes tools, discounts, resources, and access to professional counseling services to support mental health and caregiving needs.
• Volunteer Encouragement: Programs for matching gifts and volunteer rewards to support community involvement.

Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.

If you have questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please contact us for assistance.

Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

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