Senior Underwriter - D&O, UK & Lloyd's

AXA Group; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA Group seeks a Senior Underwriter for D&O insurance in London, responsible for profitable portfolio management and client service. The role involves collaborating with teams for innovative pricing solutions and requires strong underwriting experience and customer service skills.

Qualifications

• Significant proven D&O Underwriting experience with a track record of profitable portfolio management.
• Strong technical knowledge of the industry and line of business.
• Excellent customer service experience with effective written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review submissions and determine risk levels for each account.
• Calculate risk premiums and ensure profitability.
• Advise clients on insurance and risk management.

Skills

D&O Underwriting experience

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Sales skills

Customer service

Job description

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Senior Underwriter - D&O, UK & Lloyd's, London

Client:

AXA Group

Location:

London, United Kingdom

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Other

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Posted:

18.06.2025

Expiry Date:

02.08.2025

Job Description:

London, UK

We’re a market leading, global insurer and reinsurer. With an innovative approach to solving complex risks, we have the knowledge and experience. And we’re looking for more.

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. We don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a robust and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines, and specialty.

The Financial Lines team is a significant capacity player and Thought Leader in the market. With an influential brand backed by a significant balance sheet, the Team has a Leading Underwriter position in the market writing a global book of Fortune 500 companies. All the underwriters have extensive market relationships with all the leading brokers writing an Open Market and Delegated Authority book.

What you’ll be DOING

As a Senior Underwriter of Directors’ & Officers’ insurance, you will be recognized as a market-leading

Underwriter in your field to internal peers, Brokers, and clients. You will be responsible for driving

profitable growth of the book by providing excellent underwriting service to Clients and Brokers, and

leading by example for junior team members to learn from.

You will work with an allocated range of clients within the portfolio to service their new business, renewal

and policy endorsement needs, whilst maintaining a view across the wider book to ensure we are

achieving strategic goals. You will also collaborate with Claims and Actuarial

counterparts to design innovative pricing and risk management solutions for clients, and work with

Reinsurance counterparts to ensure appropriate coverage is in place.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Reviewing submissions including applications, policy wording, inspection reports, loss runs, and financial reports while conducting research to determine risk levels for each account.
• Calculating risk premiums considering sector-specific risk costs, reinsurance cessions, and underwriting and administrative costs to ensure profitability.
• Advising, assisting, servicing, and following up with clients on insurance and risk management matters to ensure satisfaction and coverage needs are met.
• Managing relationships to identify cross-selling opportunities and ensure account retention.
• Reviewing loss control reports and managing policy endorsement requests to implement necessary policy changes.
• Supporting business planning and forecasting; monitoring financial exposure and premium income within set limits.
• Maintaining awareness of claims and supporting claim settlement processes.

You will report to the Underwriting Manager - D&O, UK & Lloyd’s

What you will BRING

We’re looking for candidates with these skills and abilities:

• Significant proven D&O Underwriting experience with a track record of profitable portfolio management.
• Strong technical knowledge of the industry and line of business.
• Proven analytical, negotiation, and sales skills.
• Excellent customer service experience, including effective written and oral communication skills.

Who WE are

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. We serve mid-sized companies, multinationals, and individuals, providing innovative re/insurance solutions.

Our approach combines a comprehensive capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and talented professionals in an inclusive workspace, enabling us to deliver top service across all lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial, and specialty.

We partner with those who move the world forward, offering flexible and innovative risk solutions.