Senior Underwriter & Team Lead – Complex Commercial Risks

Lawes Consulting Group; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawes Consulting Group in Warrington, United Kingdom, is seeking a Senior Underwriter ready to take on line management while maintaining a substantial personal underwriting caseload of complex risks across cross-class commercial lines.

The role combines underwriting authority (up to £10k+ GWP) with day-to-day leadership of a small team of 3–4 underwriters, including workload planning, coaching, and ongoing performance reviews.

Qualifications

• Senior underwriting experience across cross-class commercial lines including Package, Combined, RPO and CPO.
• Demonstrated ability to handle £10k+ GWP authority or progression path.
• Experience leading and coaching underwriters, formal or informal.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite complex, higher-value commercial risks with authority to £10k+ GWP.
• Act as technical referral point for the team on complex cases.
• Maintain underwriting quality and consistency across cross-class business.
• Direct line management of 3–4 underwriters and allocate workloads.
• Conduct regular 1-2-1s and performance management; coach and mentor staff.

Skills

Senior underwriting experience

Cross-class underwriting

Team leadership

GWP authority 10k+

Job description

Lawes Consulting Group in Warrington, United Kingdom, is seeking a Senior Underwriter ready to take on line management while maintaining a substantial personal underwriting caseload of complex risks across cross-class commercial lines.

The role combines underwriting authority (up to £10k+ GWP) with day-to-day leadership of a small team of 3–4 underwriters, including workload planning, coaching, and ongoing performance reviews.