Senior Underwriter & Team Leader

Lawes Consulting Group; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawes Consulting Group in Bolton is seeking a Senior Underwriter in a hybrid role to lead a small team while maintaining a substantial personal caseload of complex risks. You will balance hands-on underwriting with people management responsibilities to drive performance.

The role combines technical underwriting authority with direct leadership of 3–4 underwriters, including workload planning, coaching, and regular performance discussions to enhance capability and quality across the team.

Qualifications

• Proven senior underwriting experience across cross-class commercial lines.
• GWP authority of £10k+ or track record to progress to this level.
• Experience leading, coaching or mentoring underwriters.
• Ability to balance personal underwriting with people management.

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 commercial business.
• Direct line management of 3–4 underwriters.
• Day-to-day workload allocation and prioritisation; conduct regular 1-2-1s.
• Coach and mentor to develop underwriting capability and technical knowledge across the team.

Skills

Senior underwriting

GWP authority

People management

Coaching

Cross-class knowledge

Job description

About the Role

A hybrid underwriting and leadership position for a Senior Underwriter ready to take on line management responsibility. The successful candidate will retain a substantial personal underwriting caseload, focused on the more complex risks within the book, while taking on day-to-day leadership of a small team of underwriters.

Responsibilities

Underwriting (70%)

• Underwrite complex, higher-value commercial risks across Package, Combined, RPO and CPO, with authority to £10k+ GWP
• Act as technical referral point for the team on complex cases
• Maintain underwriting quality and consistency across cross-class commercial business

Team Leadership (30%)

• Direct line management of 3–4 underwriters
• Day-to-day team management including workload allocation and prioritisation
• Regular 1-2-1s and ongoing performance management
• Coaching and mentoring to develop underwriting capability and technical knowledge across the team

Required Skills

• Proven senior underwriting experience across cross-class commercial lines, including Package, Combined, RPO and CPO
• Existing GWP authority of £10k+, or a clear track record supporting progression to this level
• Prior experience leading, coaching or mentoring underwriters, whether in a formal or informal capacity
• Comfortable operating in a dual-role capacity, balancing personal underwriting output with people management