Senior Underwriter & Team Leader

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

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