Senior Underwriter - Technology & Cyber

W. R. Berkley; City Of London; Presencial; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Berkley Small Business Solutions (a Berkley Company) seeks an experienced underwriting leader to drive strategy, pricing and portfolio management for assigned product lines and territory. You will oversee renewals, new business, and distribution partnerships, while guiding the team and ensuring service standards are met.

The role requires extensive underwriting expertise, strong commercial acumen, and proven leadership capabilities to develop staff and foster an inclusive culture within a

Qualificações

• Extensive underwriting experience across Class of Business.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Analytical with ability to prioritise conflicting demands and deadlines.
• Proven leadership and staff development capabilities.
• Commitment to diverse and inclusive culture.

Responsabilidades

• Develops and executes a strategy to achieve the business plan from a premium, loss and expense perspective for assigned product lines and territory.
• Proactively manages renewals, renewal changes, and new business to achieve premium plan.
• Executes portfolio management strategies to improve loss ratio and achieve plan.
• Proactively manages direct commissions and direct expenses to achieve plan.
• Underwrites and prices individual risks following underwriting guidelines and policies.
• Documents underwriting and pricing decisions using tooling and processes.
• Collaborates with support areas to meet service standards.
• Manages distribution partners and acts as broker liaison for assigned products.
• Develops and executes a customer visitation strategy to drive submission flow and retention.
• Leads staff with performance objectives and development plans; provides training to juniors.
• Promotes a diverse and inclusive culture; acts as a role model.

Conhecimentos

Underwriting experience

Commercial awareness

Communication/Negotiation

Analytical/problem-solving

Leadership/People management

Stakeholder management

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Responsibilities

Results

• Develops and executes a strategy to achieve the business plan from a premium, loss and expense perspective for assigned product lines and territory.
• Proactively manages renewals, renewal change, and new business to achieve premium plan.
• Executes portfolio management strategies to drive a better loss ratio and achieve plan.
• Proactively manages direct commissions and direct expenses to achieve plan.

Underwriting and Compliance

• Underwrites and prices individual risks whilst following underwriting guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Effectively utilises underwriting tools whilst thoroughly documenting underwriting and pricing decisions.
• Works collaboratively with support areas to meet service standards.

Distribution/Customer Management

• In collaboration with Underwriting Leadership, proactively manages distribution partners. Acts as broker liaison for assigned products.
• Develops and executes a customer (broker and insured) visitation strategy for assigned products and territory to drive submission flow and improve customer retention.

Leadership and Personal Development

• Effectively manages staff through the effective utilisation of performance objectives, feedback loops and development plans to develop and retain staff.
• Acts as product line expert for area of expertise.
• Organises and provides technical training to junior personnel.
• Promotes a diverse and inclusive culture.
• Acts as an effective role model for others.
• Performs training within agreed timeframes.

Qualifications

• Extensive underwriting experience and knowledge in the Class of Business.
• Sound commercial and financial knowledge.
• Knowledge of the insurance regulatory environment.
• Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to multi-task and to prioritise conflicting demands/requests within given time constraints.
• Ability to exercise individual judgment and effectively make sound business decisions.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at various levels, both verbally and in writing.
• Outcome focused, self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic.
• Ability to work within and promote a diverse and inclusive culture.