Underwriter

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading insurance provider as a New Business Underwriter in Brighton. You will be responsible for developing and underwriting new business with a focus on excellent customer service. Enjoy a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and generous benefits including an annual bonus scheme and personal charitable grants.

Benefits

Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution

Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Health and wellbeing benefits including private healthcare

Full study support for professional qualifications

Up to £400 annual personal grant to a charity

Qualifications

• Proven track record in delivering exceptional customer service.
• Commitment to achieve Qualified Cert CII within an agreed timescale.

Responsibilities

• Develop, negotiate, and profitably underwrite New Business.
• Plan and manage individual work to meet SLA objectives.

Skills

Customer Service

Commercial Insurance

Education

Qualified Cert CII

Job description

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Working hours:35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration:Permanent

Location:Brighton (hybrid working)

Job ref:203908

About the role

Ansvar, who are proudly part ofBenefact Group, are looking for a New BusinessUnderwriterto join our Brightonoffice.

As an Underwriter at Ansvar, you will play a crucial role to the business in developing, negotiating and profitably underwriting new businesswithin own authority and in line with Ansvar strategy.

Be part of a collaborative, inclusive, ambitious culture committed to making a difference and working towards a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UKs top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities, with all of our profits going to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing

• Develop, negotiate and profitably underwrite New Business within own authority and in line with Ansvar strategy
• Plan, prioritise and manage individual work to deliver agreed objectives and meet SLAs to deliver exceptional customer service.
• Use the appropriate method of communication (telephone, face to face) to support Ansvar’s right first time approach in order to maintain successful Internal and External relationships.
• Act on individual audit results and agreed action plans within agreed deadlines to improve own performance. (Participation in in-house training, CII, CPD)
• Understand and operate within regulatory framework and identify and escalate any risks to the business.

What you need to have

• Qualified Cert CII or commitment to achieve within an agreed timescale
• A proven track record of delivering exceptional customer service
• Commercial Insurance experience

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
• Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%
• 25days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
• Up to £400 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Hear from the hiring manager

“We’re a dynamic, supportive team that values every voice – your ideas will be heard and you’ll have the chance to drive real growth in our business.”

About us

Ansvar specialise in insurance to the third sector. We cover thousands of risks in the UK, and unlike other insurers, our products are specifically designed for the niches we insure.

Driven by our values of empathy, professionalism and trust, we hold a genuine desire to positively impact the communities we help protect.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating aninclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of usfeels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with arange of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interestsand we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applicationsfrom everyone.

If you need any additional support during therecruitment process, then pleaselet us know.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26

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Created on 22/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom