Underwriter (PMR Team)

Markel; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global insurance firm in Leeds is seeking an Underwriter to join their renewals team. This role involves managing various Professional and Management risks, providing excellent service to brokers, and maintaining strong relationships. The ideal candidate has insurance experience and good communication skills, with a willingness to pursue CII qualifications. This position offers a competitive salary and a strong benefits package with flexible working options.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays

Strong benefits package including medical, dental, and life assurance

Opportunities for career development and skill learning

Qualifications

• Proven relevant insurance experience and demonstrable technical skills.
• Excellent written, spoken communication and numerical skills are necessary.
• Be studying for/or be willing to study for CII qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Underwriting risks in accordance with personal level of authority.
• Manage renewal cases and maintain good relationships with brokers.
• Provide excellent service to brokers and prioritise renewals.

Skills

Proven relevant insurance experience

Excellent written and spoken communication skills

High level of accuracy and attention to detail

Demonstrable IT skills including MS Office

Education

CII qualifications (or willingness to pursue)

Job description

The opportunity

It’s an exciting time to join Markel as our business grows. We have recently moved into brand-new innovative offices in Leeds city centre right next to the train station, and we currently have a new opportunity for an Underwriter to join our highly respected team (3 days in the office / 2 days from home). This exciting opportunity is based within the renewals department and you will be dealing with a wide variety of Professional and Management risks and wider financial lines risks including Cyber and Technology risks. This is an area of considerable growth and a great opportunity to join an established but growing team. This team is often an integral part of projects developing the book and improving the way we do business.

The role of the underwriting support is to work as part of the Professional and Management risks team in providing an excellent underwriting service for underwriters and brokers in the UK. You will be required to develop and maintain good relationships internally and externally. You will work as a member of a team and be pro-active and willing to help brokers and underwriters across all classes of business.

What you’ll be doing

• Underwriting risks in accordance within own personal level of underwriting authority
• Ensure incoming calls to the team are answered promptly and professionally
• Diarise and follow up renewals with brokers with the purpose of securing and retaining business
• Deal with internal and external enquiries by email and telephone
• Managing diary items and chasing responses
• Following up outstanding renewal information with brokers via phone and email
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with the Technical teams in Leeds and the wider business
• Assisting the team and wider business with ad hoc projects
• Demonstrate and promote a thorough knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels in order to achieve profitability and underwriting objectives
• Provide excellent service to our brokers, prioritising renewals and mid-term adjustments and referrals whether emanating from our broker e-trading platform or by email/phone to ensure deadlines are met
• Underwrite renewals within the defined underwriting authority
• Actively manage and provide an efficient service to brokers to maintain good relationships
• Attend underwriting meetings as required throughout the year to provide insight into developments, trends and feedback on market conditions
• Manage renewal cases working as appropriate with the broker to secure renewal and upsell/cross-sell additional covers

Our must haves

• Proven relevant insurance experience and demonstrable technical skills
• Background and experience in our classes of business is desirable, but not essential
• Excellent written, spoken communication and numerical skills
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Demonstrable IT skills including MS Office
• Be studying for/or be willing to study for CII qualifications

Who we are

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [e-mail] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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