Underwriter - Portfolio Solutions

00601 CNA Services (UK) Limited; City Of London; In loco; GBP 60.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The CNA Hardy portfolio solutions team is seeking a Portfolio Solutions Underwriter in London to support delegated underwriting arrangements across facilities, consortia and other portfolio solutions. You will review submissions, monitor governance, and collaborate with actuarial, compliance and broker partners to drive profitable growth.

Ideal candidates have strong underwriting knowledge, portfolio insight, governance awareness and Lloyd's market experience, with excellent analytical and

Competenze

• Understanding of insurance underwriting theories and practices.
• Experience in delegated or portfolio underwriting arrangements.
• Knowledge of governance, due diligence and referral processes.
• Experience in Portfolio Solutions or Lloyd's market advantageous.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder-management skills.

Mansioni

• Manage delegated arrangements: support day-to-day underwriting of existing deals, endorsements and new proposals across facilities and portfolio solutions.
• Assess opportunities: review submissions, contract docs, due diligence materials and financial info to determine quality and alignment with appetite and objectives.
• Oversee governance: monitor underwriting activity across lifecycle with clear referrals and escalation where needed.
• Analyse portfolio performance: assess profitability, mix, indexation metrics and trends using data and analytics to identify risks and opportunities.
• Build effective partnerships: collaborate with actuarial, delegated underwriting, ECM, compliance, finance, brokers and other stakeholders.

Conoscenze

Underwriting knowledge

Portfolio insight

Governance awareness

Market experience

Analytical collaboration

Strumenti

PPL

Whitespace

Descrizione del lavoro

At CNA Hardy, great people don’t just join us - they grow with us, lead with purpose, and help shape the future of our business and the industry. We exist to help businesses navigate an unpredictable world and we do that through the expertise, integrity and commitment of our people. Every role contributes to protecting businesses, livelihoods and communities, giving our people the opportunity to make a meaningful and visible impact.

The Role

We are currently hiring for a Portfolio Solutions Underwriter to join our Portfolio Solutions team. This role will support the profitable growth and effective governance of our facilities, consortia and other delegated underwriting arrangements, combining disciplined underwriting judgement with data-led portfolio insight and collaborative stakeholder engagement.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Manage delegated arrangements: Support the day-to-day underwriting of existing deals, endorsements and new proposals across facilities, consortia and other portfolio solutions. Assess opportunities: Review underwriting submissions, contract documentation, due diligence materials and financial information to determine quality, viability and alignment with appetite, standards and portfolio objectives. Oversee governance: Monitor underwriting activity throughout the contract lifecycle, ensuring compliance with agreed terms, delegated authorities and governance frameworks, with clear referral and escalation where required. Analyse portfolio performance: Assess profitability, portfolio mix, indexation metrics and emerging trends, using data, analytics and AI-enabled tools to identify risks, opportunities and areas requiring management attention. Build effective partnerships: Work closely with Actuarial, Delegated Underwriting, ECM, Compliance, Finance, brokers and other stakeholders to progress sound underwriting and portfolio management decisions.

What We’re Looking For:

• Underwriting knowledge: A sound understanding of insurance underwriting theories and practices, ideally gained within delegated or portfolio underwriting arrangements.
• Portfolio insight: Experience assessing portfolio performance, identifying key underwriting issues and making clear recommendations to support referrals and underwriting decisions.
• Governance awareness: An understanding of underwriting governance, due diligence and referral processes, including relevant policies and authority levels.
• Market experience: Experience in Portfolio Solutions, delegated underwriting or Property portfolios within the Lloyd’s market would be advantageous, alongside familiarity with placement platforms such as PPL and Whitespace.
• Analytical and collaborative approach: Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work independently, manage priorities and escalating issues appropriately

The Company CNA Hardy is a leading specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets. We offer a highly specialised and comprehensive portfolio of innovative and market leading products. Coverage is available to businesses of all sizes for domestic, international and global exposures. We are a leading specialist commercial insurance provider for clients of all sizes with both domestic and international exposures. Writing across both company and Lloyd's platforms offers our brokers the flexibility to find the best solution for their clients in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Find out more about our Lloyd's Syndicate 382. Our clients trust us because we understand the risks they face. Our teams on the ground have the local expertise and authority to provide fast, effective solutions for our clients across our network of dedicated offices in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK (Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and London). Whether it’s our expert underwriters, risk control engineers, claims managers or international solutions team, we work in partnership with our brokers to deliver our highly-specialised and comprehensive portfolio of innovative and market-leading products in response to emerging exposures and ever-changing needs. CNA Hardy is part of CNA Financial Corp, one of the largest U.S. commercial property and casualty insurance companies. Trusted for more than 125 years, CNA provides a broad range of standard and specialised insurance products and services for over 1 million businesses and professionals across the U.S., Canada and Europe.