Underwriting Governance & Controls Lead

Polo; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private health insurance

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Polo is seeking an experienced Underwriting Controls Manager to join our Underwriting team in London. The role focuses on onboarding new syndicate clients and developing, delivering and overseeing our underwriting governance framework in line with Lloyd's Principles for Doing Business.

You will work with senior underwriting leadership, syndicate managers and Lloyd's stakeholders to ensure robust controls, effective oversight and continuous improvement across governance, risk and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in the Lloyd's market and underwriting function.
• Knowledge of underwriting frameworks and policy documentation.
• Familiarity with underwriting management information systems.
• Understanding of Lloyd's Principles for Doing Business.
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Report to Head of Underwriting Oversight & Onboarding and support delivery of the underwriting framework.
• Collaborate with new entrant syndicates and clients to implement governance framework and update onboarding playbook.
• Maintain policies and procedures of the underwriting framework.
• Keep Letters of Authority current and timely.
• Work with syndicate teams on exception reporting, sanctions checks and PBQA outputs.
• Conduct underwriting file reviews and coordinate outputs with syndicate teams.
• Support peer review and independent expert review processes for managed syndicates.
• Update underwriting committee reports with governance findings.
• Lead the completion of regulatory returns to Lloyd's as required.

Skills

Lloyd's market experience

Underwriting governance

IT skills (Excel/PowerPoint)

Analytical problem-solving

Communication and teamwork

Tools

Underwriting systems

Job description

Polo is seeking an experienced Underwriting Controls Manager to join our Underwriting team in London. The role focuses on onboarding new syndicate clients and developing, delivering and overseeing our underwriting governance framework in line with Lloyd's Principles for Doing Business.

You will work with senior underwriting leadership, syndicate managers and Lloyd's stakeholders to ensure robust controls, effective oversight and continuous improvement across governance, risk and compliance.