Underwriting Performance Analyst – Portfolio Optimization

Markel Service; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Markel International is seeking an Underwriting Risk Analyst to join our USP team in London. You will partner with underwriting, actuarial and finance to identify opportunities, monitor performance and support data-driven decisions across portfolios.

This broad role covers portfolio analysis, market cycle insights and collaboration to help shape risk appetite while delivering clear senior-management materials and practical recommendations.

Qualifications

• Experience analysing business or portfolio performance in insurance, reinsurance or analytics.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Curiosity about underwriting performance and proactive issue investigation.

Responsibilities

• Shape Markel International's cycle management strategy.
• Perform market cycle analyses, supporting underwriting strategy and responses to emerging issues.
• Contribute to Markel International's cycle management approach, leading on portfolio optimisation.
• Support portfolio reviews, forecasts, business planning and assessments of underwriting performance; Test key assumptions, prepare clear senior-management materials and maintain oversight of agreed actions.
• Generate useful insight: analyse underwriting and portfolio performance, identify drivers, trends, risks and opportunities; produce well-evidenced, technically sound work.
• Partner with the business: build constructive relationships across underwriting, portfolio analytics, actuarial, finance and other functions.
• Contribute across USP priorities: deliver defined work across strategic projects and changing business priorities; take ownership from question to output.

Skills

Analytical

Communication

Data visualization

Job description

Markel International is seeking an Underwriting Risk Analyst to join our USP team in London. You will partner with underwriting, actuarial and finance to identify opportunities, monitor performance and support data-driven decisions across portfolios.

This broad role covers portfolio analysis, market cycle insights and collaboration to help shape risk appetite while delivering clear senior-management materials and practical recommendations.