Senior Underwriter Financial Lines

Markel International; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Markel International in Milan is seeking a Senior Underwriter, Financial Lines to take a leading role in growing our Italian Financial Lines proposition. You will manage the Italian D&O SME underwriting team, shape guidelines and strategies, and build strong broker partnerships across Italy and Europe.

This role requires deep market knowledge, a hands-on, entrepreneurial approach and the ability to travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Italian Financial Lines, especially D&O.
• Fluency in Italian and English.
• People management or leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of Markel's Financial Lines presence in Italy.
• Manage and develop the Italian D&O SME underwriting team.
• Underwrite D&O delegations, schemes, products and facilities.
• Shape product development, underwriting strategy, guidelines and tools.
• Build broker relationships across the Italian market and Europe.

Skills

Italian fluency

English fluency

People management

Broker network

Travel willingness

Underwriting leadership

D&O underwriting

Job description

Looking for a role that will have a meaningful impact on Underwriting in Southern Europe?

Come and progress your career in our Italian Underwriting team at Markel!

The opportunity:

We’re looking for a Senior Underwriter, Financial Lines to join us in Milan.

Following strong and sustained growth across Europe, we are excited to be expanding our award-winning product offering into Italy. This is a rare opportunity to help build something from the ground up; a high-performing Financial Lines proposition, a strong local team and trusted broker partnerships that reflect the Markel style — entrepreneurial, collaborative, specialist and focused on sustainable, profitable growth.

What you’ll be doing:

• Contributing to the development of Markel’s Financial Lines presence in Italy, building a sustainable portfolio
• Managing and developing the Italian D&O SME underwriting team, helping to shape a collaborative, ambitious and commercially focused culture
• Underwriting D&O delegations, schemes, products and facilities, as well as open-market Financial Lines business.
• Helping to shape product development, underwriting strategy, guidelines, standards, processes and tools
• Building and deepening relationships across the Italian broker landscape, representing Markel in regular broker and client meetings
• Identifying new business partnerships and developing innovative solutions that support our growth ambitions in Italy
• Working closely with colleagues across Business Development, Technical Underwriting, Claims and the wider European business to challenge, refine and deliver our strategy
• Championing continuous improvement, strengthening end-to-end processes and data accuracy as the portfolio grows
• Developing cross-selling procedures & tools with current Surety & PI Markel Italian branch insurers & brokers

Our must-haves:

• Significant experience within the Italian Financial Lines market, ideally with strong expertise across D&O
• Fluency in Italian and English
• People management experience, or the ambition and capability to lead and develop a growing team
• A strong broker network and the credibility to build trusted, long-term market relationships
• Flexibility to travel within Italy and Europe to meet key partners, brokers and peers
• An entrepreneurial, hands-on approach with the confidence to make decisions and shape a growing proposition
• An open, innovative and progressive mindset, balanced with a strong understanding of established market dynamics
• The ability to work at pace, manage multiple priorities and maintain underwriting discipline, integrity and profitability

Join us and play your part in something special!

If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

What part will you play?

We’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Who we are:

Markel Group (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

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.