Casualty Underwriter / Senior Underwriter
Chubb
- Manchester
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Financial Goals: To underwrite new business or renewals according to defined underwriting guidelines, specified budget and local business plan.
- Portfolio Integrity: To assist in formulating underwriting strategy, forecasts and portfolio management in order to achieve underwriting profitability. To ensure quality control within defined area of responsibility by undertaking quantitative underwriting reviews, running regular management meetings and peer reviews.
- Product Development: To prioritise and develop products within area of specialist expertise in order to improve client retention and new business. This may involve collaborating with peers within and across business divisions in Europe as well as globally.
- Producer Management: To represent and promote Chubb corporately to brokers, internal and external clients. This may involve servicing key producers and clients, monitoring business acquisition and retention as well as maximising cross-selling opportunities.
- Procedures: To meet company standards in respect of policy documentation, timeframe for quoting new and renewal business and compliance issues.
- Operational Management: To manage junior colleagues by using the Chubb PMP and peer review process as well as providing mentoring, training and coaching where appropriate. In so doing, ensuring a high quality underwriting team. To prioritize to meet business objectives.
- Chubb Representative: To represent and promote Chubb and maintain a permanent contact with internal colleagues and clients as well as major clients.
- An experienced professional who is recognised externally for their considerable market experience.
- Possesses a comprehensive understanding and working knowledge of legal liability and casualty underwriting and continues to develop technical knowledge & skills.
- Experience of underwriting multinational programmes is preferred.
- Significant experience of the Insurance market and competitors, and of dealing with brokers and clients.
- Possesses broader business skills - communication, organisation, IT, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- Results driven with the ability to make own decisions and work on own initiative.
- Experience of leadership, training, mentoring and people development
- ACII & IOSH/Nebosh qualifications are preferred but not essential.
- Competitive salary, annual bonus & pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus ability to purchase 5 additional days
- Private Medical cover, Employee Share Purchase Plan, Life Assurance
- Subsidised gym membership, Comprehensive Learning & development offering, Networking, mentoring & development opportunities.
- 1 day annual Charitable leave, Cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance program.