- Work towards Simplifying and streamlining our products and underwriting processes while still maintaining best quality technical underwriting outcomes.
- Act as a technical referral point for the Line of Business and cascade technical expertise to the regions and other business units
- Recommend timely changes to underwriting appetite, underwriting guides, pricing, and wordings
- Proactively research and keep up to date with market developments and provide appropriate recommendations for action
- Supported by the Portfolio analysis team, undertake analysis work to improve understanding of Account performance, monitoring and managing our key growth and profit drivers
- Pro-actively identify areas of opportunity or risk and issue and make appropriate recommendations in line with our to the Accounts Director and wider business
- Develop and deliver training material and guidance for U/W Academy and for wider business
- Work in partnership with Pricing to deliver pricing reviews
- Support UKGI business units in developing and enhancing relationships with brokers, customers, and business partners to act as a specialist, demonstrating Ecclesiastical's line of business knowledge and expertise
- Work with reserving and finance to contribute to reserving practices and financial reporting for the account
- Ensure U/W quality is in line with U/W strategy through building relationships, development and coaching of U/W staff, timely and appropriate quality control checks
- Strong underwriting technical knowledge
- Commercial or Direct insurance experience
- Track record of finding practical solutions to problems
- Portfolio management experience or interest in or aptitude for the same
- Experience of influencing senior stakeholders within underwriting and wider business areas
- ACII Qualified or commitment to achieve
- Practical experience of the ability to quickly implement new initiatives
- Microsoft office Proficient with the willingness to understand and utilise new emerging technologies
- Project Management Experience would be beneficial but not essential
- A competitive salary - let's discuss it
- Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
- Generous annual bonus scheme up to 30%
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
- An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
- Up to £300 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
- Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Full study support to gain professional qualifications
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Senior Casualty Portfolio Underwriter - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Ecclesiastical Insurance Group
Description
Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Duration: Permanent
Location: Birmingham
Job Ref: 202404
About the role
Benefact Group, are looking for a Senior Casualty Portfolio Underwriter to join our Birmingham office.
This is a varied and interesting opportunity working in the Casualty Account team to help facilitate our market leading growth and profit ambitions, which will enable the group to deliver its ambition to become the UK's biggest corporate donor.
Supporting our trading teams and liaising with our internal partners the successful candidate will have the opportunity to access, influence and simplify every part of the Casualty business throughout the UK. We have a highly experienced and expert team and are looking for an individual with real growth potential who can demonstrate their behaviours are well aligned with our guiding principles which are to be TRUSTED, SPECIALIST, CUSTOMER LED, EXPERT,EFFICIENT and AGILE
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a rapidly growing and forward thinking business, giving you a real opportunity to develop your career and be part of a purpose led organisation.
Key responsibilities
Knowledge, skills and experience
What we offer
About us
Benefact Group is a unique international financial services group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and currently the 3rd largest corporate donor in the country, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have an ambitious plan to become the number one corporate donor with strategic objectives in place to double the groups size over the next five years.
We believe it's essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people offer career opportunities and personal development through a fantastic learning and career framework. Luckily for us, the nature of who we are – our giving ethos, our 135 year history and the diversity of what we do – has built a culture of kindness, of great ambition, of passionate people driven to do better and be better.
At Benefact Group, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. We understand that the perfect candidate for this role may not necessarily meet every requirement listed in this advert, and we encourage you to apply even if you feel that you don't fulfil every single qualification. Your unique perspective and potential are valuable to us, and we invite you to submit an application if this opportunity resonates with you.
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