Senior Commercial Underwriter - London, United Kingdom - Benefact Group

Benefact Group

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Working hours:35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration:
Permanent

Location:
London

Job ref:201894

About the role:

Ecclesiastical, who are proudly part of
Benefact Group, are looking for a
Senior Underwriter to join our
London office, with hybrid working.

Due to an exciting time of growth, we have new opportunities available within our commercial underwriting team.

Protecting some of the most interesting and iconic sites in the UK, this is an excellent opportunity for a proven property and casualty underwriter to further develop their technical underwriting expertise through underwriting unique Commercial Combined risks as part of a fast growing and successful team in the London market.

We're proud to be the 3_rd_ largest corporate charitable donors in the UK - working for us, you'd play a part in making a real difference to charities in need of support.

Key responsibilities
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Develop, negotiate and profitably underwrite new/existing business within own authority and in line with Ecclesiastical strategy
Provide embedded underwriting support at partner and customer sites if required.
Plan, prioritise and manage individual work to deliver agreed objectives and meet SLA's to deliver exceptional customer service.
Act as referral point for the team providing coaching, training in an appropriate time frame
Use the appropriate method of communication (telephone, face to face) to support Ecclesiastical's right first time approach in order to maintain successful Internal and External relationships.
Working with some of the most high profile brokers in the UK to build your personal profile and maintain and develop our excellent broker relationships
Act on individual audit results and agreed action plans within agreed deadlines to improve own performance
Understand and operate within regulatory framework and identify and escalate any risks to the business.
Identify complaints, act upon them and resolve in line with company policy.
Conduct audits and provide feedback, coaching and training as appropriate
Provide team manager support as and when required.
Manage a defined caseload
Actively expand personal technical and niche knowledge both informally (networking internally and externally, internet, industry press) and formally (Inhouse training, CII, CPD)

Knowledge, skills and experience
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Qualified Dip CII or commitment to achieve within an agreed timescale
Market, Industry and Company knowledge
A proven track record of delivering exceptional customer service
Appropriate IT skills
Strong verbal communication skills
Experience of acting as a coach within a commercial environment
Experience of effective stakeholder management within a commercial environment

What we offer:

A competitive salary let's discuss it
Flexible working
Group Personal Pension up to 12% employer contribution
Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%

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25 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

About us:

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and are currently the UK's 3rd largest corporate donor, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have ambitious plans to become the UK's number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group's size.

We believe it's essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development.

Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.