Senior Commercial Underwriter
Location: Gloucestershire
Salary: £28,000 - £34,000 depending on experience
A Senior Commercial Underwriter in required to supervise and develop teams of Commercial Underwriters and to write profitable commercial insurance business.
As the successful candidate you will ensure that Commercial Underwriting guidelines are set, monitored and managed to achieve the departmental goals
Underwriting authority will be at the highest level prior to referral.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Manage a team of Commercial Underwriters to achieve growth by meeting new business, renewal pricing and account quality objectives
Undertake appraisals, coaching, and recruitment of staff for the Commercial Underwriting teams
Ensure that effective technical training programmes for the Underwriters
Liaise with Senior Managers where required on larger 'key accounts' to ensure maximum impact for development
Deal with referrals including technical assessment of larger, more complex risks
The role includes operational developments and improvements, technical support and assistance with product development
Skills:
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to be a skilful communicator
Numerical proficiency
Experience in property and liability classes of insurance
The ability to assess technical risk and make decisions at the highest level on all aspects of Commercial products
A good understanding of the regulatory environment for the industry and the Commercial insurance environment
Good supervisory, training and account development experience and skills
Good keyboard skills, with knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
ACII / Diploma or equivalent technical insurance qualification
