Senior Underwriter - General Insurance Manchester
China Taiping Insurance (UK) Co. Ltd
Full Time
Manchester
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
Avaliable Job Today Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the financial and underwriting performance of the Company and overall profitability of the business.
- Underwrite for existing cases and contribute to loss ratio control by adhering to Company’s underwriting controls.
- Identify reasons for lack of retention and poor conversion to take actions to increase retention and implement actions agreed with brokers to improve account performance.
- Liaise with external specialists including surveyors and loss adjusters etc to update our own underwriting strategy.
- Manage and recruit brokers, CIC introducers and cover-holders in the area and build effective trading relationships with brokers through trading activities.
- Monitor agency performance and compliance and produce monthly brokers’ performance results.
- Set up and review existing arrangement and underwriting guide to make sure the brokers to deliver desired performance.
- Provide quotes, issue documents, respond to inquiries and offer underwriting referral support to the binding brokers.
- Assist to review policy wordings, agency contracts, underwriting guide, rating structures, or other business terms, endorsements and documentations when required.
- Coordinate with Company head office to actively develop new market and new business.
- Liaise with other departments and undertake other tasks when necessary.
Requirements
- Strong commercial underwriting experiences, especially in home, office, SME, and liability insurances.
- Good knowledge of general insurance, underwriting procedures and insurance legislations and GDPR.
- Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills and customer engagement skills.
- Excellent organisation and coordination skills.
- Degree level education is desirable.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Insurance Underwriting: 5 years (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Manchester
