Senior Underwriter

Job Title: Senior Underwriter

Location: Liverpool

Salary: £52,000-£58,000 per annum

Hours: 39 hours per week

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Our producers answer their own phones and visit commercial clients in person. Most new business comes from referrals by existing clients.

The role:

The Senior Underwriter reviews and prices commercial insurance submissions from independent agents and decides what to write, and on what terms. This role balances growth with profitability. You will be measured on new business, retention and loss ratio. The work is on site and cannot be done remotely.

What you'll do:

• Visit agencies to build relationships and explain our appetite
• Price accounts using rating tools in Guidewire PolicyCenter and underwriting judgment
• Track production, hit ratio and loss ratio for your book monthly
• Mentor underwriting assistants and trainees
• Document underwriting decisions in the policy file
• Review submissions for risk quality, completeness and appetite fit

Who you are:

• 5+ years of commercial lines underwriting experience
• Able to travel up to 20% for agency visits
• Clear written underwriting rationale
• Working knowledge of commercial property, liability and auto coverage forms
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, risk management or a related field

Compensation and benefits:

• Workplace pension
• Birthday off
• Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme

Unfortunately we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Stillwell Assurance.