Senior Underwriter; Care Team

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Would you like to develop your career within Underwriting working for a great insurance company?

Help us provide an outstanding underwriting service to our brokers across the UK, dealing with Social Welfare, Care, Not For Profit and Charity policies as a Senior Underwriter here at Markel.

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem‑solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity: It’s an exciting time to join Markel as our business grows. We have just moved into brand‑new innovative offices in Leeds city centre right next to the train station, and we currently have a great new opportunity for a Senior Underwriter to join our highly respected team (3 days in the office / 2 days from home). The role sits within our renewals department handling a variety of interesting Social Welfare and Charity policies.

Our risks range from foster care to drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres to schools for children with learning disabilities.

The team is well respected in the industry, having built a strong reputation, of which we take great pride. We can look at other locations for this role across our Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham offices.

Working alongside other departments within the business you’ll build relationships both internally and externally and deliver an exceptional service, keeping customers at the heart of all key decisions ensuring they receive the best outcome. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong commercial underwriting experience who wants to work in a forward thinking, global business with a real people first approach.

• You’ll provide an excellent service to our brokers, Underwriting renewals including large premium and complex cases within the defined underwriting authority
• Referrals whether emanating from our broker e‑trading platform or by email/phone to ensure deadlines are met
• Underwriting renewals within the defined underwriting authority
• Actively handle and provide an efficient service to brokers to maintain good relationships
• Attend underwriting meetings as required throughout the year where you’ll provide insight into developments, trends and feedback on market conditions
• Demonstrate and promote a thorough knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels in order to achieve profitability and underwriting objectives
• You’ll handle renewal cases, working with the broker to secure renewals as well as upselling and cross‑selling additional covers
• You’ll build and maintain excellent working relationships with the Technical Teams in Leeds and the wider business
• Assisting the team and wider business with ad hoc projects
• Handle renewal cases working as appropriate with the broker to secure renewal and upsell/ cross‑sell additional covers
• Develop team members’ technical knowledge through mentoring, day to day underwriting referrals and exposure to underwriting risks

• You’ll have demonstrable underwriting experience, ideally in social welfare/care risks, although commercial insurance will be fine
• You’ll have excellent written and spoken communication skills
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• A track record in building and developing broker relationships
• Good IT skills including MS Office and ideally systems including the broker e‑trading platform
• Shown ability to renew business whilst maintaining underwriting discipline
• CII qualifications or be studying for/or be willing to study for – you will be supported and fully funded in the study for this qualification by the company

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment…