Underwriter - Renewable Energy

Overview

About Everest:
Everest is a global leader in risk management with a 50+ year heritage. We are underwriters of risk, growth, progress and opportunity, focused on disciplined capital allocation and long-term value creation for all stakeholders, who care deeply about our impact on communities and the wider world.

Title: Underwriter - Renewable Energy
Company: Everest Advisors (Uk), Ltd.
Job Category: Underwriting
Location: London (hybrid schedule, two days remote per week)

About the Role: We’re hiring a Renewable Energy Underwriter to join our Energy & Construction team in London. This is a newly created position offering the chance to work on a global portfolio of business, using your existing client and broker relationships to help shape the future of our Renewable Energy book. Working within our Energy & Construction team, this role is crucial to the growth and development of our business plan.

This is a role for someone who is interested in broadening their experience and building an exciting future in a team planning to grow significantly in the next few years.

• Use your existing market relationships to source and underwrite new renewable energy business.
• Work with our current Junior Underwriter on the existing renewal book.
• Play a key role in shaping future underwriting strategy including new business territories and lines of cover.

Reporting lines:
You’ll report to the UK Head of Renewable Energy with a matrix reporting line to the Global Head of Energy and Construction.

• Be part of a fast-growing team with big ambitions in Renewable Energy.
• Work in a company focusing on its London specialty offering.
• Enjoy a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and diversity.

Our Energy & Construction division launched in 2022 and has built significant market share. We focus on four core classes:
Downstream Energy, Conventional Power, Renewable Energy, and Construction, offering diverse solutions and building a strong foundation for long-term success.

• Underwrite and price Renewable Energy risks, ensuring diversity, quality and profitability within the Everest underwriting appetite.
• Build and strengthen relationships with key brokers and clients.
• Represent Everest at client and broker meetings and industry events.
• Share market insights on competitors, technology trends and emerging opportunities.
• Work with the UK Head of Renewable Energy to shape strategy and drive portfolio growth.
• Contribute to divisional pricing and system enhancements.
• Collaborate across underwriting, claims and other teams to deliver joined-up solutions.

• Proven Renewable Energy underwriting or broking experience in the London and international markets.
• Ability to prioritise and stay organised in a dynamic environment.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills to assess opportunities and risks.
• Proactive, collaborative and committed to high standards of professionalism.
• Skilled in negotiation and relationship-building.
• Strategic thinker with attention to detail.
• Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements.
• A continuous learning mindset.

Note:

What if I don’t meet every requirement? At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities we serve. We pride ourselves on an inclusive culture driven by a unified set of values and behaviors.

• Our Values:
  Talent;
  Thoughtful assumption of risk;
  Execution;
  Efficiency;
  Humility;
  Leadership;
  Collaboration;
  Inclusion and Belonging.
• Our Colleague Behaviors:
  Respect everyone;
  Pursue better;
  Lead by example;
  Own our outcomes;
  Win together.

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company, including day-to-day interactions with fellow colleagues and the global communities we serve.

Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
Primary

Location:

London

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