Join an established and highly experienced underwriting team with a mature book of business and a history of over 30 years of success on the London and Dublin Excess Casualty platform. This role offers an outstanding opportunity for a driven underwriter to grow professionally, contribute to a dynamic portfolio, and play a key role in shaping its future within the London market.
We're looking for someone who's eager to learn, ready to make an impact, and excited to be part of a team with bold plans for expansion and development.
Part of Markel Group (NYSE - MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.
Responsibilities
Attend underwriting meetings with brokers, prospective and existing clients.
Grow, expand and develop the existing portfolio of business
Negotiate acceptable premiums, terms and conditions.
Analysis of coverage and contract language based on industry accepted policy forms.
Ensure the timely and correct issuance of policy documentation
Develop and mentor other underwriters on the team, where applicable
Enhance cross-sell opportunities through the promotion of the Company's products and services.
Assist in the development and implementation of new products, where applicable.
Observe high standards of conduct and take all reasonable steps, both individually and collectively, to avoid causing harm to the standing and reputation of the Markel Group.
Outline individual performance objectives and evaluate overall performance on an annual basis.
Key Skills:
Previous casualty underwriting experience required across various industry risk classes.
Experience of industry accepted policy forms including Claims Made, Occurrence and Occurrence Reported (Bermuda) forms
Experience with budgetary accountability and compiling reports for Management
What's in it for you?
A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package...
Up to 16% company pension scheme,
Private medical and dental cover, Menopause plan, emergency care benefit (children/Pets/dependants)
Income protection, Life assurance, electric car scheme, travel insurance
25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
As well as other great benefits on offer there are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career!
Are you ready to play your part?
Join us and play your part in something special!
Choose 'Apply Now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
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Benefits
Health insuranceDental insuranceFlexible schedulePerformance bonus
Additional Information
This role's primary responsibility is to underwrite, analyze and evaluate global excess casualty submissions using underwriting experience, and make underwriting decisions in line with underwriting guidelines and authority. The book is made up of mainly US domiciled Fortune 1,000 type clients operating in a wide range of industrial sectors such as Chemicals, Life Sciences, Rail, Logistics, Healthcare, Retail, Energy, Mining, Automotive and General Manufacturing.
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Markelcorp · London, UK