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Regional Underwriting Manager
Hybrid – Ideally at least one day from the London EC3 office
Salary: £75,000 p.a. + benefits including share options.
Fantastic opportunity to join highly successful global insurance group and Lloyd’s underwriting agency, supporting a team of 11 across London, Essex and the Southeast. The Regional Underwriting Manager will be managing your own Commercial Underwriting (mainly real estate but some household and non standard - 40%) whilst also ensuring your team perform to their maximum and achieve KPIs/SLAs (team performance management - 60%).
Duties for Regional Underwriting Manager:-
* Reviewing trading results and trends, identifying opportunities and overseeing the team.
* Evaluating the risk and exposures of customers for new business, mid-term adjustments and renewals from the company’s network of UK and Ireland brokers.
* Quoting, converting and retaining business to meet budget and underwriting performance targets for the range of specialist insurance products in the Real Estate division, facultative and sub binder distribution channels.
* Developing and growing the company’s presence, GWP and income in the Southeast by meeting or exceeding the budgeted new business and renewal retention rate for the region.
* Performance managing a team of 11, and lead, inspire and motivate the underwriters to achieve the agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA).
* Building training and development for new starters and existing staff in order to increase the team’s efficiency through continual process improvement and/or continual performance improvements.
* Underwriting new business, renewal and mid-term adjustments, trading with brokers.
* Developing, building and creating new broker relationships, with regular performance visits, meetings and broker events.
* Monthly reporting to Senior Management.
* Meeting operational objectives, SLA’s and KPI’s.
* Real Estate Underwriting and taking underwriting referrals where directed.
* Monitoring, encouraging and developing individuals’ performance and competency by way of regular 121’s, coaching, underwriting training and annual Personal Development Cycle (PDC) appraisal process.
* Supporting the full range of products where required.
* Understanding and distribute MI and working with the Technical Management and Business Development teams to ensure we achieve budgeted GWP and target loss ratios.
* Perform other duties from time to time as determined by the Senior Management Team.
Skills Required for Regional Underwriting Manager:-
* Ability to manage the performance of a team of underwriters across the Southern region.
* Cert CII qualified progressing towards Dip CII.
* Proven track record in property/real estate underwriting within an MGA, insurance company or Lloyd’s syndicate.
* Able to communicate the organisation's strategic objectives and targets
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