New Business Underwriter

Do you have Underwriting experience within either the Property, Liability, Care or Charity sectors?

Come and work with our New Business underwriting team providing an excellent underwriting service for brokers in the UK

What part will you play? If you're looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you've found it. Because, at Markel, the work you do gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities. Whether you're wild about horses, bananas for boats or driven by data, 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:

We have an exciting opportunity for a New Business Underwriter to join the Markel team in Birmingham. You will be a member of a successful national underwriting team dealing exclusively with a variety of care and charity risks in accordance with Markel's underwriting appetite.

The role is based within the Care Sales team, dealing with a wide variety of Social Welfare, Care, Not for Profit and Charity policies. Working alongside other departments within the business to build and maintain relationships both internally and externally and deliver an exceptional service to our brokers.

The role of New Business Underwriter will work as part of the Sales team providing an excellent underwriting service for brokers in the UK. You will work as a member of the Broker Sales Team and be pro-active and able to develop and strengthen good relationships internally and externally. Monitoring and analysing broker activity to identify success and areas for improvement and provide pro-active feedback to the team manager. You will have responsibility for delivering an individual new business premium target and have a desire to be visible to our brokers.

What you'll be doing:

• Demonstrate and promote a thorough knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels in order to achieve monthly, quarterly and annual new business team and individual targets
• Provide excellent service to our brokers to ensure deadlines are met
• Underwrite a variety of exposures within the defined underwriting authority
• Attend underwriting meetings as required throughout the year required to provide insight into developments, trends and feedback on market conditions
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships within the wider business

Our must haves:

• Demonstrable underwriting experience - ideally in social welfare/care risks, property or liability, although commercial insurance would be considered
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Track record in building and developing broker relationships
• Demonstrable IT skills including MS Office and our systems including the broker e-trading platform
• Proven ability to secure business whilst maintaining underwriting field

Who we are:

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.

We're all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International.

What's in it for you?

* A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…

* 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

* Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer

* There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose 'Apply Now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.