Senior Home Underwriter

Job Title: Senior Home Underwriter

Locations: Manchester, Whitstable, Chelmsford, London, (Hybrid working)

Role Overview

To support the Product Head in developing and maintaining the range of products to ensure the agreed business plan targets and objectives are met.  Exploiting new product opportunities and providing Product and Technical support both internally and externally.

Key Responsibilities

• Collation and presentation of key information to the Product Head on schedule and ad hoc basis in respect of the product range.
• To manage, maintain and review the product range to ensure they remain current, competitive, compliant and able to meet business targets in respect of allocated accounts  and/or schemes.
• To present pricing recommendations to the Product Head based on analysis of data, broker intel, pricing and MI team.
• To manage new product developments and amendments.
• Collation and presentation of key information to the Product Head on schedule and on an ad- hoc basis in respect of the product range.
• Fully understand underwriting performance metrics to enable collation and presentation of key account information to the Product Head at agreed intervals and dealing with ad-hoc requests relating to products, pricing and MI.
• To research the market, through broker Intel, media and personal contacts, so as to remain up to date on all developing issues and opportunities.
• Management of key accounts and other agreed key business relationships, to maintain and develop profitable accounts, and to explore any product opportunities and resolve issues that exist.
• Nurture broker relationships to meet the needs of the business plan whilst using that relationship to obtain feedback from our customers of their experience.
• To investigate and respond to queries from the operational area in relation to policy issues.
• Encourage internal relationships with relevant departments.
• Represent the division internally or externally if required.
• To actively promote Group brands.
• Any other reasonable duties as required.

About You

• Previous experience within home insurance market.
• Commercial awareness, market knowledge, process awareness.
• Understand key performance indicators.
• Data analysis including presentation of observations and proposed actions.
• Work well within a team environment as well as able to self-motivate and use initiative.
• Good knowledge of Excel functions.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Knowledge of SAS software would be beneficial.