Overview

We are seeking an experienced property and casualty underwriter to join our specialised Health & Care team in any of our UK offices. This role offers the chance to transition into an engaging sector with development support - no prior Health & Care experience required.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take responsibility for some of our largest renewals; strategically partnering and building relationships with brokers and clients, to provide insurance solutions. You’ll be a technical underwriter who is decisive, detail-oriented, and able to build relationships internally and externally and negotiate terms to drive results.

Travelers Europe currently offers flexibility to employees who wish to work on a hybrid basis in accordance with our Hybrid Work Arrangements Policy. This entails full time employees working three days a week in the office and two days at home (or pro rata for part-time employees). This policy may be changed at the Company’s discretion.

Responsibilities

• Manage the profitability, growth, and retention of an assigned book of business primarily comprised of moderate to complex accounts across all our products
• Underwrite and skillfully negotiate moderate to complex risks to minimise risk and maximise profitability, including Mid Term Adjustments (MTA)
• Proactively manage your portfolio, ensuring key performance indicators are consistently achieved and you actively target new business and retention
• Identify and take corrective action based on individual risk characteristics identified through Portfolio Management to actively manage your portfolio of risks
• Identify and capture opportunities to write additional lines of business using knowledge of products, risk characteristics and appetite
• Proactively utilise various technology platforms to quote and bind risk efficiently
• Prepare, lead and present Underwriting Reviews for individual policies or portfolios/schemes and manage action points
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal partners within the business unit and across the enterprise to identify cross-selling opportunities
• Foster and maintain relationships with brokers by phone, email or other communication channels to market and sell Travelers products with a goal of writing and retaining accounts consistent with our risk appetite. Must be able to travel to meetings
• Develop and execute retention plans and support the new business teams to win business that align with the team’s sales plans to drive success working in partnership with the sales team
• Train and mentor less experienced underwriters
• Support and collaboration for more junior members of the team, including referrals

Qualifications

We are seeking an experienced property and casualty underwriter; no prior Health & Care experience required.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• General Business

Industries

• Insurance

London, England, United Kingdom