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PermanentBuild a brilliant future with Hiscox
About Hiscox
Hiscox UK is a leading brand in the insurance market, recognised as setting the standards others try to emulate. We consistently deliver strong growth and exceptional returns, recruiting only the very best and empowering them to deliver. We are known for insuring the homes of the rich and famous through to the most innovative technology companies. Our customers are diverse and unique and are only united by our ability to provide specialist insurance tailored to their needs.
The role
We have a market leading reputation for producing bespoke solutions for niche customer groups managed by our broker partners. Within the wider Schemes team we deliver Schemes solutions across the UK retail business.
You’ll work across the existing portfolio of schemes business ensuring that we deliver market leading service across your scheme panel. You’ll work with the wider Schemes Team across underwriting, operations, sales and the wider senior leadership team to drive improvement and profitable growth of our schemes portfolio, playing an integral part in realising our ambitions of growing the book in line with our strategic ambitions.
You’ll have responsibility for dealing with the schemes business, dealing not only with underwriting business and servicing our schemes partner brokers, but also the opportunity to help drive and shape our wider underwriting strategy and growth.
What you’ll be doing:
Delivering exceptional service to our brokers, dealing with referrals and writing more complex business
In conjunction with the Sector lead and schemes underwriting team, be responsible and accountable for the profitable growth of schemes.
Challenge convention on a regular basis, able to suggest and execute effective growth and portfolio underwriting strategies to ensure sustained profitable growth
Keep abreast of new risks and exposures within our chosen sectors to ensure Hiscox market leading position is maintained.
Working with the Sector lead around shaping and driving the underlying underwriting strategy and portfolio of business to deliver our ambitions
Taking underwriting ownership, relationship management and accountability for some of our key strategic broker partners
Operating within our Media, Entertainment, Property Owners and Sport Sector with a focus on Media and Entertainment
Our must-haves:
Experience in the schemes / delegated authority space, or strong experience within an open market underwriting environment
Experience within the media sector or broader media & entertainment space is strongly preferred
Proven commercial underwriting experience (ideally within property, liability or combined business)
Ability to make confident decisions in complex underwriting scenarios, including cases outside of authority
ACII qualification or progression towards
Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with brokers and stakeholders
Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment
Confident influencing and negotiation skills
Interest in developing expertise within a specialist sector
Open to new ideas, innovation and considered risk-taking
Diversity and flexible working at Hiscox
At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success. We also understand that working life doesn’t always have to be ‘nine to five’ and we support flexible working wherever we can. No promises, but please chat to our resourcing team about the flexibility we could offer for this role.
Work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture
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