Senior/Casualty Underwriter- North Region

We’re looking for an experienced Senior/ Casualty Underwriter to join Chubb’s Northern Region Commercial Insurance Underwriting Team. This monoline casualty role offers the opportunity to play a key part in the growth of our portfolio, working closely with key brokers and clients while also maintaining and developing an existing book of business.

We welcome applications from candidates at Senior Underwriter or Underwriter level, provided they have strong casualty underwriting experience and are ready to contribute to a growing portfolio. The role can be based in our Manchester, Leeds or Glasgow office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Goals: To underwrite new business or renewals according to defined underwriting guidelines, specified budget and local business plan.
• Portfolio Integrity: To assist in formulating underwriting strategy, forecasts and portfolio management in order to achieve underwriting profitability. To ensure quality control within defined area of responsibility by undertaking quantitative underwriting reviews, running regular management meetings and peer reviews.
• Product Development: To prioritise and develop products within area of specialist expertise in order to improve client retention and new business. This may involve collaborating with peers within and across business divisions in Europe as well as globally.
• Producer Management: To represent and promote Chubb corporately to brokers, internal and external clients. This may involve servicing key producers and clients, monitoring business acquisition and retention as well as maximising cross-selling opportunities.
• Procedures: To meet company standards in respect of policy documentation, timeframe for quoting new and renewal business and compliance issues.
• An experienced professional who is recognised externally for their considerable market experience.
• Possesses a comprehensive understanding and working knowledge of legal liability and casualty underwriting
• Experience of underwriting multinational programmes is preferred.
• Significant experience of the Insurance market and competitors, and of dealing with brokers and clients.
• Possesses broader business skills – communication, organisation, IT, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Results driven with the ability to make own decisions and work on own initiative.
• Experience of leadership, training, mentoring and people development
• ACII & IOSH/Nebosh qualifications are preferred but not essential.