Senior Underwriter

We are seeking a confident, engaging and experienced Senior Underwriter/Insurance professional to join our Commercial team. You will be responsible for underwriting cases within agreed processes and risk appetite, to achieve business development and retention targets. You will play a pivotal role within our business, assisting with the performance and success of our Commercial team.

You will spend the majority of your time working with our brokers identifying, discussing, negotiating and converting new and existing business opportunities and making effective underwriting decisions. You will apply a range of underwriting, relationship management and business development techniques to retain existing and win new business opportunities, within our defined risk appetite. You will have a passion for service delivery, great customer relationship skills and be a good communicator and team player.

As a key member of the Commercial Underwriting Team, the majority of your time will be spent delivering underwriting decisions. These will include risk assessment and risk management, referring cases outside personal authority limits and managing customer interactions. You will assist in maintaining and developing an underwriting/client portfolio, training and supervising new members of the team and supporting colleagues in the wider team as required.

In terms of skills and experience, we would expect you to display:

• broad underwriting experience/industry experience

• experience of working with insurance brokers across a range of insurance products

• highly articulate with exceptional communication & interpersonal skills

• self-motivated and demonstrate excellent organisational skills

• capable of working under own initiative to meet deadlines

• committed to providing excellent customer service with close attention to detail

• confidence to drive ownership of strategic projects

• ideally possess or are working towards relevant CII qualifications

As you progress and gain more understanding of our business, strategy and purpose, you will have the opportunity to develop your role within the team. To enhance your career potential and further develop your knowledge in the insurance industry, we will support you in any relevant professional studies.

At ICCI, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right person for this or other roles.

We work together as one team, creating an open culture and paying attention to the health and wellbeing of all our people and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We offer a highly competitive salary along with a wide and attractive benefits package. Flexible working from home is encouraged, and we offer excellent career opportunities.

We want to ensure that you are supported throughout the application process to enable you to be at your best. If you require adjustments during your application process, please flag this when you apply.