Our client is one of the fastest growing Home Insurance providers in the UK. Since launching in May 2011, we have been rapidly expanding and now have a headcount of over 400 experts across four sites.

They are looking to evolve our underwriting strategy and seeking an underwriting manager to implement and develop their UW practices for all of their Household products. This role is a new position, responsible for managing and supporting a team of Underwriters, working closely with their senior management team.

What you’ll be doing

Key responsibilities will include:

* Underwriting team support to contact centre and claim teams and customers

* Implementation of underwriting strategy

* Input to product design

* Implementation of underwriting governance and compliance framework

* Escalations:-

o Misrepresented cases

o Large claims

* Provide day to day guidance to key stakeholders on Underwriting issues

* Identify trends in operations and provide guidance and support to the business to resolve trends

* Manage a dedicated underwriting team

* Report analysis on Loss ratios

Skills we need

* Strong experience working in underwriting in household personal lines insurance

* ACII or working towards

* Understanding of personal lines markets, risk trends and products

* Customer awareness

* Team Management

* High level effective communicator, verbal and written

* Strong decision maker

* Team Player

* Ability to form strong working relationships with key stakeholders

You must have strong technical underwriting experience within Household Insurance (Possible that other insurance sectors may be considered) and most importantly you must be a really strong team manager operationally

Hours will be 40 a week.

Please not only CV’s with the above experience will be considered for this role