Job Title:
Deputy Casualty Underwriting Officer
Location:
London with the management team - but applicants can also work from Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, or Manchester branches provided they are prepared to travel into London for meetings.
Job Description:
Our clients are looking for a Casualty Underwriting specialist to join their team in a senior capacity.
Working with a dynamic & enthusiastic management team this role is focused on monitoring and contributing to the profitable growth of the UK Casualty account across the company's branch network and syndicate team. Applicants will have to have a good technical understanding of underwriting EL, PL & Products liabilities in the UK retail & SME space; strong portfolio management skills; ability to make strategic decisions and implement change.
What Will You Do?
Support the development and execution of strategic underwriting direction (both short and long term to include rate strength, appetite, business mix and capacity deployment) and alternative risk transfer mechanisms (including reinsurance solutions) consistent with the corporate strategy to effectively position the right products, lines of business programmes and/or services to the right market segment through responsible underwriting decisions.
Support the setting of strategy for rate adequacy, product, and pricing within assigned portfolios to achieve maximum earnings/planned ROE.
Support the UW Officers – in the governance and oversight of rating tools, associated infrastructure, and provision of rates.
Support the analysis of internal and external emerging issues and trends and provide resultant underwriting direction incorporating feedback from Claim, Risk Control and Actuarial.
Effectively mentor and coach /underwriting staff to ensure production, underwriting standards and profitability objectives are achieved.
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