Pet Underwriter
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Job Summary
About Us
At Direct Line Group insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field were a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers every single day.
Pricing and Underwriting is a complicated world where historical data geospatial information and mathematical models meet talented analysts. Pricing our products is a fine line between balancing our business goals and customer needs. Thats why our Pricers and Underwriters are the best of the best. They reduce risk and predict future events ensuring our business can continue to grow whilst each and every one of our consumers gets the best price.
Join us as a Pet Underwriter in our Pet Pricing & Underwriting Team. Direct line & Churchill have a legacy of being a strong brand in the Pet market were looking for an enthusiastic and self-Pricing lead to join our exciting team as we look to grow our brands and offerings.
What youll be doing
Working in an agile way means youll take charge early on soak up new experiences and most importantly youll positively influence and shape what we do making an impact on our customers lives. Well utilise your skills where they are most needed whilst also giving you to opportunity to build and grow the breadth of your expertise.
Reporting into the Pricing & Underwriting Portfolio & Optimisation lead key responsibilities will include:
Initially supporting on the migration of our existing products onto a new platform & a successful delivery of our new & updated product suite data requirements & schema definitions working in a highly focused cross-group environment.
Working in a fast paced environment youll oversee a successful migration & develop out future products in a new & exciting part of the group.
Work closely with the Head of Pricing & Underwriting & Pet pricing lead and trading team to deliver underwriting strategy
Portfolio management of the Pet Products
Assessing Underwriting criteria wordings & emerging risks
Enacting and enhancing our underwriting controls
Liaising with our trading teams to deliver great customer and commercial outcomes
Working closely with our claims & operation teams to manage indemnity control
Working closely with the pricing & underwriting team to deliver great pricing & underwriting outcomes
Dealing with underwriting referrals
What youll need
Experience of managing portfolios in a personal lines insurance product
Experience of working in Pet or Medical products preferable
Proven track record of technical underwriting expertise
Understanding of relevant insurance regulations & legislation
An ability to manage multiple partner schemes/products across various sales channels
Great interpersonal skills & stakeholder management dealing with stakeholders of all levels internally and externally
Understanding of indemnity control
Ability to innovate & work in a fast paced environment working with a breadth of initiatives
Experience working to budgets & developing business cases for capability enhancement
Ways of working
Our hybrid model way of working offers a best of both worlds approach combining the best parts of home and office-working offering flexibility for everyone. When youll be in the office depends on your role but most colleagues are in 50% of your week and well consider the flexible working options that work best for you.
What well give you (Band 4)
We wouldnt be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. Thats why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office-working varying with the nature of your role. Our core benefits include:
9% employer contributed pension
50% off home motor and pet insurance plus Green Flag breakdown cover
Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
Up to 10% bonus
EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.
25 days annual leave increasing each year up to a maximum of 28
Buy as you earn share scheme
Employee discounts and cashback
Plus many more!
Being Yourself
Difference makes us who we are. We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work thats why we champion diverse voices build workplaces that work for people and invest in the things that matter. From senior leadership to inclusivity networks adaptive working to inclusion training weve made it our mission to give you everything you need to be authentically you. Discover more at
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Key Skills
- Loan Processing
- Computer Skills
- Fraud
- Math
- Banking
- Pricing
- Analysis Skills
- Fair Housing Regulations
- Underwriting
- Financial Analysis
- negotiation
- Phone Etiquette
About Company
Direct Line Group is one of the UK’s largest insurance companies and home to some of the best-known brands including Direct Line, Churchill and Green Flag.
