Financial Lines Development Underwriter

The opportunity:

We are investing in Development Underwriters to join the Markel team. The role of the Development Underwriter is to support the development plan for brokers across the North West and South / South East regions to work with our Underwriting and Distribution teams to further enhance our growth plans.

We arrange our business into five channels with the NMUK Broker Channel the largest and fastest growing of all our of UK business areas. Our broker engagement and subsequently pipeline and new business volumes have increased exponentially.

In order to focus on delivering exceptional support and ensure delivery on our growth ambitions we segment the UK broker population in to three categories ; strategic key and development and Connect.

The Development Underwriter is required to build and maintain strong broker relationships and provide excellent service to brokers. The Development Underwriter will have a strong desire to be highly visible to brokers encouraging development meetings and telephone contact. They will be required to underwrite complex Professional and Management risks including Technology.

What youll be doing:

Provide and maintain a good level of underwriting demonstrate a thorough knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels including the Markel process and procedure guides in order to achieve profitability objectives

Underwrite complex new business within the defined underwriting authority working towards agreed financial targets

Actively manage and provide an efficient new business service to brokers to maintain good relationships and to achieve best outcome and win business

Responsible for the performance of your regional brokers developing robust relationships

Develop new broker relationships as identified and in conjunction with the Broker Development Director to demonstrate our capabilities to ensure Markel is a preferred provider of insurance for PMR

Provide input into the Head Of Financial Lines reporting on broker activity and new business production

Provide a quarterly update to the Head of Financial Lines and Broker Development Director on key performance criteria for brokers and team performance and development

Maintain broker data on the CRM system to ensure it is up to date and accurate.

Work with team to identify and secure prospects and opportunities from your broker panel recording on the CRM system in accordance with the CRM Working Practices guide

Promote a coaching and mentoring culture which provides both challenge and support to each team member in the pursuit of a consistent and high quality underwriting service and approach

Develop team members technical knowledge through day to day underwriting referrals and exposure to underwriting more complex risks

Developing pipeline with partner brokers to drive growth

Work closely with internal partners to deliver the right outcomes for allocated brokers and their customers

We are looking for challenging motivated and success orientated individuals who bring expertise and a desire to build a market leading business

Our must haves:

Proven relevant underwriting experience in an underwriting role and demonstrable technical skills

Track record in building and developing broker relationships

Background and experience in Professional Indemnity and Directors and Officers classes of business desirable

Have excellent communication skills

Demonstrable IT skills including MS Office Word PowerPoint & CRM and show willingness to learn our systems

Proven ability to win business whilst maintaining underwriting field

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20 countries is a holding company for insurance reinsurance specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

Were all about people We win together We strive for better We enjoy the everyday We think further

Whats in it for you:

A great starting salary plus annual bonus car allowance & strong benefits package

25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

Fantastic company pension scheme private medical and dental cover life assurance travel insurance cover income protection season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer

There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part

Choose Apply Now to fill out our short application so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion colour national origin sex gender gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at or call us at 0 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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