Underwriting & Governance Analyst

The Opportunity:

Reporting directly to the Underwriting Director youll play a critical role in supporting the wider underwriting leadership team by ensuring robust governance regulatory compliance underwriting controls and operational excellence across the business.

Youll be responsible for helping maintain the frameworks and processes that keep our underwriting function operating effectively while also leading and developing a newly formed team that supports Product Pricing and Underwriting leaders across Markel UK.

This role offers significant visibility across the business and the opportunity to help shape how the Underwriting Enablement Team develops over the coming years.

What Youll Be Doing:

Technical Underwriting & Governance

• Maintaining underwriting governance standards across the business

• Reviewing and approving non-standard endorsements

• Supporting underwriting controls delegated authorities and governance processes

• Monitoring adherence to underwriting guidelines and protocols

• Supporting the implementation of legal and regulatory changes

• Analysing underwriting data and governance reporting

• Working closely with Product Line Leaders and senior stakeholders

• Supporting governance reinsurance and operational projects that contribute to profitability and regulatory objectives

• Acting as a key point of contact for governance-related queries and technical underwriting support

Team Leadership

• Leading coaching and developing the Underwriting Enablement Team

• Providing guidance support and performance management across the team

• Allocating and prioritising workloads

• Building processes structure and operating models within a newly created function

• Helping shape the future direction of the team as it grows and evolves

Business Partnership

• Building strong relationships with Underwriting Product Leaders Pricing and senior management

• Driving continuous improvement and process efficiency

• Supporting strategic underwriting priorities while ensuring governance excellence

• Championing knowledge sharing and technical excellence across Markel UK

What Were Looking For:

Were open to candidates from a variety of underwriting backgrounds but youll ideally bring:

• Significant experience within underwriting technical broking or a governance-focused insurance role

• Strong technical underwriting knowledge

• Experience working with underwriting controls governance or regulatory requirements

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• Strong analytical and organisational abilities

• Experience coaching mentoring or leading others

• ACII qualification (or progression towards completion) would be advantageous

• A proactive improvement-focused mindset with an interest in using technology and AI to improve processes

• Product experience within: Financial Lines Liability Commercial insurance would be beneficial however were primarily looking for strong technical underwriting capability and leadership potential.

Why This Role

This role offers something genuinely different.

Youll have the opportunity to:

• Lead a newly created team and help define its future direction

• Combine technical underwriting expertise with people leadership

• Work closely with senior underwriting leaders and decision-makers

• Gain broad exposure across Product Pricing and Underwriting functions

• Influence governance standards and operational excellence across the business

• Build leadership experience in a highly visible role with significant growth potential

Why Markel

At Markel were proud of our people-first culture. We combine the ambition and opportunity of a global specialist insurer with the collaboration and support of a close-knit team. We empower our colleagues to take ownership challenge the status quo and continuously develop their careers.

Whats in it for you

• Competitive salary

• Annual bonus opportunity

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

• Option to buy and sell annual leave

• Private medical and dental cover

• Company pension scheme

• Life assurance

• Income protection

• Travel insurance

• Fully funded CII qualifications

• Ongoing career development and progression opportunities

• A flexible supportive and inclusive working environment

Ready to take the next step

If youre a technically strong underwriting professional whos ready to step into a broader leadership role and help shape the future of underwriting governance at Markel wed love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of a business that puts people first and continuously strives for better.

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.

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