Job Description
Senior Professional Indemnity Underwriter (RDT507)
Location: Manchester/Hybrid
Role
Join a Financial Lines team as a Senior PI Underwriter and drive profitable growth by expertly underwriting risks, maximising income and cultivating strong relationships with brokers. Playing a key role in promoting and implementing company strategy, products, and unique differentiators to unlock new business and renewal opportunities within the Manchester market.
Key Duties
- Drive the delivery of planned new business underwriting results through effective account management, focusing on revenue and product growth.
- Underwrite new professional indemnity business through the traded team, ensuring alignment with company strategies.
- Coach and develop Underwriters within the PI underwriting centre, enhancing team capability and acting as a referral point when needed.
- Support financial planning, monitor accounts, and analyse underwriting trends to identify opportunities for maximising income and profitability.
- Foster and influence underwriting philosophy and strategy by working closely with key internal partners to achieve financial objectives and support key customer relationships for profitable growth.
Skills/Experience
- Extensive technical underwriting expertise in Professional Indemnity.
- Proven track record in underwriting and growing UK Professional Indemnity business.
- Strong ability to build and maintain senior broker and customer relationships, securing and retaining key accounts.
- Demonstrable industry knowledge.
- Professional qualifications such as ACII or equivalent are preferred.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the personal impact and influence to engage stakeholders effectively.
- Strong negotiation, persuasion, risk assessment, and insight development skills to support strategic decision-making.