Technical Home Underwriter

Technical Home Underwriter

Barker Munro Recruitment, insurance recruitment specialists based in Kent, are working with this tremendous insurance company that due to an internal promotion, currently has an exciting underwriting focused vacancy focusing on Home and property insurance.

What would you be responsible for in this role?
Ultimately driving change within the Underwriting division and the appetite and guidance within the home insurance markets and your areas of responsibility by identifying opportunities for growth and to effectively manage loss ratio. You’ll be tasked with understanding changes within the Home market to ensure that the Home insurance proposition continues to meet the changing needs of the customers. Using your knowledge, you will provide technical expertise within the Home department through the management of the Underwriter training and guidance as well as acting as a referral point within authority on underwriting and related issues, including reinsurance quotes, non-disclosure and schemes referrals

You will provide technical input to projects for supplier management in respect of HNW supplier and insurer providers and have an overview on the underwriting guidance, policy wordings, product management/. You will be able to collaborate and communicate changes, new initiatives and project progress to colleagues, regions and all stakeholders and engage other areas of wider underwriting business.

To be considered for the role, what do you need to offer?
Deep understanding of the Home insurance market alongside a good understanding of underwriting principals and rating/pricing methodology with the ability to write policy wordings and endorsements. Strong planning and organisational skills and the ability to work to a deadline with the ability to create efficient underwriting and process decisions. Ideally you will be able to demonstrate some kind of Insurance qualification be that CII or working towards ACII.

The company offer a tremendous selection of benefits alongside bonus and flexible benefits.

They also offer flexible working with an ideal pattern of 3 in the office and 2 at home.

To be considered for this exciting underwriting position, please send your CV through to us know for consideration.

Please note, should you not have previous Home or Property related underwriting experience, we won’t be able to consider you for this particular vacancy but may have other suitable insurance roles for you.