Senior Underwriter

Lloyds\’ / Property & Specialty / (Re)insurance / Short-Tail – London

We’re working on a slightly different underwriting seat!!

Not a lead role.

Not a top-line growth mandate.

And not one for someone who is comfortable just “taking a line”.

This is a follow-only position where the judgement actually matters.

The platform deploys capacity behind leading markets across property, specialty and short-tail lines — but with a very clear philosophy:

👉 not everything gets followed

👉 not every lead gets trusted

👉 and not every deal deserves capacity

What this role actually is

At its core, this is about:

• deciding which deals are worth backing
• challenging lead assumptions (pricing, structure, governance)
• and managing the portfolio like it’s your own capital

You’ll be looking at:

• lead track record + discipline
• exposure, aggregates, cat footprint
• how the book actually performs vs how it’s sold

And importantly — being comfortable saying no.

What they need

This is for someone who:

• understands property / short-tail or treaty reinsurance
• has spent time around portfolio / delegated / followed business
• can read a bordereaux and actually form a view
• is comfortable challenging leads without needing to control the slip

You don’t need to be the loudest person in the room —

but you do need to be technically credible and commercially sharp.

Why this is interesting

There’s a lot of noise in the market around “growth”.

This isn’t that.

This is a platform built around:

• disciplined deployment of capacity
• backing the right underwriters
• and protecting downside as much as chasing upside

If you enjoy the thinking side of underwriting, this is a very good seat.

Bottom line

If you’ve ever looked at a deal and thought:

“this doesn’t stack up… but everyone’s following it anyway”

— this is probably the type of role you should be in.