Technical Underwriting Specialist in Brighton

Brighton Full-Time No home office possible

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Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Brighton

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About the role

Ansvar, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Technical Underwriting Specialist (Policy Wordings) to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you\’ll shape the future of our products by drafting and refining policy wordings and clauses that set us apart in the market.

You\’ll play a key part in delivering our growth strategy, developing innovative products, enhancing underwriting platforms, implementing rating changes, and ensuring our documentation is clear, compliant, and competitive.

Our portfolio is as diverse as the communities we serve – charities, property owners, businesses, office and retail, faith groups, social enterprises, and not-for-profit organisations. This is your chance to make a meaningful impact across sectors that truly matter.

If you\’re passionate about underwriting and have a proven track record in policy drafting, we want you on our team. Help us create niche-leading propositions and tools that drive success.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that\’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK\’s 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group — where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you\’ll be doing

Drafting and reviewing policy wordings, summaries of cover, application forms and clauses ensuring they comply with legal, reinsurance and regulatory parameters
Developing and reviewing products as required by the business including wordings, product development and governance.
Working with Group Underwriting and third party suppliers to agree and sign-off new policy wordings and other policy documentation.
Reviewing and developing free-format clauses drafted within the business
Researching wider market products and propositions, to assist with product development, feeding into Product Oversight and Governance as required
Researching issues connected with policy wording development and escalating wordings issues to the wider business
Acting as a specialist referral point and coach around policy wordings and reinsurance, supporting the business unit in ensuring that standards are met and technical expertise cascaded, meeting defined levels of service (SLAs)
Understanding and operating within regulatory framework including ELTO, product oversight and governance, audit and DA management and identifying and escalating any risks to the business
Working in partnership with Underwriting Operations to enable underwriting of quality business within appetite
Working with Distribution to review options to improve our proposition
Undertaking Underwriting Development projects

What you\’ll need to have

Experience of drafting policy wordings
Cert CII. Dip CII preferred, or working towards
Detailed knowledge of general insurance principles
Solid understanding of the regulatory framework
Experience identifying and escalating risk.
An analytical approach with high levels of attention to detail.
Clear and concise written communication with experience of submitting balanced and well considered recommendations.