Underwriter - Contractors in London

My client is building out its Casualty offering across Europe and wants someone to come in and effectively lead that build — shaping the proposition across the European market, with a particular focus on London, Dublin, the Netherlands, Germany, Zurich, and Antwerp. I can share the client's identity directly with anyone I speak to, but for now: this is a top 10 MGA in Europe by premium, headquartered in Dublin, with local underwriting expertise across its regional hubs. It was built by bringing together a number of established MGAs under one group and consolidating them into a single, unified underwriting team — combining specialist knowledge across Financial Lines, Property & Casualty, Fine Art/HNW, and Specialty lines. ~ Financial Lines — including a strong London PI team, Crime, and Cyber (London & Frankfurt) ~ Fine Art / HNW — run out of the Netherlands ~ Specialty — Warranty & Indemnity, Tax, Marine Trade Credit, Political & Crime, Aviation, and Energy, written EU-wide including Scandinavia and the Netherlands ~10 in Dublin, with the remainder spread across their European hubs) ~ They don't just write European business they also write global non-US casualty risk, including from territories such as Australia Experience building or significantly growing a book of business, not just managing an existing one Financial alignment for key hires equity participation is on the table for people who can demonstrate a track record and are ready to build Access to meaningful distribution, including significant pull-through from within the wider group's broking network