Senior Executive, Technical Underwriting (6-month fixed-term contract) in London

This is a market-facing technical underwriting support role operating at the centre of the Lloyd’s and London specialty market, with a strong focus on collaboration and strategic influence across the market. Supporting the LMA’s energy underwriting community (onshore and offshore), the role offers a unique opportunity to shape technical underwriting practices, market guidance and collective initiatives, with flexibility to contribute across other lines of business as required.

Working closely with underwriting committees and LMA members, the role provides technical expertise, coordination and advocacy on issues that matter most to the market. As a trusted partner to the Head of Technical Underwriting, you will lead and facilitate technical discussions, shape underwriting guidance, coordinate market-facing initiatives and deliver practical solutions to complex market challenges.

This is a highly visible role that offers direct exposure to senior stakeholders across multiple managing agents and industry bodies. It provides the opportunity to build a strong profile while contributing to the future direction of specialist underwriting classes.

The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) represents the interests of 59 Lloyd’s managing agents and members’ agents. The purpose of the LMA is to make the market a better place and in so doing, maintain the Lloyd’s market’s position as the pre-eminent leader in specialty and commercial risk. We seek to make the market a better place in five fundamental ways:

• Advocating on behalf of our members with key stakeholders, including governments, regulators and the Corporation of Lloyd’s.
• Providing technical and professional support, from developing model policy wordings to providing guidance on regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Supporting the ongoing development of underwriting, claims, finance, risk and operations professionals through the award-winning LMA Academy.
• Driving forward a digitalisation agenda for the market.
• Advocating for advancing the market’s inclusive culture.

Collaboration is at the core of what we do. We engage closely with our members to understand and tackle the issues that matter most, and we partner with Lloyd’s and other market associations to help shape the future of the marketplace.

Job Purpose

To support and represent LMA members by providing technical expertise, leadership and coordination across the LMA’s energy underwriting committees and to other business areas as required. The role will lead and facilitate committee activity, influence technical discussions and contribute to the development of market guidance, helping to shape current and future market initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support LMA committees and working groups, including facilitating discussions, setting agendas, capturing outputs and ensuring delivery of agreed actions.
• Act as a credible and authoritative representative of the LMA, confidently influencing senior underwriters and LMA members and contributing to complex technical discussions.
• Provide subject matter expertise on underwriting issues across energy business, with the willingness to get involved in other lines of business as required.
• Lead, initiate, manage and deliver technical underwriting projects in response to market needs and strategic priorities.
• Draft, review and contribute to policy wordings, clauses, reports and other market-facing documentation to a high professional standard.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with underwriting committees, managing agents and LMA members, as well as relevant bodies including Lloyd’s and industry organisations.
• Respond to LMA member enquiries in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Line manage and support the development of one direct report.
• Other duties from time to time as the LMA may reasonably require.

Person Specification

Technical Skills, Experience and Knowledge

• Extensive practical experience in the Lloyd’s and/or London insurance market.
• Deep understanding of energy insurance (onshore and offshore) is essential, with the ability to apply this expertise across specialty lines such as aviation, marine or engineering risks where required.
• Demonstrable experience in underwriting, claims, legal, compliance or equivalent technical insurance discipline.
• Proven experience in policy wording development, clause drafting and producing high-quality technical written outputs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a particular emphasis on drafting, report writing and clearly articulating complex technical concepts.

Key Behaviours

• Communication: Communicates complex technical topics clearly and confidently to senior market audiences, adapting approach to suit different contexts.
• Stakeholder management and influence: Builds trust and credibility with senior stakeholders and uses influence to align differing viewpoints and drive market-wide initiatives forward.
• Problem-solving: Analyses complex and often ambiguous issues, thinking effectively both in the moment and reflectively to develop practical, sustainable solutions.
• Leadership and people management: Brings out the best in others by providing clear direction, encouragement and development opportunities, including for emerging market leaders and developing professionals.

This role requires flexibility to attend committee meetings and market engagements. While the LMA supports flexible working, attendance in the office will be required based on committee schedules (typically around three days per week).

LMA Values

The LMA firmly believes that robust values at the heart of the organisation bolster its performance and enable the successful execution of strategy. We have five primary values that we strive to embody across the business in everyday practice:

• Trusted: Our expertise and independence enable us to influence, support and positively impact the market.
• Passionate: We take pride in helping the market to succeed and achieve great outcomes for our members and their customers.
• United: As a representative voice of our members, we connect and work with our people and communities to build consensus around a common purpose.
• Bold: We strive to be adventurous in what we do, allowing us to lead, challenge and think innovatively.
• Inclusive: We enrich the marketplace by developing people and seeking ideas from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures, and skills. We embrace a diverse and flexible workplace.

By encouraging these values internally, the LMA hopes that they will permeate beyond the business and into the marketplace, helping create a more dynamic, modern, and productive working environment.

Employee Benefits

The LMA offers a comprehensive package of employee benefits. These include but are not limited to:

• A competitive pension package with a generous employer contribution.
• An industry-leading flexible working policy, built on trust.
• A generous annual leave allowance, with the option to buy and sell holiday, plus additional paid leave for key life events.

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