Executive Underwriter Excess Casualty

This role’s primary responsibility is to underwrite, analyze and evaluate global excess casualty submissions using underwriting experience, and make underwriting decisions in line with underwriting guidelines and authority. The book is made up of mainly US domiciled Fortune 1,000 type clients operating in a wide range of industrial sectors such as Chemicals, Life Sciences, Rail, Logistics, Healthcare, Retail, Energy, Mining, Automotive and General Manufacturing. Join an established and highly experienced underwriting team with a mature book of business and a history of over 30 years of success on the London and Dublin Excess Casualty platform. This role offers an outstanding opportunity for a driven underwriter to grow professionally, contribute to a dynamic portfolio, and play a key role in shaping its future within the London market. We’re looking for someone who’s eager to learn, ready to make an impact, and excited to be part of a team with bold plans for expansion and development.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Attend underwriting meetings with brokers, prospective and existing clients.
• Grow, expand and develop the existing portfolio of business.
• Negotiate acceptable premiums, terms and conditions.
• Analyze coverage and contract language based on industry accepted policy forms.
• Ensure the timely and correct issuance of policy documentation.
• Develop and mentor other underwriters on the team, where applicable.
• Enhance cross-sell opportunities through the promotion of the Company's products and services.
• Assist in the development and implementation of new products, where applicable.
• Observe high standards of conduct and take all reasonable steps, both individually and collectively, to avoid causing harm to the standing and reputation of the Markel Group.
• Outline individual performance objectives and evaluate overall performance on an annual basis.

Key Skills:

• Previous casualty underwriting experience required across various industry risk classes.
• Experience with industry accepted policy forms including Claims Made, Occurrence and Occurrence Reported (Bermuda) forms.
• Experience with budgetary accountability and compiling reports for Management.

What’s in it for you?

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package.
• Up to 16% company pension scheme.
• Private medical and dental cover, Menopause plan, emergency care benefit (children/Pets/dependants).
• Income protection, Life assurance, electric car scheme, travel insurance.
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave.
• Countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career.

Are you ready to play your part? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward, reach their full potential and seize opportunities. You’ll find your fit amongst our diverse global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to think further because we believe that when we strive for better and realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. At Markel we are all about the people, celebrating the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns. We will ensure that individuals are provided with any reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations or adjustments that may be needed, including alternative formats of documents or information on how to apply offline.