Senior Development Underwriter - FI in Glasgow

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What Is the Opportunity? Our Financial Institutions team is looking for a Senior Underwriter to join them in the London office. In this role you will be pivotal in driving business growth through strategic relationship building and new business development. You will be responsible for underwriting predominantly new business, leveraging your underwriting authority to make impactful decisions. This role offers the perfect blend of underwriting expertise and sales acumen, as you’ll collaborate closely with regional and product colleagues alongside internal and external business partners to attract fresh opportunities, retain valued customers, and explore innovative business ventures. You’ll take direct ownership of broker development and management, positioning yourself as the local market expert while serving as a role model and mentor to other team members. Travelers Europe currently offers flexibility to employees who wish to work on a hybrid basis in accordance with our Hybrid Work Arrangements Policy.

What Will You Do?

• Underwrite and assess risk for products and accounts from assigned brokers.
• Make appropriate decisions within own underwriting authority in addition to considered, intelligent, and complete recommendations to regional or product underwriting leadership.
• Consistent with TICL underwriting principles underwrite more complex accounts and risks and consider different approaches toward risks to maximise profitability.
• Make prompt, sound decisions within underwriting authority and based on appropriate underwriting information.
• Negotiate terms and conditions consistent with regional or product underwriting requirements and standards within submission timeframe.
• Understand and execute product segment strategies to produce budgeted results.
• Continuously manage book of business (maintain quality of business required by regional or product underwriting strategy).
• Accountable for accurate underwriting documentation and information in account management systems and adherence to documentation standards.
• Embrace required working practices with allocated Underwriting Account Management resource in order to deliver appropriate and timely underwriting service on your accounts at all times.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues in Head Office, Risk Control, Claims, Actuarial, and as needed, any other parts of the organisation.
• In exercising own underwriting authority, assure that policies and accounts are effectively underwritten, handled and documented in compliance with company and regulatory standards and requirements.
• Develop and leverage broker/client relationships through a high level of visibility and using a disciplined sales management approach.
• Effectively develop and execute sales plans for assigned brokers in conjunction with the regional sales leadership as appropriate.
• Create and achieve sales plans that identify and capture new business opportunities and effectively cross sell TICL products.
• Act as a responsible business partner with assigned brokers and clients, managing interests of TICL.
• Seek out and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues in other business units and regions to foster business development.
• Actively participate/lead regularly scheduled regional and product underwriting and/or sales meetings with your team.
• Demonstrate superior customer service standards.
• Work with others to help achieve underwriting, sales and production goals and understand and work towards strategic objectives.
• Customer interaction focusing on meeting customer expectations for response time and knowledge of products and business.
• Work strategically and tactically with brokers to ensure they have an appropriate level of understanding.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• University degree and/or Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Advanced Certification or Diploma.
• General knowledge of industry business operations and work methods, critical business issues and financial drivers that affect the Line of Business.
• General knowledge of the local insurance marketplace and effectively uses that knowledge to the Company’s advantage.
• Intermediate: Relationship Management, Business Perspective, Analytical Thinking/Financial Acumen, Product/Technical.

What is a Must Have?

• Previous experience of underwriting in management liability/professional indemnity/financial institutions.

What Is in It for You?

• Private Medical Insurance: On commencement of employment, you are eligible for single cover provided by Travelers.
• Retirement: Travelers will make a core contribution of a percentage of salary to your Pension Plan.
• Holiday Entitlement: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 25 days holiday entitlement annually.
• Wellness Programme: The Travelers wellness programme is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals.
• Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved.

Employment Practices: Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization.