At a Glance
- Tasks: Underwrite and manage professional indemnity risks while building strong client relationships.
- Company: Join Markel Group, a Fortune 500 company with a global presence.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, annual bonus, 25 days holiday, and excellent health benefits.
- Other info: Flexible working options and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Make impactful decisions in a dynamic environment and grow your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in professional indemnity underwriting and strong analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 70089 £ per year.
The opportunity
A great opportunity to join a market leading Professional Indemnity team.
We offer insurance cover to clients worldwide across many professions including accountants, solicitors, insurance brokers, actuaries, construction and miscellaneous professions deploying capacity of up to £10m/€15m/$20m on any one risk.
We thrive on providing excellent service via our expert underwriters who are available both at Lloyd's and in the offices and have a flexible and innovative approach to underwriting that ensures that we can provide the best products for our customers.
What you’ll be doing
- Underwrite and manage a portfolio of professional indemnity risks, applying sound underwriting practices to assess, evaluate, and price new business, renewals, endorsements, and adjustments.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with brokers/clients to generate submission flow, secure new business opportunities, and identify cross-sell and up-sell opportunities.
- Offer best in class service to brokers/clients, producing timely quotes and managing the end-to-end renewal process.
Making decisions on whether to accept, decline, or refer risks, exercising underwriting authority within defined limits and clearly documenting underwriting rationale.
- Anticipate market trends and keep track of specific underwriting issues, legal developments, and emerging risks affecting professional indemnity lines.
- Assist with PI portfolio management with a focus on strategic, profitable, and sustainable growth.
- Actively promote the company brand within the market.
Our must-haves
- Experience in professional indemnity or financial lines underwriting and/or broking, with recognised knowledge of PI insurance products.
- Excellent local market knowledge and a strong professional reputation within the PI market.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to interpret complex risk information, financial data, and statistical analysis.
- Sound decision-making ability, particularly the confidence to make underwriting decisions under pressure and with incomplete information.
- Commercial awareness and a financial mindset, with the ability to balance risk and reward effectively.
- Ability to respond to a changing environment with flexibility and innovation.
- Relationship‑building skills – the ability to develop rapport and trust with brokers, clients, and colleagues.
- Awareness of claims trends and legal/regulatory developments relevant to professional liability.
Who we are
Markel Group (NYSE - MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.
We're all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further
What's in it for you?
- A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package...
- 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
- Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
Markel celebrates 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 are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful.
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