Regional Underwriting Manager

Regional Underwriting Manager\\nHybrid – Ideally at least one day from the London EC3 office\\nSalary: £75,000 p.a. + benefits including share options.\\nFantastic opportunity to join highly successful global insurance group and Lloyd’s underwriting agency, supporting a team of 11 across London, Essex and the Southeast. The Regional Underwriting Manager will be managing your own Commercial Underwriting (mainly real estate but some household and non standard – 40%) whilst also ensuring your team perform to their maximum and achieve KPIs/SLAs (team performance management – 60%).\\nDuties for Regional Underwriting Manager:-\\n * Reviewing trading results and trends, identifying opportunities and overseeing the team.\\n * Evaluating the risk and exposures of customers for new business, mid-term adjustments and renewals from the company’s network of UK and Ireland brokers.\\n * Quoting, converting and retaining business to meet budget and underwriting performance targets for the range of specialist insurance products in the Real Estate division, facultative and sub binder distribution channels.\\n * Developing and growing the company’s presence, GWP and income in the Southeast by meeting or exceeding the budgeted new business and renewal retention rate for the region.\\n * Performance managing a team of 11, and lead, inspire and motivate the underwriters to achieve the agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA).\\n * Building training and development for new starters and existing staff in order to increase the team’s efficiency through continual process improvement and/or continual performance improvements.\\n * Underwriting new business, renewal and mid-term adjustments, trading with brokers.\\n * Developing, building and creating new broker relationships, with regular performance visits, meetings and broker events.\\n * Monthly reporting to Senior Management.\\n * Meeting operational objectives, SLA’s and KPI’s.\\n * Real Estate Underwriting and taking underwriting referrals where directed.\\n * Monitoring, encouraging and developing individuals’ performance and competency by way of regular 121’s, coaching, underwriting training and annual Personal Development Cycle (PDC) appraisal process.\\n * Supporting the full range of products where required.\\n * Understanding and distribute MI and working with the Technical Management and Business Development teams to ensure we achieve budgeted GWP and target loss ratios.\\n * Perform other duties from time to time as determined by the Senior Management Team.\\nSkills Required for Regional Underwriting Manager:-\\n * Ability to manage the performance of a team of underwriters across the Southern region.\\n * Cert CII qualified progressing towards Dip CII.\\n * Proven track record in property/real estate underwriting within an MGA, insurance company or Lloyd’s syndicate.\\n * Able to communicate the organisation's strategic objectives and targets