At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the Cyber Underwriting team and drive portfolio performance in the London Market.
- Company: Join Travelers, a top property casualty insurer with over 170 years of excellence.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid work flexibility, competitive salary, and a supportive culture.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional growth and industry engagement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in Cyber underwriting while shaping the future of our business.
- Qualifications: Proven Cyber underwriting experience and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.
What Is the Opportunity? Our Cyber Underwriting team is looking for a high-impact Director to lead the London Market underwriting team. You’ll be at the heart of our Cyber portfolio; working closely with our Head of Cyber to support the strategic direction and growth of the book. You’ll combine hands‑on underwriting with strategic influence – managing a team and shaping how we grow in the London market. You’ll lead on pricing and risk selection, guide complex and high‑profile accounts, and be a visible market voice through broker engagement, thought leadership, and industry events. With responsibility for driving production, profitability and underwriting excellence, you’ll report on the success of the book and help execute our strategy. This is an incredible opportunity for a technical underwriter with Cyber experience in the London Market to drive portfolio performance and play a pivotal role in the future direction of our Cyber business.
Travelers Europe currently offers flexibility to employees who wish to work on a hybrid basis in accordance with our Hybrid Work Arrangements Policy. This entails full‑time employees working three days a week in the office and two days at home (or pro rata for part‑time employees). This policy may be changed at the Company’s discretion.
What Will You Do?
- Achieve the annually agreed production and profitability objectives.
- Ensure that new business, renewals and mid‑term adjustments within assigned product(s) are underwritten within published guidelines and authorities.
- Accountable for adequate pricing and classification of risks within assigned product(s) in accordance with the Underwriting Guidelines and rating consideration, liaising with Actuarial Department as required.
- Ensure adequate information is obtained to enable the selection of high‑quality business within the product segment.
- Ensure that all business written is within the gross and net capacity agreed each year in the structure of the ceded reinsurance programme.
- Monitor market developments within assigned product(s) and ensure that opportunities are maximised and threats are minimised.
- Research and develop new and existing areas within the product(s).
- Ensure policy documentation for customers accurately reflect coverage agreed and issued within the agreed service standards.
- Promote Travelers products, distribution strategy and philosophy and provide guidance on the Company’s underwriting philosophy, procedures and requirements by regular visits to brokers’ premises, maximising the opportunities for growth and profit of the commercial business.
- Ensure underwriters writing for the product comply with their authority levels, the Product Underwriting Guides, Technical Underwriting Guides and Commercial Underwriting Practice Manual.
