Senior Underwriter

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Admiral Pioneer for a highly skilled Senior Underwriter. 

About Admiral Business

Admiral Business sit within the Admiral Group, and are the experts in business insurance, offering SME insurance for tradespeople, professionals, and couriers. They build products and services that put their customers’ first, combining agility with reliability to deliver innovative products and superior customer experience to the underserved SME market across the UK.

The role

As a Senior Underwriter within the Admiral Business Team, you’ll be a key part of a dynamic team, responsible for assessing risks and making informed underwriting decisions that help deliver competitive insurance solutions for our customers. This role is ideal for an individual with a solid understanding of underwriting who is looking to take the next step in their career, gaining experience while contributing to a forward-thinking team.

You’ll be involved in underwriting a wide range of business, ensuring that we offer policies that are not only well-priced and properly structured but also meet our company's risk management guidelines and customer needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Underwriting Decisions: You will review, assess, and price a variety of risks, making sure that each policy meets our underwriting standards and aligns with our risk appetite. Your decisions will ensure that our portfolio remains healthy and competitive, and that we’re delivering the best possible outcomes for our customers.
• Risk Assessment: You’ll use your underwriting expertise to assess the risks associated with each policy, ensuring the right balance between offering attractive coverage to customers and managing risk for the business. You’ll be expected to make clear, well-judged decisions while keeping the company’s guidelines and regulatory requirements in mind.
• Collaboration with the Team: You’ll work closely with your colleagues in the underwriting team to ensure consistency across the board and share your knowledge and insights. Your role will also involve working with other departments to ensure smooth communication and decision-making processes.
• Technical Guidance: As an experienced underwriter, you’ll assist more junior team members, providing guidance and sharing best practices to help them develop in their roles. You’ll also help maintain the quality and consistency of underwriting decisions across the team.
• Policy Development & Review: You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to the development and review of policy wordings. This will include making sure the wording is clear, meets regulatory requirements, and aligns with current market practices.
• Compliance: You’ll be responsible for ensuring that your underwriting decisions comply with internal processes, regulatory standards, and company policies. Working closely with the compliance and governance teams, you’ll help ensure that we meet all the required standards in our underwriting practices.
• Client & Broker Communication: You may need to engage with clients or brokers to explain underwriting decisions or resolve more complex queries. Clear communication and a customer-focused approach will be important in these interactions.
• SME Insurance Knowledge: Your knowledge of SME insurance will be valuable in assessing risks and identifying opportunities for process improvements. You’ll be expected to stay informed about industry changes and trends, applying that knowledge to enhance your underwriting decisions.

Key Skills, Qualifications, and Experience:

• Experience in Underwriting: You’ll have solid underwriting experience, ideally within the SME insurance market, and be comfortable assessing a variety of risks and pricing policies accordingly.
• Attention to Detail: A keen eye for detail is essential to ensure that all policies and documentation are accurate and compliant with internal standards and regulations.
• Problem-Solving Skills: You’ll have the ability to assess complex risks and identify appropriate solutions, balancing risk and reward effectively.
• Communication Skills: You’ll need to communicate underwriting decisions clearly, both internally and externally, and be able to explain your rationale to clients, brokers, and colleagues.
• Knowledge of Underwriting Guidelines: You should have a good understanding of underwriting guidelines, and be able to follow them while also recognising when exceptions may need to be made based on your professional judgement.
• Adaptability: The insurance industry is fast-paced, and you’ll need to adapt quickly to changes, embracing new systems and processes as they evolve.
• Cultural Fit: We’re looking for someone who shares our values of collaboration, innovation, and customer focus. Your positive attitude and commitment to high standards will make you a great fit within our team.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.

Admiral, Where You Can Be You

At Admiral you’re accepted, supported and empowered to be you. Because you’re brilliant.

We’re proud of our people-centric culture which has led us to being recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re committed to ensuring that at Admiral, progression is not slowed or haltered by barriers related to protected characteristics.

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