Senior Underwriter
Stride Resource Management
- Leeds
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Maintain and grow new business, renewal, rating and adjustment enquiries from your allocated client portfolio.
- Handle technical claim cover requests, liaise as required with brokers, insurers, Accounts and Claims functions.
- With a strong attention to detail, sign off referrals from Assistant Underwriters.
- Operate within the confines of the agreed personal delegated underwriting authority.
- Hybrid or remote working.
- CII/ Dip CII (Desirable), educated to A-Level standard or equivalent.
- Firm grasp of risk exposure, able to determine the acceptance criteria and risk classifications in a range of complex or unfamiliar situations.
- Underwriting experience in servicing accounts, use specialist technical knowledge to handle claim queries, ensuring a connected service. Extract and piece together required learning from a variety of opportunities and sources.
- Experience of planning and prioritising client renewals and seeking business opportunities
- Strong communication and social skills with clients and colleagues, good level of numeracy and literacy coupled with excellent attention to detail
- Analytical problem solving approach with initiative and a "can do" attitude
- An insightful, ambitious, willing teammate who takes ownership and accountability, keen to share expertise.
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to 'buy' 5 more days
- Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
- Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
- Income protection, we'll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
- Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
- Three fully paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
- Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
- Critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
- Emergency back-up family care
- And many more...