Underwriter

• Drive Growth & Market Presence: Own and deliver ambitious growth targets across new business and renewals
• Build and position a market-leading Life Science proposition
• Work closely with brokers to uncover and convert opportunities
• Be a visible, credible presence in the market
• Lead from the Front (Trading + Technical): Combine deep technical underwriting expertise with commercial decision-making
• Take calculated risks to unlock growth
• Provide technical guidance on complex and specialist risks
• Act as the highest authority on underwriting appetite and referrals
• Shape the Product & Proposition: Lead ongoing product development and innovation
• Optimise wordings, pricing, and coverage
• Partner with distribution and actuarial teams to maximise performance
• Ensure the proposition remains competitive and relevant
• Influence & Develop Capability: Coach and upskill underwriters across new business and renewals
• Act as a technical and commercial leader without direct reports
• Drive a stronger, more daring underwriting outlook across the team

Head of Life Science Underwriting

• Capital model development & use‑case expansion
• Automation & trusted workflows
• Underwriting performance & actionable insight
• Best‑in‑class dashboards & visualisation
• Competitor & market intelligence (AI + analytics)

Senior Capital & Underwriting Analyst

• Portfolio reviews — Assist in the delivery of quarterly and annual review packs across all planning lines, ensuring consistent formatting, accurate data, and clear insight.
• Portfolio analysis — Support portfolio deep dives by joining meetings with underwriters to understand their book and working alongside other analysts as they lead the process.
• Stakeholder collaboration — Support senior Analysts in the team and develop strong working relationships with underwriters, actuaries, operations, and distribution teams.
• MI and reporting — Help provide the regular management information the business relies on, bridging gaps while automated reporting is developed.
• Ad hoc analysis — Contribute to one-off requests from underwriters and the underwriting office — such as line-size reviews, custom data cuts, portfolio mix analysis, and quote analysis — producing accurate, evidence-based conclusions.
• Data manipulation — Analyse external data and help apply it to Travelers' strategy.

Assistant Underwriting Portfolio Analyst

• Lead underwriting by managing complex risks and detailed referrals.
• Deliver the financial plan.
• Accountable for the accelerated growth of the Media sector.
• Identify and develop new opportunities for growth through pricing, product, distribution and underwriting.
• Use data to identify underwriting trends and process improvements to enhance customer experience.
• Develop and grow relationships with brokers and associations.
• Inspire, lead, and develop Underwriters through targeted coaching and training.
• Maintain policy wordings and provide thought leadership.

Head of Media Underwriting

• Support the development and optimisation of our Property & Casualty product suite
• Analyse product performance to identify challenges and opportunities for improvement
• Support product specification changes and contribute to roadmap delivery
• Collaborate with trading, pricing, and operational teams to ensure changes align with strategy and are effectively implemented
• Assist with testing and sign-off of product changes
• Communicate findings and updates to internal and external stakeholders in a clear and engaging way
• Monitor scheme performance, income, and profitability, ensuring alignment with underwriting criteria
• Contribute to the development of new products and schemes
• Stay informed on competitor activity and market trends to maintain product competitiveness
• Ensure compliance with FCA regulations and internal governance standards
• Promote the values of the Jensten Group and deliver positive outcomes for clients and stakeholders

Underwriting Product Manager

• **Overall Job Purpose**:
• Steamship Mutual are looking for two motivated university graduates interested in developing an underwriting career in a unique marine insurance sector. As a mutual Protection & Indemnity Club, Steamship insures shipowners and charterers from all around the World. Although the main office is in London, the Club has offices in major shipping centres, which allows it to service its clients in those regions in cooperation with London. A P&I underwriter’s role is to manage the key relationships with existing and prospective clients, as well to assess the risk which each client brings and ensure a corresponding premium is charged.

Graduate Underwriting Executive

• Capture risk details in AEGILITY
• Support with data analysis
• Collaborate with Actuarial and Data Science teams
• Conduct market research
• Manage relationships with brokers and clients
• Contribute to process improvements
• Prepare documentation and reports
• Support with audits and general team support

Underwriting Analyst – Marine Cargo, A&H

• Oversee day-to-day underwriting operations across multiple business lines and clients, ensuring efficient processing, data quality, and compliance.
• Act as the primary operational contact for underwriters, helping remove friction from their workflows and ensuring they receive timely, accurate support.
• Champion consistent operating standards across Company Market and Lloyd’s Syndicate environments.
• Build strong, constructive relationships with client underwriting operations managers, underwriters, underwriting assistants, and underwriting management, fostering collaboration and proactive problem-solving and work as a conduit between onshore and offshore teams.
• Coordinate with underwriting teams to understand business priorities, product needs, and pipeline demands.
• Support in ensuring knowledge gaps is addressed and teams can process risk setup requests with clear understanding and SLA guidelines.
• Assist in capacity planning for underwriting support teams, ensuring adequate coverage during peak cycles and renewals.
• Evaluate and enhance underwriting operations processes, reducing delays and ensuring compliant, audit-ready documentation.
• Support in the creation of a knowledge base to address client requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across submission intake, policy administration, bordereaux handling, sanctions checks, and issuance workflows.
• Implement and refine controls to ensure accuracy of data entering underwriting, finance, and regulatory systems.
• Monitor performance metrics, identify operational bottlenecks, and implement root-cause solutions.
• Ensure underwriting processes comply with Lloyd’s minimum standards, internal policies, and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Oversee audit activity within the underwriting operations function, preparing documentation and facilitating remediation plans where required.
• Maintain robust record-keeping practices and ensure operational readiness for Lloyd’s reviews, external audits, and internal governance forums.
• Manage and mentor an underwriting operations team, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and service excellence.
• Set team objectives, conduct performance reviews, and ensure ongoing professional development.
• Drive morale, clarity of expectations, and cross-training to build a resilient and versatile operations function.

Underwriting Operations Specialist

• Support the end to end underwriting process, logging and processing submissions on CFC’s underwriting system.
• Work closely with CFC underwriters and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop a thorough understanding of CFC’s workflow processes and systems.
• Providing excellent administrative support to underwriting teams to ensure target turnaround times are met.
• Managing the underwriting central inboxes and logging new and renewal submissions.
• Preparing various activity reports and spreadsheets as directed.
• Administering the department diary, including chasing outstanding items such as subjectivities and renewal business.
• Answering incoming calls and fielding queries as appropriate.
• Performing general ad-hoc administrative duties as required.

Underwriting Assistant – Technology

• Assist underwriters in preparing and reviewing submissions from brokers, ensuring completeness and accuracy of information.
• Input risk and policy data into underwriting systems (e.g., ARPS or Finance platforms).
• Generate and maintain quote sheets, binders, deal memos and policy documentation.
• Track, file and process renewals, endorsements, and mid-term contract changes.
• Assist with producing presentation materials for key internal and external stakeholders.
• Attend and process underwriting audits of existing clients.
• Gather, validate, and organize cyber risk data from submissions.
• Prepare and run exposure models and produce summaries for underwriter review.
• Support the monitoring of portfolio performance and aggregation control across cyber classes.
• Assist with research on emerging cyber threats, loss events, and industry trends.
• Support the continual improvement and updated view of Ariel Re’s Cyber view of risk.
• Communicate with brokers to request missing information, clarify terms, and follow up on outstanding items.
• Support underwriters in preparing for presentations and renewal discussions and capturing and documenting key discussion points and information from client meetings.
• Ensure timely responses to broker inquiries to maintain strong relationships.
• Maintain orderly and accurate electronic files, ensuring compliance with regulatory and Lloyd’s requirements.
• Coordinate with operations, compliance, and claims teams as needed.
• Support reporting requirements for internal management and external regulators.
• Track and monitor expected premium income from in-force deals and support the review of ultimate premium income estimates.
• Contribute to process improvements and best practice initiatives within the Cyber team.
• Review and prepare materials for underwriting audit and peer reviews.

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