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Casualty Underwriting Manager
Benefact Group. Provide technical leadership across the Casualty and Financial Lines portfolio .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates strong technical underwriting expertise in Casualty and Financial Lines, with a focus on portfolio management, underwriting performance, and governance. Proven ability to lead and develop underwriting teams while managing stakeholder relationships and driving strategic initiatives.
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Technical Underwriting ExperiencePortfolio ManagementLeadership and CoachingPolicy Wording DevelopmentACII Qualification
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Hard Skills
Underwriting PerformanceCase UnderwritingPricing DisciplineCoverage GovernanceData ImprovementWorkflow ImprovementComplex ReferralsEmerging Risks IdentificationUnderwriting QualityGovernance Frameworks
Soft Skills
Strong CommunicationAnalytical SkillsStakeholder ManagementTeam BuildingCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
Underwriting TechnologyData Analysis ToolsWorkflow Management Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
ACII QualificationProfessional Qualification Progress
Industry Keywords
CasualtyFinancial LinesEmployers’ LiabilityPublic LiabilityProfessional IndemnityManagement LiabilityCyberThird-Party Delegated AuthoritySchemesMGAs
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide technical leadership across the Casualty and Financial Lines portfolio
- Act as a senior referral and escalation point
- Translate portfolio strategy, risk appetite and performance priorities into underwriting actions
- Identify emerging risks and opportunities using performance insight
- Maintain underwriting quality, pricing discipline and coverage intent
- Lead, coach and develop Portfolio Underwriters and technical specialists
- Set team expectations and build a positive, accountable and collaborative culture
- Support technical development, authority progression and talent development
- Establish team priorities and coordinate resources against portfolio and business needs
- Lead or support strategic underwriting initiatives
- Identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve the underwriting journey
- Coordinate development and maintenance of Casualty and Financial Lines policy wordings and underwriting guidance
- Collaborate with Product, Claims, Legal, Compliance and underwriting stakeholders
- Manage relationships with third-party suppliers, capacity providers and strategic partners
- Ensure underwriting expectations, responsibilities and delivery requirements are clear and appropriately governed
Requirements
What you’ll need- Strong technical underwriting experience in casualty, financial lines or both, including experience of case underwriting and pricing
- Experience of complex referrals and underwriting decisions
- Experience of leading, coaching and developing underwriting professionals
- Sound understanding of portfolio management, underwriting performance and governance frameworks
- Ability to manage competing priorities and contribute to projects or change initiatives
- Strong communication, analytical and stakeholder management skills
- Experience across Employers’ Liability, Public Liability, Professional Indemnity, Management Liability, Cyber or associated classes (stands out)
- Knowledge of policy wording development, coverage governance and product governance (stands out)
- Experience of schemes, MGAs or third-party delegated authority arrangements (stands out)
- Experience of underwriting technology, data or workflow improvement (stands out)
- ACII qualification, or progress towards an appropriate professional qualification (stands out)
Benefits
Comp & perks- Hybrid working
- Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
- Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 7.5% and 30%
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Holiday buy and sell scheme
- Private healthcare
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
- At least one volunteering day per year
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Full study support to gain professional qualifications
- Access to virtual GP
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Career and development opportunities