Commercial Insurance Underwriter

Are you interested in working for the world’s largest publicly traded Property & Casualty insurer with excellent employee benefits and offices in 54 countries? Are you an ambitious Property and Casualty Package underwriter with a passion for underwriting new business? If so, we would love to hear from you!

The role is for a Commercial Insurance Package Underwriter, focussed on new business development in the middle-market segment. You would be responsible for new business underwriting and trading with broker partners from across the North and Scotland, including pipelining, quoting, negotiating and writing new P&C package business.

You will be expected to have property and casualty technical experience, knowledge and aptitude to establish underwriting authority and exercise this within Chubb's technical guidelines and best practices. You will also be expected to have passion, skill and a track record for new business development in the upper lower middle-market segment. You will be measured against key new business metrics and goals.

Positive engagement and collaboration with our broker partners, underwriting management, sales and distribution and cross-line colleagues would be key to success in this role.

• Underwriting, quoting and converting new P&C package business in the lower middle-market segment, in line with targets and the overall business plan.
• Regular engagement with our producers and business development managers to develop and execute on a pipeline of opportunities
• Effective trading behaviours, negotiation and engagement to successfully close new opportunities.
• Consistently providing a high level of underwriting service and speed of response to our brokers.
• Collaborating with sales and distribution, other lines of business, risk engineering, operations and underwriting management to effectively deliver the Chubb proposition.
• Maintaining underwriting integrity by adhering to Chubb's best practices monitored by regular peer reviews.
• Keeping accurate underwriting records and data.
• Representing and promoting Chubb to brokers and building strong relationships with key producers.
• Conducting business ethically within Chubb's code of conduct, compliance guidelines, underwriting guidelines and service standards.
• An advocate for the brand, building and maintaining an excellent external reputation, consistent with Chubb's values, ethics, culture, and standards

• Solid experience in property and casualty underwriting environment.
• A track record and reputation as a dynamic new business development underwriter
• Knowledge and experience in the middle-market insurance segment.
• Results driven with ability to make own decisions and work on own initiative.
• Ability to adjust to shifting priorities and thrive in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication.
• Commitment to a high level of underwriting service and speed of response.
• A-Levels or higher, with a degree or ACII (or progress towards these) preferred but not essential.

• Competitive Salary, Non-Contributory Pension & Annual Bonus Scheme
• 25 days Annual Leave plus ability to Purchase 5 Additional Days
• Private Medical Cover, Employee Share Purchase Plan, Life Assurance & Subsidised Gym Membership
• Learning & Development Offerings, Networking, Mentoring & Development Opportunities.
• 1-day annual Charitable leave, Cycle to Work Scheme, Active Sports & Social Committee, Employee Assistance Program.
• Flexible Working - We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements. This can be discussed with the Recruitment Business Partner managing this position.
• Integrity. Client focus. Respect. Excellence. Teamwork

Our core values dictate how we live and work. We’re an ethical and honest company that’s wholly committed to its clients. A business that’s engaged in mutual trust and respect for its employees and partners. A place where colleagues perform at the highest levels. And a working environment that’s collaborative and supportive.

At Chubb we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness and respect, regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family circumstances.