Senior Underwriter

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Brighton

Job : 204653

Ansvar, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Senior Underwriter to join our Brighton office.

As a Senior Underwriter at Ansvar, you will play a crucial role to the business in developing, negotiating and profitably underwriting new business within own authority and in line with Ansvar strategy.

Our portfolio is as diverse as the communities we serve - charities, property owners, businesses, office and retail, faith groups, social enterprises, and not-for-profit organisations. This is your chance to make a meaningful impact across sectors that truly matter.

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group — where all profits go to charity and good causes.

Develop, negotiate and profitably underwrite new business within own authority and in line with Ansvar strategy

Provide embedded underwriting support at partner and customer sites if required.

Plan, prioritise and manage individual work to deliver agreed objectives and meet SLA’s to deliver exceptional customer service.

Act as referral point for the team providing coaching, training in an appropriate time frame

Use the appropriate method of communication (telephone, face to face) to support Ansvar’s right first time approach in order to maintain successful Internal and External relationships.

Act on individual audit results and agreed action plans within agreed deadlines to improve own performance

Understand and operate within regulatory framework and identify and escalate any risks to the business.

Identify complaints, act upon them and resolve in line with company policy.

Conduct audits and provide feedback, coaching and training as appropriate

Provide team manager support as and when required.

Manage a defined caseload

Actively expand personal technical and niche knowledge both informally (networking internally and externally, internet, industry press) and formally (In-house training, CII, CPD)

Qualified Dip CII or commitment to achieve within an agreed timescale

Market, Industry and Company knowledge

A proven track record of delivering exceptional customer service

Experience of acting as a coach within a commercial environment

Experience of effective stakeholder management within a commercial environment

A competitive salary - let's discuss it

Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution

Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 6% and 24%

25days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme

An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance

£200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice

Encouraged to take 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

“We’re a dynamic, supportive team that values every voice – your ideas will be heard and you’ll have the chance to drive real growth in our business.”

Ansvar specialise in insurance to the third sector. We cover thousands of risks in the UK, and unlike other insurers, our products are specifically designed for the niches we insure.

Driven by our values of empathy, professionalism and trust, we hold a genuine desire to positively impact the communities we help protect.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering…