Underwriter, Insurance

Underwriter

Ecclesiastical Insurance UK

Location:

Newcastle (other regional Lycetts offices can be considered)

Working hours:

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration:
Permanent

Lycetts Insurance Brokers, proudly part of Benefact Group, is seeking an Underwriter to join our Newcastle office. This role is an excellent opportunity to manage and expand a renewal portfolio while gaining exposure across multiple sectors. You will collaborate closely with brokers to streamline renewals, help shape new products, and build strong relationships with insurers and colleagues.

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked among the UK’s top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group – where all profits go to charity and good causes.

• Playing a key role in managing and growing a developing renewal and new business portfolio.
• Opportunities to cross‑train across various binders and different sectors.
• Working with our broking team to ensure a smooth renewal process, reviewing and improving processes and client outcomes.
• Helping to establish new products within the underwriting team, building relationships with insurers and our account executives/handlers.
• Offering expert advice and solutions to our broking arm.
• Working on client‑centric projects, standardising and automating processes through innovative technology deployment.
• Being part of a growing team.

• Previous insurance industry knowledge, with experience in Farm & Estate or Commercial underwriting. We are interested in hearing from underwriters with different levels of experience and will position the role around the candidate.
• An insatiable appetite to learn and a positive, solution‑focused mindset.
• Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to build and nurture cooperative and productive relationships across the broader team.

• Cert CII qualified

• A competitive salary – let's discuss it
• Hybrid working available upon successful completion of probation
• Employer pension contribution of 5% rising to 10% after 5 years membership of the pension scheme
• Annual bonus scheme (discretionary based on individual and company performance)
• Life assurance cover up to 4× salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 26 and 27 for 5 and 10 years’ service respectively)
• Career development opportunities with funded support and financial incentives for all professional qualifications.
• Employee Assistance Programme with a wide range of benefits to keep employees healthy and supported.

The Lycetts underwriting team is working to achieve something extremely rare in the broking world – separating delegated authority from the broking arm and developing a centre for underwriting excellence. This centre will give underwriters of all levels the opportunity to grow and expand both personally and commercially, while providing a close‑knit support network.

The Lycetts Group has over 60 years of experience providing a comprehensive range of insurance, risk management, and financial advice to a broad cross‑section of commercial and private clients. We strive to be a trusted adviser and take pride in our high client satisfaction scores.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group of more than 30 businesses, owned by a charity and among the UK’s largest corporate donors. Our ambition is to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with plans to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow, and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135‑year history, and diversity of what we do enable us to build a culture of kindness, ambition, and passionate people driven to do better.

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs, and interests.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, please let us know.

* Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017‑26