Development Underwriter - High Hazard
Coventry, West Midlands, CV1, England, UK
Listed on 2026-07-30
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Insurance
Underwriter, Property Insurance
UK (Location Flexible) | Home-Based with Regional Broker Travel Do you know the high hazard market well enough that brokers call you before they call anyone else?
We are exclusively partnering with a well-regarded, entrepreneurial MGU that is launching a High Hazard proposition and is looking for a Development Underwriter to play a key role in its success from day one.
This isn't a maintenance underwriting role. It's an opportunity to build a portfolio, develop broker partnerships and become one of the recognised faces in the market behind a new proposition backed by significant underwriting expertise, strong insurer capacity and long-term investment.
The business operates at a high level, combining the agility of an MGA with the infrastructure, underwriting capability and financial strength of a much larger organisation.
In short:- Be part of a brand-new High Hazard proposition from day one
- Significant underwriting authority with the autonomy to trade commercially
- Build your own portfolio rather than simply maintaining an existing account
- Work within an entrepreneurial MGU that values underwriting expertise over process
- Well-funded platform with established infrastructure and long-term backing
- Flexible location with a genuine UK-wide broker trading remit
- Develop profitable new business across high hazard commercial risks
- Build and strengthen relationships with UK retail insurance brokers
- Underwrite and negotiate complex Property & Casualty risks across the key higher hazard trades
- Become a recognised market presence for the business within your region
- Play a key role in the successful launch and growth of the new underwriting proposition
- Development Underwriting experience within the UK commercial insurance market
- Strong experience underwriting higher hazard Property & Casualty risks
- Existing broker relationships that can generate new business quickly
Commercially-minded trader who enjoys winning business rather than simply servicing it - Able to demonstrate a track record of profitable portfolio growth
- Ambitious individual who wants to help build something rather than inherit it
If you currently operate as a specialist within the High Hazard space, but feel that your potential is limited by the constraints of your current platform, I welcome a confidential chat to discuss this opportunity further.
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