Job Details

Commercial Motor Underwriter

Sector:General Insurance

Region : Yorkshire & Humberside

Location: Leeds

Salary: Up to £28,000 + Excellent Benefits Package

Job Ref.: DBFULS280715

Job Information

Our client is a leading MGA based on the edge of Leeds city centre and they are looking for an experienced Underwriter to to join their commercial motor team.

My client offer commercial insurance solutions and expert advice to their customers and have recently expanded their presence in the region.

You will be playing a critical role in managing the profitability and income of the branch’s Fleet account and assisting a sales team with technical advice and support.

Duties will include:

• Delivering planned underwriting results for designated accounts through proactive account review, analysis of underwriting trends and improvement plans implemented to improve profitability.
• Managing underwriting relationships with key brokers from designated accounts to deliver profitable growth.
• Acting as the referral point for underwriters, coaching underwriters to make decisions within their empowerment and providing technical and trading input to improve the quality of underwriting decisions.
• Actively managing and reviewing underwriting standards and licences within the team ensuring effective management and deployment of empowerment.
• Supporting the Team Manager to effectively manage the service provided to brokers and input to the performance management of Underwriters.


To be successful in this position you should be the following:

• Progress towards CII qualification desirable - or equivalent experience.
• Strong trading capability - commercial awareness, negotiation skills, ability to build strong broker relationships.
• Pragmatic decision-maker with good analytical and numerical reasoning skills.
• Strong analytical skills with proven experience of account monitoring and action planning.
• Strong level of Motor Fleet technical underwriting expertise in a commercial insurance environment.
• Sound understanding of Motor Fleet insurance market and processes across commercial lines insurance operations.
• Proven experience in decision making on a wide range of Motor Fleet technical underwriting scenarios within a Commercial environment.
• Strong level of Motor Fleet technical underwriting expertise in a commercial insurance environment.Excellent risk assessment and risk management skills.


On offer is a basic salary up to Β£28,000 plus an excellent benefits package, further career progression, free on-site parking and the opportunity to join an established and hardworking team.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity then please get in touch with Daniel Bell at Cameron James Recruitment on 0113 242 9411 or daniel.bell@cameron-james.co.uk