Job Details

Product Manager - Commercial Motor

Sector:General Insurance

Region : Yorkshire & Humberside

Location: Leeds

Salary: Up to £46,000 + Excellent Benefits

Job Ref.: DBPMLS1206

Job Information

Cameron James Professional Recruitment are working closely with an award winning MGA based in Leeds as they look to recruit a Product Manager for Commercial Motor risks.

Reporting to the Technical Director the purpose of the role is to pro-actively manage product books, initiating and implementing product and price changes aligned to strategy to ensure delivery of the required return and desired income level.

Key duties include;

• Construct annual product business strategy, considering internal and external factors.

• Management of product budget/forecast reviews

• Develop and ensure adherence to the underwriting strategy through Senior underwriters

• Work with support functions to develop rating models and use appropriate and available MI to assess account performance, in order to achieve required targets (volumes, GWP and ULR’s)

• Manage the senior underwriters around the delivery of market leading product coverage and policy wordings, underwriting framework including underwriting guides, licences, QC’s and associated training and market leading rates/pricing structure

• Working with the Senior Underwriters, Distribution teams and Product performance analyst to support the development of new products

• Undertake appraisals, support and development of any staff who have a direct reporting line

• Develop sound competitor/market analysis framework, ensuring utilisation in strategy, product coverage and pricing decisions

• Ensure adequate underwriting framework is in place to support high service quality and proficiency through senior underwriters

• Adopting a customer centric approach, lifting the brand proposition and moving away from commoditisation

• Support of key initiatives and projects as required

Skills and experience;

• Working to ACII or other relevant qualification would be advantageous

• Extensive Underwriting experience with general commercial or personal insurance

• Strong problem solving and decision making skills

• Good working knowledge of local market

• Developing People

• Proven experience of being accountable for profitable underwriting performance