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Own Your New Business Portfolio – Win Deals & Build Broker Relationships from Day One
We're recruiting for a New Business Trading Underwriter to join a leading UK insurer's Manchester's team, managing your own P&L portfolio and driving regional growth through broker partnerships and commercial decision-making.
This role offers clear underwriting authority to manage new business across Property and Liability, with genuine exposure to broker trading, portfolio ownership, and technical decision-making. You'll work autonomously within your authority while collaborating with colleagues across underwriting, trading, and operations to deliver quality outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Underwrite new business submissions across Property and Liability within your delegated authority, assessing risk exposure and making sound commercial pricing decisions
- Build and maintain strong broker relationships through regular engagement, providing technical guidance and supporting brokers with competitive positioning
- Manage your portfolio autonomously to deliver growth targets while maintaining underwriting discipline and service standards
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to identify opportunities, resolve complex issues, and achieve consistent business outcomes
Qualifications
- Proven experience underwriting commercial or mid-market P&L risks, with strong technical capability and commercial judgment
- Excellent broker-facing and relationship management skills combined with confident decision-making ability
- Solid understanding of FCA regulation and underwriting governance, with experience working in large, established insurance organizations
Eames Consulting is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
To apply for this job please visit www.reed.co.uk.
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