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About the Role
As a Technical Underwriter, you will be the technical expert supporting our Partnerships business, ensuring our products and documentation are accurate, compliant, and fit for purpose. You will work closely with underwriting, legal, claims, product, and business development teams to draft and maintain policy wordings, delegated authority agreements, appointed representative agreements, and reinsurance treaties. You will also support new product development, provide technical guidance and training, and help ensure our products continue to meet legal, regulatory, and underwriting standards throughout the partnership lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Draft and maintain policy wordings, delegated authority agreements, appointed representative agreements, and reinsurance treaties.
- Support new product development.
- Provide technical guidance and training.
- Ensure products meet legal, regulatory, and underwriting standards.
Requirements
- Experience in commercial or consumer insurance underwriting, or a similar technical insurance role.
- Experience drafting or reviewing insurance documentation, policy wordings, or delegated authority agreements, or transferable experience in legal, compliance, or product governance.
- Good understanding of insurance regulation and underwriting governance.
- Experience working with insurers, MGAs, affinity partners, or delegated authority arrangements is advantageous.
- Degree qualified, or equivalent relevant industry experience.
- ACII qualified or working towards the qualification is desirable.
- Collaborative approach and ability to build strong working relationships.
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
- Proactive, solution-focused mindset and sound commercial judgement.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Technical expertise in insurance
- Product development
- Policy wording
- Delegated authority agreements
- Reinsurance treaties
- Technical guidance
- Underwriting standards
- Analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Commercial judgement
Location
- London
- Manchester
- Birmingham
Work Type
- Hybrid
Education Level
- Degree qualified or equivalent relevant industry experience
- ACII qualified or working towards the qualification is desirable
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid working
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and wellbeing days
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Up to 13% employer pension contribution
- Private medical and dental cover
- Life assurance
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme
- Study support and continuing professional development
About the Company
- HSB helps businesses build resilience through technical excellence, specialist engineering expertise, and market-leading insurance solutions.
- Part of the wider Munich Re Group.
Equal Opportunity
- At HSB, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion foster innovation and resilience and enable us to act braver and better. Embracing the power of DEI is at the core of who we are. We recognise diversity can be multi-dimensional, intersectional, and complex, so we want to build a diverse workforce that includes a wide range of racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities; economic and geographic backgrounds; physical abilities; ages; life, school, and career experiences; and political, religious, and personal beliefs. Additionally, we are committed to building an equitable and inclusive work environment where this diversity is celebrated, valued, and has equitable opportunities to succeed.
- All candidates in consideration for any role can request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of our recruitment process by speaking with their Talent Acquisition contact.