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About the Role

Lead the profitable growth and strategic development of the UK and European SME and mid-market Financial Lines portfolio by combining underwriting excellence, commercial acumen, and market engagement to expand distribution, strengthen trading relationships, and deliver sustainable portfolio growth.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite new business, renewals, and mid-term adjustments accurately and compliantly.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities.
• Lead new business generation initiatives across Financial Lines products.
• Collaborate with carrier partners to develop and launch new propositions.
• Champion Financial Lines propositions to drive broker adoption, product penetration, and profitable growth.
• Build and maintain strong, positive relationships with carriers and brokers.
• Manage and support a small team of underwriters.
• Support the Underwriting Manager in delivering the business plan and budget.
• Act as a referral point and support the training and development of less experienced colleagues.
• Prepare terms for referral to facility insurers for risks outside individual underwriting authority.
• Ensure agreed service standards are consistently achieved.
• Work effectively with Business Support, Claims, and Accounts teams.
• Provide a high standard of service to Aon coverholders on delegated authority facilities.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support business development.

Requirements

• Experience underwriting risks within an insurance company or MGA.
• Strong technical knowledge of financial lines markets.
• Track record of generating profitable new business.
• Strong broker development and relationship management skills.
• Commercially astute with the ability to identify growth opportunities.
• Confident in presenting to brokers, insurers, and senior stakeholders.
• People management experience and/or experience leading a product.
• Ability to work proactively without direct supervision, as well as collaboratively as part of a team.
• Ability to achieve enquiry targets.
• Enthusiasm to learn and develop within the role.
• Accurate and timely completion of work.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with brokers and carriers.

Skills

• Underwriting excellence
• Commercial acumen
• Market engagement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong literacy and numeracy skills

Location

• London, UK
• Redhill, UK

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Manager

Education Level

• A Level standard or above (ideal)
• Minimum Cert CII qualification

About the Company

• Headquartered in London, Aon Plc is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions.
• Aon's 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.
• Aon Underwriting Managers (AUM) is a Managing General Agent (MGA) owned by Aon UK Limited operating under delegated authority on behalf of Insurers to provide underwriting and/or claims handling services.

Equal Opportunity

• Aon is an equal opportunities employer.
• Aon's recruitment and selection policy ensures the best possible skill mix of colleagues and the highest quality candidates are appointed using objective job-related criteria.