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About the Role
Manage underwriting for a London Market Wholesale Safeguard (Sexual molestation liability) account within the Specialty Risks team. Provide expert advice on underwriting and market issues, leveraging technical expertise to enhance the product's market reputation and uphold the Beazley brand. While Safeguard is the primary focus, responsibilities also include handling underwriting and offering guidance on EPL.
Responsibilities
- Develop and underwrite a profitable portfolio of Safeguard business.
- Structure customized solutions considering team underwriting parameters and policy.
- Monitor premiums, costs, and claims ratios per contract, taking corrective measures for profitability.
- Assess risk premiums by examining risk costs, reinsurance cessions, capital exposure, and expenses.
- Supervise peer underwriters to ensure profitability and efficient administration.
- Manage and support assistants in routine duties.
- Align with Beazley’s underwriting control standards for business written through Lloyd’s or Beazley’s internal MGAs.
- Develop a good working relationship with claims managers.
- Advise, assist, and service clients on insurance and risk matters.
- Foster positive relationships with clients to understand mutual needs.
- Maintain good business relationships with brokers.
- Maintain awareness of Beazley’s overall product range and introduce other Beazley products to clients.
- Develop a standardized underwriting policy and guideline within Beazley.
- Develop guidelines and share business and class knowledge within the Safeguard and London Market Executive Risks team.
- Work with peers to improve business opportunities and profitability within the department.
- Share and gather knowledge within the Beazley Group.
- Produce presentations and marketing literature.
- Develop business plans and research documents for the Safeguard account.
Requirements
- Solid experience in growing new business and markets.
- Capability to guide new projects and initiatives.
- Extensive experience of Casualty, General Liability, Financial Lines underwriting will be advantageous.
- Detailed understanding of underwriting policy, philosophy, and practice.
- Extensive understanding of underwriting procedures and platforms.
- Client service experience.
- Mature Distribution relationships.
- Uphold Beazley’s core values: Being Bold, Striving for Better, and Doing the Right Thing.
- Align with Beazley procedures, policies, and regulations including the code of conduct.
- Participate in training on Beazley policies and procedures.
- Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all customers.
- Ensure all customer interactions are focused on delivering a fair outcome.
- Follow assigned responsibilities and stay updated on relevant developments.
Skills
- Growth mindset
- Confidence to build and lead project initiatives
- Strong analytical abilities with a focus on detail
- Ability to communicate, negotiate and influence effectively at all levels
- Excellent documentation and presentation skills
- Ability to manage time, meet deadlines and prioritize
- Motivational skills
- Team worker
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Team working
- Information seeking
- Problem solving
- Effective communicator
- Achievement oriented
- Leadership
- Organizational awareness
Location
- London Market
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 - $140,000 per year plus discretionary annual bonus
Benefits
- Attractive base compensation and discretionary performance related bonus
- Competitively priced medical, dental and vision insurance
- Company paid life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) plan with 5% company match and immediate vesting
- 22 days PTO (prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), 11 paid holidays per year
- Ability to flex religious bank holidays
- Up to $700 reimbursement for home office setup
- Free in-office lunch
- Travel reimbursement for travel to office
- Monthly lifestyle allowance
- Up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Up to 2.5 days paid annually for volunteering
- Flexible working policy
About the Company
- Beazley is a growing, dynamic organization.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunities employer and as such, we will make reasonable adjustments to our selection process for candidates that indicate that, owing to disability, our arrangements might otherwise disadvantage them.
- If you have a disability, including dyslexia or other non-visible ones, which you believe may affect your performance in selection, please advise us in good time and we’ll make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.