Senior corporate underwriter

Senior Corporate Underwriter Location: Manchester/Hybrid Opportunity to join an Insurer with ambitious plans to grow and at the same time offer an exciting proposition for the Manchester broker market and their customers. Looking for a senior trader to drive profitable growth through Mid-Market and Corporate clients with a turnover of around GBP250m upwards and develop key relationships. Duties * Underwrite new and existing business profitably, accurately, consistently and in line with established underwriting practices. * Proactively lead the development of strong trading relationships with panel of brokers, taking full ownership for the generation of profitable business from nominated panel. * Proactively develop a robust pipeline of appropriate new business opportunities and ensure that long-term pipeline is realised by ensuring broker / client engagement. * Lead meetings, presentations and tender responses with brokers / end customers to secure new business opportunities. * Coach, train and develop Senior Underwriters to continually improve their technical and trading capability from a New and Existing business perspective. * Act as the referral point for Senior Underwriters within the team, providing technical and trading input to improve the quality of decisions. * Work with Underwriting Manager to actively manage and review underwriting standards and licences within the team ensuring effective management and deployment of empowerment. * Effectively promote and deploy company strategy, product range, propositions and key differentiators to leverage commercial opportunities. Experience/Skills * ACII qualification desirable. * Excellent negotiation and sales skills. * Mid-corporate underwriting experience is essential eg slip based business, bespoke wordings, international and captives. * Experience of large case and portfolio management in the Commercial Property and Casualty sector, including client exposure. * High level of technical product knowledge for Commercial Property and Casualty classes. * Time management and prioritisation skills. * Established networking and relationship building skills. * Sound knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements for insurance. * High level of communication and negotiation skills with the ability to build positive relationships at all levels both internally and externally. * Ability to identify and convert business opportunities