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Underwriting Team Leader

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  • Colchester
  • Posted 31st Mar 2011
  • Posted by: EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS LTD
  • Salary: Excellent
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Address: 3A PRINCES STREET
    Ipswich
    IP1 1PN
  • Contact: 01473 344950 or 01603 513090
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  • This job has been viewed 79 times since it was posted.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to become a Team Leader responsible for managing a team and profitable underwriting of Commercial insurance.

Key responsibilities

  • €¢ Provide leadership to the team to achieve agreed service standard level agreements and productivity levels

  • €¢ Ensure that the team are achieving budgeted renewal retention level on existing business

  • €¢ Develop team members and monitor their performance

  • €¢ Underwrite consistently and profitability

  • €¢ Develop close, effective relationships with brokers and regional underwriters

  • €¢ Identify and challenge non-standard underwriting decisions

  • €¢ Identify non performing broker accounts in terms of key performance indicators and work with the relevant regional underwriters to ensure appropriate action is taken

  • €¢ Act as a point of referral point for trainee underwriters

Key requirements

  • €¢ Two years relevant development underwriting experience

  • €¢ Demonstrable drive, self motivation and determination to achieve results

  • €¢ Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills

  • €¢ Able to make decisions in difficult and complex situations.

  • €¢ Strong influencing, negotiation and leadership skills

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