Senior Real Estate Underwriter - London

A market leading Insurer based in London are looking for an experienced Senior Real Estate Underwriter to join their large and highly successful Real Estate practice. The company are one of the largest in the world with huge knowledge and experience in this sector. 

What you'll be doing:

• Ensure trading teams 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.
• Develop a robust pipeline of appropriate new business opportunities and ensure that long-term pipeline is realised by ensuring broker and client engagement.
• Lead meetings, presentations and tender responses with brokers and end customers to portray the company's capabilities and 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 your team, providing technical and trading input to improve the quality of decisions within their empowerment.
• 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.

What you'll bring:

• Keep an open mind: Keen to learn and challenge the status quo, able to approach tasks from different perspectives while focusing on helping colleagues and customers.
• Stay curious: You'll be perceptive of what our customers and the market wants and bring that knowledge into your work.
• Be a team player: Able to use your unique skills and knowledge to collaborate with your colleagues, take accountability and discover new ways of doing things.
• London Market underwriting experience is essential e.g. slip based business, bespoke wordings, international and captives.
• Excellent negotiation and sales skills.
• Experience of large case and portfolio management in the real estate sector, including client exposure.
• Knowledge of key London Market real estate stakeholders is preferred.
• 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 both internally and externally.
• Ability to succeed in a target driven environment and identify and convert business opportunities.
• Evidence of monthly management of intermediary performance using available MI/business tools
• Ability to adjust strategy where necessary to ensure achievement of financial KPIs against plan.
• CII qualification desirable

What we offer:

You can expect to receive:

• Salary circa £90,000
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Private Medical Cover
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wide range of employee discounts
• Gym benefits