Underwriting Team Leader

Introduction

At RSA, we believe insurance is about people, not things. We provide our inspiring colleagues the support and opportunity to grow together, shape the future, and win as a team. We are going through a transformation journey, providing our people with opportunity to be integral to improving our service and delivering better products to brokers and customers. We are a proud member of the Intact family, we feel part of something bigger, with a presence in North America, the UK and Europe.

We have a bold ambition to become the best Commercial Lines business in the UK, demonstrated by our recent acquisition of NIG and Farmweb, allowing us to scale by leveraging our combined financial strength and importantly ensure our people feel the benefits of our joint capabilities.

We are currently recruiting for an Underwriting Service Leader to join our established and experienced Underwriting team here at RSA on a hybrid basis.

Your Role

The purpose of your role is to provide support to the Regional Manager with the service delivery, operational performance, capability and governance for a team of underwriters to deliver the P&L results. You will lead a team of Underwriters tasked with underwriting profitable new & renewal business in line with the portfolio strategy and performance targets and take responsibility for ensuring the team adhere to internal & external compliance standards.

You will be involved in developing and implementing operational plans, business development activities, monitoring and reporting business performance, managing stakeholder relationships and guiding and developing the team. You will support the RM to develop the business plans using various tools to enhance the performance of the P&L to deliver a great service to the market.

You will focus on developing capability of the team, monitoring performance to deliver excellent service by managing resource requirements and provide coaching and mentoring to your direct reports.

About You

To be successful in your role it is essential that you have previous people management experience, with excellent analytical and numerical skills. You will also require insurance experience, ideally commercial but others disciplines of insurance can be considered. You will be highly supportive, engaging and motivational and be able to lead indirectly, virtually and via others. You will have skills such as resilience, inclusion, tenacity and balance.

You will have a positive approach and have a solutions-oriented mindset.

What We Offer You

At RSA we put our people first. We have adopted hybrid working as standard, to give you a better work/life balance and an excellent flexible working mindset. That is on top of a comprehensive range of benefits, including pension contributions of up to 11% looking after you now, and in the future.

We will give you countless opportunities to continuously develop, alongside a diverse and passionate community of experts, the best the industry has to offer. You will be empowered to be your best self, do your best work, and make a meaningful impact. Our employee promise allows you to shape the future, win as a team, and grow with us.

About Us

We celebrate individuality and it is important to us that we have a culture where our people feel respected and valued for who they are. We pride ourselves on being accessible and encourage inclusive environments where our people can always give and show the very best of themselves.

We understand that home life is a priority and are happy to consider reduced hours or job shares.

If you think you would be a great fit for us, but do not meet all the requirements of the role, please contact us as we would love to discuss how RSA could be the next step in your career journey.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.

If you wish to be considered under the scheme then please answer yes to the question Do you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme? in RSAs application form.