Your Role:
Apollo underwriters are at the forefront of Apollo in navigating the risk landscape and in this exciting newly created Underwriter role you will become the Lead face of Apollo Political Risk in London!
This role will be involved in every aspect of running a Political Risk / Credit book at a Lloyd's of London Syndicate. You will be involved in Reinsurance buying, managing, and setting aggregates, risk selection and liaising with actuaries, compliance, and exposure management.
What you’ll do:
Serving as the first point of contact engaging with brokers and clients – and actively communicate Apollo underwriting appetite and strategy through discussions and decisions, you will be instrumental to understand and meet the needs of our customers in an ever-changing world of risk.
- Underwrite Political Risk and Credit business in accordance with the Syndicate Business Plan and within the terms of your Underwriting Authority; up to $20m maximum line size.
- Monitor KPI’s and exposures for your class in accordance with the Syndicate Business Plan
- Underwrite in accordance with the reinsurance programme for your class, recognising any limitations or exclusions that may apply.
- Underwrite in accordance with Apollo’s policies and procedures, particularly those covering underwriting, pricing, delegated authority, and the fair treatment of customers.
- Actively participate in prebind and post bind peer reviews
- Responsibility for the maintenance of accurate underwriting records in line with the Underwriting Procedures
- Understand the pricing models for your class.
- Only accept business through intermediaries and coverholders approved by Apollo in accordance with internal procedures.
- Liaise with brokers, attend client presentations and meetings, and foster good relationships with existing producers.
- Actively drive Apollo’s vision and values. Attend and participate in Apollo committees as required.
- Represent Apollo on Lloyd’s / market committees, steering groups and working parties where requested.
- Represent Apollo externally in a manner that enhances Apollo’s reputation and profile in the insurance market.
- Mentor and guide junior Political Risks Underwriter.
- There will be a requirement for occasional overseas business travel.
What we are looking for:
- Significant experience in Political Risks underwriting.
- Exposure to and understanding of Credit risks would be highly beneficial.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a small specialist underwriting team, sharing knowledge across junior underwriters.
What you will get in return:
As well as your salary, this role offers a discretionary bonus plus a broad range of benefits, including Non-Contributory Pension, Private Medical & Travel Insurance.
