Do you have Construction Liability Underwriting experience?
Are you looking to progress your career working for a great people focused company?
Come and join our National Markets UK Broker Construction team here at Markel as a Senior Underwriter
What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!
The opportunity:
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Underwriter – Construction Liability to join our NMUK Broker team working across any of our offices in Leeds, Manchester or Birmingham. Our NMUK Broker Channel is the largest and fastest growing of all our of UK business area’s. The vacancy will report into our Head of Construction Sector Sales and be focused on underwriting Construction new business risks.
You’ll be working in a small but friendly team with big growth plans, prospecting brokers, attending broker meetings and visits and writing liability, PI and contract works within the construction property side. It’s crucial that you have construction liability experience for this role. We can offer a great base salary plus a generous quarterly bonus scheme and great company benefits along with hybrid working between the office and home.
What you’ll be doing:
- Provide and maintain a good level of underwriting, demonstrate a detailed knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels
- Review broker generated quotes and encourage broker to place the business with Markel by highlighting our product benefits and negotiating terms
- Maintain existing broker relationship through regular development meetings in conjunction with the Head of Care Sector Sales and Business Development Managers
- Handle workflow from enquiry receipt to outcome through the Markel workflow platforms
- Actively seek new business prospects utilising the CRM system accordance with the CRM Working Practices guide
Our must haves:
- Have previous experience within Construction Liability underwriting and/or underwriting portfolios and binders
- Working with a specialist broker panel is preferred
- Good communication skills and experience with dealing with clients by email and telephone
- Have previous experience with proactively managing own workflow.
Who we are:
Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.
We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further
What’s in it for you:
- A great starting salary plus quarterly bonus & strong benefits package…
- 25 days paid holiday (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
- Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
- There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!
What we hope you’ll do next:
Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.