Development Underwriter - Property & Casualty

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid schedule with three days per week in the office and two days at home.

Company

hirify.global provides property and casualty insurance solutions to companies in the UK and Ireland, helping customers identify, prepare for, and mitigate risks.

What you will do

• Manage the profitability, growth, and retention of an assigned book of routine to moderately complex accounts across most products.
• Underwrite and negotiate moderate risks, including Mid Term Adjustments, to minimise risk and maximise profitability.
• Manage the portfolio, achieve key performance indicators, target new business and retention, and take corrective action on individual risk characteristics.
• Identify opportunities to write additional lines of business, use technology platforms to quote and bind risks, and support underwriting reviews and action plans.
• Build relationships with brokers and internal partners, market and sell products, attend meetings, develop pipeline plans, and support renewal retention and cross-selling.
• Train and mentor less experienced underwriters and support more junior team members, including referrals.

Requirements

• Good experience in underwriting, product knowledge, financial analysis, or risk assessment.
• A Levels or a similar qualification.
• Good knowledge of insurance products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market.
• Good critical-thinking skills, including the ability to underwrite, market products, identify financial challenges, analyse information, and make decisions aligned with the risk appetite.
• Communication and negotiation skills for working successfully with brokers.
• Ability to work effectively with people from different backgrounds, experiences, cultures, races, and viewpoints.
• Ability to review competitor press releases and industry trade press and connect relevant themes.
• Ability to participate in projects involving analysis and implementation of routine, non-complex business and regulatory changes related to new, maintained, or enhanced products.
• Ability to travel to meetings.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement for full-time employees: three days in the office and two days at home, subject to the company policy.
• Private medical insurance with single cover from commencement and the option to add dependants at personal expense.
• Core employer contribution to the Pension Plan, with an increased contribution available when the employee contributes.
• At least 25 days of annual holiday, with the opportunity to purchase additional days up to a total of 35 days.
• Wellness resources, discounts, caregiving support, and free professional mental-health counselling.
• Volunteer and charitable-giving support through Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards programmes.