Underwriter

Roles & Responsibilities

Purpose

Executes new and renewal underwriting, including selecting risks in line with the Canopius’ strategy and underwriting guidelines, operating within authority and documentation guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Contributes to plans for the book of business, tracks and reports performance to plan, and develops a clear view of market conditions and competitive landscape.
• Maintain trusted relationships with intermediary partners.
• Evaluates the performance of intermediary partners in production of business.
• Monitors and communicates production, hit ratios, renewal retention ratios, spread of risk and other production and quality measures.
• Prices business in accordance with pricing and underwriting strategy.
• Reviews data proactively as a method to identify new opportunities within the underwriting function.
• Monitors resources regularly for changes in laws and market conditions that will impact the underwriting department and procedures.

Skills

Tell employers what skills you have

Negotiation

Casualty

Microsoft Excel

Data Analysis

Regulatory Compliance

Reinsurance

Property

Energy

Administration

Strategy

Stakeholder Engagement

Underwriting

Portfolio Management

General Insurance

Statistics

Decision Making

Pricing