Commercial Underwriter

Company Overview

At RSA, we pride ourselves in providing our customers with unwavering professionalism and a range of insurance options to meet their needs. That’s why we’re always looking for the most talented people to join us and ensure we continue to deliver the products and service our customers expect.

We are currently recruiting for a Commercial Underwriter to join our established and experienced Underwriting team here at RSA.

Your Role

This role involves working with selected brokers to optimise profitable growth from your selected broker accounts. You will apply a range of underwriting, relationship management and business development techniques to optimise sustainable profitable business growth. This applies to new and/or existing cases within our agreed process and defined risk appetite.

You will spend the majority of your time working with your selected brokers identifying, discussing, negotiating and converting new and existing business opportunities with premiums between £15,000 - £100,000 and making effective underwriting decisions.

About You

• Knowledge or experience of underwriting (Property, Packages or Liability)
• Experience of working with insurance brokers is desirable
• Experience across a range of insurance products would be beneficialWhat we offer you

At RSA we have learnt from the last few years and know that the way in which our people work best has changed. To reflect this, we have implemented a hybrid and flexible working policy, knowing that our colleagues value the ability to bring their best selves to work, whether that be at home, or in the office.

Our Underwriting team have a strong culture of support and development, we work with our colleagues to provide them with the tools they need to develop their careers and do their jobs to the best of their ability.

About Us

We celebrate difference and it’s 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 wholeheartedly welcome applications regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, race, marital status, ethnic origin, religion, or social class.

We understand that, for most, home life is a priority, so we are happy to consider all our roles on a part-time or job-share basis. We are committed to hybrid-working so if you'd like flexibility in when, where, or how you work, we’d love to hear from you.

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

We want to make your candidate journey as easy as possible, so please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments.

Our Values:

Integrity - Be honest, open, and fair. Set high standards. Stand up for what is right.

Respect - Be kind. See diversity as a strength. Be inclusive and collaborate.

Customer Driven - Listen to our customers. Make it easy, find solutions. Deliver second-to-none experiences.

Excellence - Act with discipline and drive to outperform. Embrace change, improve every day. Celebrate success yet remain humble.

Generosity - Help others. Protect the environment. Make our communities more resilient.

Please note we will support additional needs in our recruitment process through reasonable adjustments

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Experience:

• Underwriting: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Horsham

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