Underwriting Analysis Manager - Personal Lines - Major UK Insurer

Excellent opportunity to join the personal lines underwriting department of one of the most trusted names in the UK insurance industry as an Underwriting Performance Analysis Manager. Working with a business where employees and customers are always at the core of their values and practices, you will be offered excellent opportunities to develop and progress your career, alongside a competitive salary and benefits package.

Job Description

Leading a team of underwriting performance analysts, you will have a solid background within general insurance pricing, or underwriting analysis, alongside experience developing and motivating others.

This is a key role to help drive the performance and profitability of market leading personal lines products, as well as assisting in driving strategy within the department forward.

Your duties as an underwriting performance analysis manager will include but not be limited to the following:
-Deliver expert technical and analytical underwriting support to achieve performance targets and the Underwriting strategy including managing the delivery of change within Pricing & Underwriting and across divisions.
-Manage underwriting footprint across all Motor channels, implementing underwriting rule (including referral rules) and rating changes to deliver key trading performance metrics, whilst ensuring adequate control of risk appetite. Identify opportunities for underwriting footprint development and new underwriting rule capability.
-Manage the identification of risk exposure trends through underwriting performance and mix monitoring, working with the Underwriting Development team and wider business to deliver mitigating actions. Ensure appropriate reporting is in place across relevant trading and risk forums.
-Manage the underwriting question set and underwriting data sources, including application fraud prevention measures, understanding and controlling their impact on key trading and customer metrics. Identify opportunities for question set, underwriting data and fraud prevention developments, and work with the Underwriting Development team to deliver change.
-Monitor the impact of the Motor product structure, including cover levels, excesses and terms and conditions, on key trading and customer metrics, identifying opportunities and working with the Underwriting Development team to deliver product change.
-Ensure Technical & Margin Pricing developments and changes in Pricing capability are appropriate for underwriting purposes, and that underwriting rules are aligned.
-Ensure appropriate Underwriting controls are in place and followed with respect to testing, implementing and adhering to wider company risk appetite.
-Liaise with a wide variety of teams in order to shape, own and deliver your team`s priorities, working effectively with the wider Underwriting team, Category teams, wider Pricing and Underwriting teams and other areas.

The Successful Underwriting Analysis Manager

You will come from an underwriting, or pricing background within general insurance, and ideally have worked with personal lines products. You will have experience in the analysis of performance, and be able to use the meaning of data to suggest, and help implement changes to increase profitability.

You will experience in managing, mentoring, and developing junior staff members, and be able to get the best out of others on an individual, and collective basis.

Use of software such as SAS and SQL will be highly advantageous due to the analytical nature of the role.

You must be a first class communicator with the ability to confidently interact with senior stakeholders, and explain the meaning of complex data in simple terms.

If you fit the above criteria and want a role within a fast paced, rewarding environment, where your input will make a positive difference to the overall success of the business, I would like to hear from you.

What`s on Offer for the successful Underwriting Analysis Manager

Competitive base salary depending on experience, coupled with an excellent benefits package and bonus.