Technical Underwriter - Care
Leeds, Manchester or Birmingham
Hybrid (3 days office / 2 days home)
Shape the future of one of the UK's largest specialist Care portfolios !
At Markel, we're not looking for someone to simply underwrite risks.
We're looking for someone who wants to influence portfolio performance, shape underwriting strategy, challenge traditional thinking, and become a trusted technical leader within one of the most important areas of our business.
As our new Technical Underwriter - Care, you'll work alongside the Head of Care, supporting the management and development of our largest portfolio, a book that represents approximately one-third of our UK business. This is a newly created role designed to provide senior technical expertise, portfolio oversight and underwriting leadership, while creating genuine progression opportunities into future product leadership positions.
If you're an experienced commercial underwriter looking for a role that goes beyond day-to-day case underwriting, this could be the perfect next step.
Why This Role is Different:
This isn't a traditional underwriting position focused solely on processing referrals and quoting business. You'll become a key technical authority within the Care portfolio, helping to:
Support the highest-level underwriting referrals and technical decisions
Influence portfolio performance and profitability
Drive underwriting improvements and efficiencies
Support underwriting governance and trading strategy
Coach and support underwriting teams across the business
Challenge existing ways of working and help shape future solutions
Work closely with senior stakeholders across Underwriting, Claims, Actuarial and Distribution.
Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to make a visible impact on a strategically important portfolio while learning directly from one of the most experienced product leaders in the business.
What You'll Be Doing:
Working closely with the Head of Care and wider underwriting leadership team, you'll:
Technical Underwriting & Referral Authority
Review and support the most complex and high-value underwriting referrals
Act as a senior technical point of contact for the Care portfolio
Provide expert underwriting guidance and decision-making support
Support delegated authority and underwriting governance activities
Portfolio Management & Performance
Help manage and monitor overall portfolio performance
Analyse trends and identify opportunities for profitable growth
Support strategic underwriting decisions
Contribute to portfolio development initiatives and product enhancements
Stakeholder Engagement
Build strong relationships across underwriting teams and business functions.
Support and coach underwriters on technical matters.
Work with internal teams and external partners to improve outcomes.
Act as an ambassador for technical excellence across the business.
Continuous Improvement
Challenge existing processes and identify better ways of working
Support innovation and efficiency initiatives
Help reduce complexity while maintaining strong underwriting discipline
Contribute to the ongoing evolution of our Care proposition
What We're Looking For:
Essential
Significant commercial underwriting experience.
Strong technical underwriting capability.
Experience handling complex referrals and larger risks.
Knowledge of commercial liability and/or property insurance.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
The confidence to challenge constructively and influence others.
A desire to drive improvement and make an impact.
Highly Desirable
Care sector underwriting experience.
Experience within commercial combined business.
Exposure to portfolio management activities.
Experience working with delegated authority business.
CII qualifications or willingness to continue professional studies.
Who This Role Would Suit:
You might currently be a:
And you're looking for:
Greater influence and responsibility
Exposure to portfolio management and strategy
A role beyond day-to-day underwriting
A pathway towards future Product Head or leadership opportunities
The opportunity to help shape how underwriting is delivered in the future
Why Join Markel?
At Markel, insurance is more than policies and premiums. We're a people-first business built on specialist expertise, strong relationships and a commitment to doing what's right for our customers. As part of a Fortune 500 organisation with operations in more than 20 countries, we combine global strength with a highly collaborative and supportive culture.
What's in it for you?
Competitive salary and annual bonus opportunity
25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
Option to buy and sell annual leave
Excellent pension scheme
Private medical and dental cover
Life assurance
Income protection
Travel insurance
Funded professional qualifications including CII
Genuine career development opportunities
Exposure to senior underwriting leadership
Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
Ready to Make an Impact?
If you're an experienced underwriter who wants to influence strategy, improve portfolio performance, and play a key role in the future success of one of Markel's most important products, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of Care underwriting at Markel.
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 [email protected] 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.
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