Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Can be based in either our London or Manchester office (Hybrid)

Job ref: 203546

About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for a Senior Underwriter to join our Art & Private Client team in the London or Manchester office.

The role holder will deliver exceptional customer service acting as part of the underwriting team, supporting Ecclesiastical’s “right first time” approach to customer service.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation. 

Key responsibilities

• Develop, negotiate, and profitably underwrite existing business within authority and Brand strategy.
• Act as a referral point, providing coaching and training to the team.
• Support less experienced team members with broker engagement and provide embedded underwriting support if required.
• Plan, prioritise, and manage work to meet objectives and deliver exceptional customer service.
• Conduct audits, provide feedback, and act on audit results to improve performance.
• Maintain and develop underwriting authority, expanding technical and niche knowledge through formal and informal learning.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Commitment to deliver exceptional service both individually and as part of a team.
• Understanding of relevant regulations, data protection, and confidentiality.
• ACII/DIP qualification or commitment to achieve within an agreed timescale.
• Experience in managing and influencing stakeholders, and building collaborative relationships.
• High levels of personal organisation, accuracy, and ability to manage own workload.

What we offer

• Hybrid working
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme up to 24%
  
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
  
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
  
• Up to £400 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
  
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

About us

Ecclesiastical Insurance offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK.

As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and are currently the UK’s 3rd largest corporate donor, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.