Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, has an excellent opportunity for a Development Underwriter to join our Northern Region covering Scotland. 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.,

• Personally underwriting large and complex (£75+ premium) property and casualty new business submissions.
• Maintain the highest level of Underwriting Authority to support empowered underwriting within the Region.
• Act as an underwriting referral point, and coach, for less experienced colleagues.
• Work collaboratively with Strategic Account Manager and Development Account Manager by providing targeted underwriting activity across Broker panels.
• Act as niche subject matter expert and referral point, internally and externally.
• Proactively develop commercially successful relationships through targeted broker engagement.
• Develop and maintain productive internal relationships including Underwriters, Risk Management Surveyors/Consultants, Trading Manager, Operations Manager, Class of Business Directors, and Regional Underwriting Manager.
• Act as a regional stakeholder for the management of external tripartite relationships.
• Act as a regional lead on prospecting/pipelining activity, utilising CRM to build long term strategies to target and win new business opportunities.
• Present risk-based solutions pulling on innovation and continuous improvement, working in conjunction with risk control and claims.
• Promote Ecclesiastical's brand, values, and reputation in its markets, with customers, suppliers, and partners by having a visible and credible market presence.
• Actively expand personal technical and niche knowledge both informally (networking internally and externally, internet, industry press) and formally (In-house training, CII, CPD)
• Promote other Business Units such as Ansvar, Schemes, Broking, Eden tree and EPSL.
  
  ACII preferential or commitment to achieve
• Proven track record in a senior underwriting role.
• Significant experience of building and maintaining co-operative and productive relationships at all levels.
• Confident and influential communicator at all levels. The ability to coach others to develop and enhance their performance.
• Must have a full UK drivers license
  
  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. Benefact Group


• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Car allowance
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
• Generous annual bonus scheme up to 30%
• 28 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