Role Overview

Strong risk & controls experience, an understanding of underwriting – and the confidence to challenge.

My client is an established insurance business that is investing significantly in its underwriting management and controls framework — and they’re looking for someone who can help shape it. While hands-on underwriting experience would certainly be valuable, this is first and foremost a risk and controls role.

They need someone with a strong controls mindset who understands why controls exist, what good looks like and, crucially, whether a control is actually managing the risk it was designed to address. This is not a role for someone who simply ticks boxes, chases exceptions and produces monthly MI.

They need someone who can:

• Design, develop and strengthen an effective underwriting controls framework
• Apply strong risk and controls expertise within an underwriting environment
• Challenge experienced underwriters with confidence and credibility
• Look beyond whether a control has been completed to assess whether it is actually effective
• Identify themes, trends and underlying risks rather than simply individual exceptions
• Bring greater structure, discipline and professionalism to the function
• Influence senior stakeholders and provide meaningful insight to committees