Marsh Risk
Regional Underwriting Lead UK – Fast Track Team
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R_358404 – Regional Underwriting Lead UK – Fast Track Team
We are seeking a talented individual to join our Portfolio Solutions Fast Track team at Marsh Risk. This role will be based in London, Norwich, or Birmingham. This is a hybrid role that requires working at least three days a week in the office.
Responsibilities
The Regional Underwriting Lead is responsible for:
- Leading the Regional Underwriting Team and owning the UK region (including the London Market).
- Developing regional relationships, identifying opportunities to strengthen and grow the Fast Track proposition, and supporting the successful placement of complex and bespoke business across the region.
- Working closely with regional placement teams, Account Manager teams, and other internal stakeholders to understand market nuances, identify areas for development in the Fast Track offering, and shepherd large or complex risks through the placement process.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure regional growth relative to the available portfolio, as well as the strength of relationships, quality of placement outcomes, and the ability to identify and convert regional opportunities.
- Take ownership for the UK and London Market region, ensuring local opportunities and market dynamics are understood and acted upon.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with regional placement teams and other relevant stakeholders.
- Help identify and progress large risks from initial client discussion through to final placement.
- Identify growth opportunities across the region and help convert them into business results.
- Work with internal teams to strengthen Fast Track’s regional proposition and competitiveness.
- Work closely with Account Manager teams to feed in business opportunities and support the right placement strategy.
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Requirements
- Strong underwriting and/or placement experience across regional or international insurance markets.
- Proven ability to manage relationships with placement teams, brokers, clients, and internal stakeholders.
- Experience handling complex or bespoke risks and supporting successful placement outcomes.
- Commercially minded and relationship-focused.
- Strong regional market awareness.
- Confident and credible with senior stakeholders.
- Growth-oriented and execution-focused.
What Makes You Stand Out?
- Collaborative and proactive.
- Comfortable handling complex placements and ambiguity.
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of regional market dynamics.
- Good leadership, communication, and influencing skills.
- Ability to identify opportunities and drive business growth in a structured way.
Why Join Our Team?
- Professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders.
- A vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact for colleagues, clients, and communities.
- Career opportunities, benefits, and rewards to enhance your well-being.
Marsh Risk is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people, and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Marsh Risk, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
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Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com.
Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections, and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.
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