ProFound
Regional Underwriting Manager
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Job Overview
Are you ready to lead the future of underwriting excellence? As a Regional Underwriting Manager, you’ll be the driving force behind underwriting leadership and strategic direction across regional branches, working closely with distribution and trading senior leadership teams.
You’ll act as the senior licence holder for the region, supporting Underwriting Managers with the most complex decisions and ensuring financial objectives are not only met but exceeded. Your influence will shape the evolution of underwriting structure, culture, and capability through collaboration with key stakeholders. You’ll play a pivotal role in strategic projects, tenders, and major deals that unlock new growth opportunities.
This role also involves managing high-value clients and complex accounts, engaging directly with broker and client leadership at Director and CEO level. If you’re passionate about innovation, high performance, and making a tangible impact across the underwriting landscape, this is your opportunity to lead the way.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior technical expert and authority holder within the regional commercial business, managing complex referrals and contributing to regional leadership.
- Oversee the regional referral process to ensure delivery of financial targets, including GWP retention and pricing strength.
- Contribute to setting and delivering the technical underwriting plan, achieving regional GWP and targets aligned with segmentation strategy.
- Shape underwriting philosophy and strategy through collaboration with leadership, ensuring branch activity aligns with strategic priorities.
- Use MI analysis to identify opportunities to reduce referrals and support targeted training initiatives.
- Lead technical decision-making for tenders and deals to meet operating ratio and profitability objectives.
- Set and monitor underwriting standards, enhance technical capability, and oversee training, empowerment, and quality controls across the region.
- Support audit and governance processes, driving continuous improvement through action plans and risk management.
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Work Arrangements
We work in a hybrid, flexible way that empowers people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that supports their team and customers. You’ll typically work at least three days a week (60%) away from home — whether that’s in the office, meeting clients, or attending industry events. Flexible working arrangements can be discussed.
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Your Skills & Experience
- Deep technical underwriting expertise across commercial classes and trade sectors, with strong risk assessment and management skills.
- Proven ability to lead, motivate, and influence senior technical teams within a matrix structure.
- Extensive knowledge of the commercial insurance market and experience managing broker relationships.
- Strong communication skills and confident decision-making supported by analytical and numerical reasoning.
- Track record of proactively managing accounts to meet financial targets, with excellent relationship management skills.
- Well-developed organisational, prioritisation, and planning skills, with experience in operational and strategic planning.
- ACII or equivalent qualification, supported by a strong educational background in insurance.
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