Senior Underwriter

Do you have Marine & Energy Liability experience and looking to further your Underwriting career?

Come and join our team here at Markel

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special !

The opportunity:

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Marine & Energy Liability Senior Underwriter to join the team in London. Markel Wholesale division is comprised of three underwriting divisions (Professional, Financial Risks & Cyber, marine & Energy & Specialty), as well as an award winning claims team, underwriting support, delegated underwriting, and strategic business development. We have staff around the world with a significant presence in Asia and the US, in addition to the London market.

Our teams operate as ‘One Wholesale’, working together towards our goal to be one of the world’s great speciality insurers. We work collaboratively both within Wholesale and across the wider Markel organisation, and because we work as one we are able to create the best solutions possible for our clients, and provide exceptional development opportunities for our staff.

The Marine & Energy Liability team is a significant department of the Specialty division. We are a recognised market-leader with strong client relationships around the world built on a high level of service to strategic brokers.

What you’ll be doing:

• Underwrite and manage a portfolio of marine and energy liability risks according to Markel’s underwriting principles and in line with authority limits

• Manage your own book of business in line with appetite and strategy, including combined ratio targets

• Understand and promote collaborative interaction with claims and other internal functions to develop policy wordings and coverage

• Analyse and interpret data to enhance Markel’s underwriting capabilities

• Develop strong relationships with new and existing brokers and clients

Our must haves:

• Extensive Marine & Energy Liability underwriting expertise

• Experience of working for a Lloyd’s Syndicate or London market insurance company

• Previous underwriting within an international Marine & Energy Liability book

• Experience of operating as part of a leading Underwriter team

• Excellent technical knowledge of underwriter assessment, wording and rating requirements

• Established relationships with London market and overseas brokers

• Strong broker and client-facing experience and ability

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday We think further

What’s in it for you:

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…

• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer

• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.