Here’s what you’ll be doing:

Supporting our New Tactics, you’ll be working for our newest in-house MGA brand, Nupro, a new insurer which will be disruptive to the small business insurance market as you manage pipelines of new brokers, visiting your Broker partners regularly, and underwriting both on a portfolio basis and on individual cases.

Supported by James (Head of New Markets MGA), you’ll be a self-starter who will be set clear expectations and goals for growth and be given the autonomy to execute on your plans.

As our Development Underwriter, you’ll:

be responsible for delivering rapid growth through broker partners
adopt a positive and comprehensive underwriting approach with a focus on expanding the offering beyond today's appetite
have autonomy to make decisions on what we execute on while being accountable for results
be creative in growing an account, demonstrated through comfort in exploring data vigorously and aggregating broker feedback
own and manage both internal and external relationships with key stakeholders

We’re looking for someone who is:

from an Underwriting background able to manage and control the mechanics of a portfolio business
a dynamic, enthusiastic and confident person who possesses the necessary intellect, approachability and personality
someone who demonstrates ownership, responsiveness, a bias to action, and commitment
a confident communicator, able to lead and influence discussions and make decisions with integrity
of a growth mindset, with experience of developing new areas of business

(We know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the confidence gap. You don’t have to match all the bullet points above to be considered for this role.)

We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you and do your very best work.

If you want to help build the rapid growth of a brand new insurer brand, whilst getting access to a large portion of the small business insurance market, in a data and tech leading business, apply today.

About Simply Business

We insure small businesses and enable big dreams – not just for our customers, but for our people and communities too. With over 1,000,000 active insurance policies, we protect builders, bakers, landlords and more than 1,200 other trades.

We’re a technology company as well as one that sells insurance. That means we build, we fail, we learn and we improve. We’re a B Corp too, which recognises our strong track record of having a positive impact on people, society and the environment.

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What are the benefits of working at Simply Business?

We offer a great work-life balance where every team member has a manageable workload and the flexibility to work hybrid.

On top of the 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), we offer leave that suits your needs. Plus the option to buy five more days of holiday with your flexible benefits.

Our flexible parental leave allows you to approach an important time how you want – with six months full pay to the primary caregiver and four weeks full pay if you’re the secondary caregiver.

Our life event leave is an extra days leave every two years for those big moments in your life like moving house or your birthday. And as a thank you to our long-serving employees we offer a two week paid sabbatical after five years of service, then four weeks off after ten years of service.

And our core benefits can put your mind at ease with private medical insurance through BUPA, that covers any pre-existing condition. And a health cash plan that covers your everyday medical expenses.

We also make sure you’re compensated fairly with a competitive salary based on your experience and the market we’re in. Plus the potential to earn an annual bonus based on performance.

There’s access to the tools to support your personal development with programmes on our dedicated learning platform. As well as support for your mental health with access to counselling.

We’ll match what you put into your pension up to five per cent. And pass on a tax-free sum that’s four times your basic salary with our life assurance policy, with the option to increase it to ten times through our flexible benefit scheme

Our salary sacrifice car scheme gives you the option to buy a brand new, fully insured, and maintained car for a convenient fixed monthly amount taken from your gross salary (after 6 months service).

And our flexible benefits scheme gives you an allocated amount to use each year on benefits like critical illness cover, dental insurance, travel insurance, or a gym membership.

Ready to join us and drive our success as a high-performing team? Apply today.

Development Underwriter

Simply Business

As our Development Underwriter, you’ll:

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