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Policy Expert, City of Westminster
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Posted 6 days ago, 2 Jun
Job ref: a80124c454ab42c3bf862a182a8d8cbc
Full Job Description
You'll take the lead in shaping and executing our underwriting strategy, leveraging your technical expertise, market insight, and commercial acumen to drive sustainable and profitable growth.
As the head of our underwriting function across all products, you'll bring sharp judgement, deep industry knowledge, and strategic vision - not just to the underwriting team, but to the entire Policy Expert business. Your influence will help steer key decisions, elevate underwriting standards, and support innovation as we continue to grow.
Key accountabilities:
Strategic leadership of our underwriting proposition for the wider business including Exec team.
Development and implementation of underwriting strategy including underwriting footprint and acceptance appetite.
Strategic guidance to senior underwriting team and stakeholders including Claims.
Input of underwriting know-how and experience into pricing and product strategy and processes.
Oversight of operational underwriting (delegated authority, escalated referrals etc).
Development and implementation of underwriting governance and compliance framework, including audit activity.
Work closely with senior UW, Pricing, Product colleagues to optimise our UW footprint and mix management.
Work closely with Risk & Reserving and Claims teams to identify and respond to emerging issues relating to underwriting and loss ratio performance.
Liaise with and influence partner insurers in the development of our underwriting proposition (footprint, acceptance rules etc)., At Policy Expert, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process to accommodate your needs, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring every candidate has an equal opportunity to succeed and will work with you to provide the necessary support.
7 + years' experience in a personal lines underwriting leadership role, with a strong knowledge of the personal lines market, the core products and ancillaries, market dynamics and future development, underwriting growth management strategy (in particular in the aggregator market), pricing and product strategies, and legal and regulatory impacts.
Strong knowledge of underwriting philosophies across our peer group and the wider market.
Strong knowledge of claim trends.
Ability to demonstrate underwriting thought leadership and implementation.
Strong numerical and analytical skills and experienced user of relevant software.
Experience/understanding of use of data to enhance underwriting strategy and decision-making, including counter-fraud application.
Demonstrable experience of managing relationships with insurers and/or reinsurers to drive underwriting performance and growth.
Policy Expert is a forward-thinking business that loves to get things done. Leveraging proprietary technology and smart data, we offer reliable products and a wow customer experience.
Having achieved rapid growth since being founded in 2011, we've won over 1.5 million customers in Home, Motor and Pet insurance and have been ranked the UK's No.1-rated home insurer by Review Centre since 2013.
Hear from our team about what it's like working at Policy Expert
This role will be based in our London office in a 50/50 Hybrid mode.
We match your pension contributions up to 7%
Private medical & Dental cover
Learning budget of £1,000 a year + Study leave (with encouragement to use it)
Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
Travel season ticket loan
️ Access to a wide selection of London O2 events and use of a Private Lounge
Employee Wellbeing Programme
Prayer room in office
As the head of our underwriting function across all products, you'll bring sharp judgement, deep industry knowledge, and strategic vision - not just to the underwriting team, but to the entire Policy Expert business. Your influence will help steer key decisions, elevate underwriting standards, and support innovation as we continue to grow.
Key accountabilities:
Strategic leadership of our underwriting proposition for the wider business including Exec team.
Development and implementation of underwriting strategy including underwriting footprint and acceptance appetite.
Strategic guidance to senior underwriting team and stakeholders including Claims.
Input of underwriting know-how and experience into pricing and product strategy and processes.
Oversight of operational underwriting (delegated authority, escalated referrals etc).
Development and implementation of underwriting governance and compliance framework, including audit activity.
Work closely with senior UW, Pricing, Product colleagues to optimise our UW footprint and mix management.
Work closely with Risk & Reserving and Claims teams to identify and respond to emerging issues relating to underwriting and loss ratio performance.
Liaise with and influence partner insurers in the development of our underwriting proposition (footprint, acceptance rules etc)., At Policy Expert, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process to accommodate your needs, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring every candidate has an equal opportunity to succeed and will work with you to provide the necessary support.
7 + years' experience in a personal lines underwriting leadership role, with a strong knowledge of the personal lines market, the core products and ancillaries, market dynamics and future development, underwriting growth management strategy (in particular in the aggregator market), pricing and product strategies, and legal and regulatory impacts.
Strong knowledge of underwriting philosophies across our peer group and the wider market.
Strong knowledge of claim trends.
Ability to demonstrate underwriting thought leadership and implementation.
Strong numerical and analytical skills and experienced user of relevant software.
Experience/understanding of use of data to enhance underwriting strategy and decision-making, including counter-fraud application.
Demonstrable experience of managing relationships with insurers and/or reinsurers to drive underwriting performance and growth.
Policy Expert is a forward-thinking business that loves to get things done. Leveraging proprietary technology and smart data, we offer reliable products and a wow customer experience.
Having achieved rapid growth since being founded in 2011, we've won over 1.5 million customers in Home, Motor and Pet insurance and have been ranked the UK's No.1-rated home insurer by Review Centre since 2013.
Hear from our team about what it's like working at Policy Expert
This role will be based in our London office in a 50/50 Hybrid mode.
We match your pension contributions up to 7%
Private medical & Dental cover
Learning budget of £1,000 a year + Study leave (with encouragement to use it)
Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
Travel season ticket loan
️ Access to a wide selection of London O2 events and use of a Private Lounge
Employee Wellbeing Programme
Prayer room in office
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