Senior Home Underwriter

Your new company
A specialist personal lines insurance MGA operating across motor, home and commercial motor. The business works closely with insurer capacity providers under delegated authority, with a strong focus on underwriting discipline, pricing integrity and controlled growth. The home portfolio is a key strategic area, with plans for continued, sustainable expansion.
  
Your new role
You will take ownership of the underwriting performance of the home insurance portfolio, driving underwriting strategy, risk appetite and technical decision making. This is a senior position with real influence over how the portfolio develops within a disciplined MGA framework.
  
You will define and maintain underwriting appetite, guidelines and referral rules, ensuring alignment with insurer expectations. You will oversee underwriting decisions, including complex and referred risks, providing technical leadership and ensuring consistency in approach.
You will monitor portfolio performance, working closely with pricing and analytics to understand trends and outcomes, and using claims insights to refine underwriting decisions. You will also act as a key contact for insurer partners, supporting governance, audits and delegated authority requirements.
The role involves close collaboration with claims, pricing, finance and operations, ensuring underwriting strategy is aligned with broader business objectives.
  
What you’ll need to succeed
You will have significant home insurance underwriting experience, ideally at a senior or technical level, within an insurer or MGA environment. A CIP qualification is required.
You will demonstrate strong underwriting judgement, particularly on complex risks, along with a solid understanding of delegated authority. The ability to engage credibly with insurers, brokers and senior stakeholders is essential.
Experience working with broker distribution models or within a growing MGA environment would be advantageous.
  
What you’ll get in return
You will join a growing business where you can directly influence the development of a key portfolio. The role offers a high level of autonomy within a structured governance framework, along with strong exposure to senior stakeholders and insurer partners.
  
What you need to do now
Apply with your updated CV or get in touch for a confidential discussion.