New Business Underwriter (Care & Charity)
Leeds | Manchester | Birmingham | London | Croydon
Hybrid Working (3 days office / 2 days home)
Shape the future of Care insurance with one of the market's leading specialists!
At Markel, we're proud to be recognised as one of the UK's most respected specialist insurers. Our Care team has built an outstanding reputation for expertise, service and underwriting excellence, creating long-standing broker relationships and a highly profitable portfolio across the Care, Social Welfare and Charity sectors.
We're now looking for a New Business Underwriter to join our award-winning team as we continue to invest in growth across this specialist market.
This is an opportunity to join a highly successful team that was recently recognised as Team of the Year, working alongside experienced underwriters who are passionate about developing talent and delivering outstanding results. Whether you're an established Care Underwriter or a technically strong Charity Underwriter looking to broaden your expertise, you'll find genuine opportunity to build your career here.
Why join Markel?
This isn't just another underwriting role.
You'll become part of one of the UK's strongest specialist Care underwriting businesses, benefiting from:
An established and profitable portfolio with excellent market reputation
Significant and consistent new business opportunities through strong broker relationships
Exposure to complex and specialist Care and Charity risks
A highly autonomous working environment where you'll be trusted to make decisions
Direct broker engagement and relationship-building opportunities
The chance to become a recognised specialist within the Care insurance sector
Clear career progression pathways into Senior Underwriting and broader leadership opportunities
An award-winning team culture built on collaboration, support and success
What you'll be doing:
As a New Business Underwriter, you'll play a key role in driving profitable growth across our Care and Charity portfolio.
Your responsibilities will include:
Underwriting and winning new business across the Care, Social Welfare and Charity sectors
Assessing submissions, reviewing claims experience and evaluating risk exposures
Producing competitive quotations whilst maintaining underwriting discipline
Managing and delivering against individual new business income targets
Building strong broker relationships and becoming a trusted market contact
Supporting broker development activity, training sessions and proposition discussions
Working collaboratively with Distribution, Trading and Operations teams
Identifying market trends and opportunities to support future growth
Acting as a specialist ambassador for Markel's Care proposition within the broker market
What we're looking for:
We're keen to speak with ambitious underwriters who are passionate about the Care and Charity sectors.
You'll ideally bring:
Essential
Previous underwriting experience
Care Insurance or Charity Insurance experience
New business underwriting experience
Strong commercial judgement and decision-making capability
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
The ability to work independently and manage your own workload
A proactive approach to broker engagement and business development
We'd also love to see
Existing broker relationships
Experience presenting to brokers or delivering training sessions
Social Welfare underwriting exposure
Ambition to progress your underwriting career within a specialist insurer
What you'll receive:
Alongside a competitive salary, you'll benefit from:
Quarterly bonus opportunity with earnings of up to 20%
Hybrid working
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Holiday buy and sell scheme
Private medical insurance
Dental cover
Pension scheme
Life assurance
Income protection
Fully funded CII qualifications
Ongoing study support and professional development
Internal career progression opportunities across Markel's wider business
Why now?
The Care team…