P&U Job Description
About Us
At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field, we’re a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.
Pricing and Underwriting is a complicated world, where historical data, geospatial information, and mathematical models meet talented analysts. Pricing our products is a fine line between balancing our business goals and customer needs. That’s why our Pricers and Underwriters are the best of the best. They reduce risk and predict future events ensuring our business can continue to grow whilst each and every one of our consumers gets the best price.
Join us as an Underwriter in our Motor Underwriting Team - we’re looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join our exciting team as we look to grow our brands and offerings.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll get stuck in straight away, soak up new experiences and most importantly you’ll positively influence and shape what we do – making an impact on our customers' lives. We’ll utilise your skills where they are most needed whilst also giving you the opportunity to build and grow the breadth of your expertise.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Portfolio management of our Motor products, reviewing how we’re performing and proposing action
Having a proactive focus on the development and implementation of application fraud controls
Working collaboratively with our counter fraud teams
Ensuring our underwriting criteria supports the delivery of our financial targets and positive customer outcomes
Enacting and enhancing our underwriting controls
Working together with a multi-disciplined trading team
What you’ll need
Experience of managing portfolios in a personal lines insurance product, ideally Motor
Experience of fraud controls at point of quote
Proven track record of using your underwriting expertise to make a positive difference
Comfortable analysing data to inform your decision-making
Understanding of relevant insurance regulations & legislation
Great interpersonal skills & stakeholder management, dealing with stakeholders of all levels
Ability to innovate & work in a fast-paced environment across a breadth of initiatives
Ways of working
Our hybrid model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. When you'll be in the office depends on your role, but most colleagues are in 2 days a week, and we'll consider the flexible working options that work best for you.
This role is available in our London, Bristol, Leeds or Glasgow offices.
What we’ll give you
We wouldn’t be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That’s why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office-working, varying with the nature of your role. Our core benefits include:
9% employer contributed pension
50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
Up to 10% bonus
EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.
25 days annual leave, increasing each year up to a maximum of 28
Buy as you earn share scheme
Employee discounts and cashback
Plus many more!
Being Yourself
Difference makes us who we are. We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work – that’s why we champion diverse voices, build workplaces that work for people, and invest in the things that matter. From senior leadership to inclusivity networks, adaptive working to inclusion training, we’ve made it our mission to give you everything you need to be authentically you. Discover more at
directlinegroupcareers.com
Together we’re one of a kind
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