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Senior Commercial Product Development Underwriter

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Lawes Consulting Group

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Location:
United Kingdom, Essex

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Category:
Insurance

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Contract Type:
Employment contract

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Salary:

80000.00 GBP / Year

Job Description:

We’re helping a growing insurer hire a Senior Commercial Product Development Underwriter to improve and update their SME products. The role focuses on underwriting, product design, and staying in line with regulations.

Job Responsibility:

  • Design and refine SME commercial products to align with market needs and business goals
  • Collaborate with underwriting, claims, compliance, and distribution teams to develop and implement product enhancements
  • Support pricing strategies and update policy wordings and terms to improve clarity and performance
  • Ensure all product developments meet regulatory standards and internal governance
  • Conduct competitor and market research to identify emerging risks and opportunities
  • Support product training, documentation, and go-to-market activity across internal and external teams

Requirements:

  • Background in commercial underwriting, ideally SME
  • Experience developing or improving insurance products
  • Used to working with different teams across a business
  • Good understanding of FCA requirements
  • Strong knowledge of SME commercial products
  • Confident with pricing and data analysis
  • Clear communicator across teams and partners
  • Interest in digital and data-led underwriting (a plus)
  • Cert CII (or working towards) preferred

Nice to have:

  • Interest in digital and data-led underwriting (a plus)
  • Cert CII (or working towards) preferred

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 19, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
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