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Senior Motor Underwriter

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Direct Line Group

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Join us as a Senior Underwriter in our Motor Underwriting Team – we’re looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated people to join our exciting team as we look to grow our brands and strengthen our presence in the Motor Insurance market. 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 to opportunity to build and grow the breadth of your expertise.

Job Responsibility:

  • Portfolio management of our Core Motor products, reviewing how we’re performing and proposing action for continuous improvement
  • Using your analytical skills to identify ways to profitably broaden our reach to more customers
  • Ensure that a strong risk management culture, and appropriate risk management and controls processes are actively maintained
  • Monitor industry underwriting trends and regulatory changes to ensure that our motor insurance products remain relevant, competitive and compliant
  • Participate in industry events and conferences to stay up to date on industry trends and best practices
  • 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

Requirements:

  • 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 – experience using data analysis tools a must, SQL experience desirable
  • 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

Nice to have:

SQL experience

What we offer:
  • 9% employer contributed pension
  • 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus Green Flag breakdown cover
  • Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
  • Up to 10% AIP Bonus
  • EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way
  • Generous holidays
  • Buy as you earn share scheme
  • Employee discounts and cashback
  • 22 days holiday rising to 30 days depending on your role. Plus the chance to buy and sell up to 5 days
  • Income protection on 50% of your salary for 5 years
  • Life assurance cover at four times your salary
  • Flexible benefits scheme
  • Salary sacrifice scheme for fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars, and for private dental and medical cover
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and emergency dependant leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering information on financial and mental wellbeing as well as emergency support and advice
  • Trained mental health first aiders (MHFA) for support whenever you need it
  • Volunteering opportunities through our partnership with Neighbourly
  • Up to £50 a month to match any contributions you make to your local community

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 05, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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