Commercial Development Underwriter

Company: The Recruiter Specialists
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Location: Essex
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will join a busy underwriting agency as part of the Commercial Team, focusing on property-related underwriting and supporting renewals, new business, and mid-term adjustments. You’ll interact daily with brokers and insurers, working under Delegated Authority or wholesale submission models. You will contribute to the department’s growth and ensure compliance while developing key broker and insurer relationships. This is a family-owned environment offering stability and a path to becoming a pivotal part of the growing business.

Pay / Benefits

  • friendly and social working environment
  • low employee turnover
  • job security
  • family-owned and run business

Responsibilities

  • Underwrite renewals and new business portions of the book
  • Report to the Commercial Director
  • Develop relationships with key brokers and insurers
  • Ensure compliance with Delegated Authority Agreements (binders) with insurers
  • Assist with annual audit reviews

Key requirements

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Team player and highly motivated
  • Punctuality, dedication and loyalty
  • Experience in team building and relationship building
  • Problem solving
  • Underwriting commercial & property insurance
  • Ability to work to targets
  • Administration
  • Dealing with insurance brokers / insurers
  • Developing relationships
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Team collaboration
  • Motivation
  • Underwriting commercial & property insurance
  • Knowledge of Delegated Authority Agreements (binders)
  • Broker/insurer liaison

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Posted: October 1st, 2026