Current Vacancies

Senior Commercial Underwriter
Location: Bristol
Salary: Up to £40,000 + Excellent Benefits

To underwrite commercial risks from a designated panel of intermediaries within agreed authority levels, to achieve profitable growth in line with Company and branch objectives.
To provide a reference point and training for technical underwriting and product knowledge within the branch.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Underwrite new and existing business profitability, accurately and in line with established Underwriting practice
Underwrite larger and more complex cases
Maintain and develop business relationships with intermediaries
Actively encourage generation of profitable new business
Respond to customers requests for information
Complete the Managing Underwriting procedure for a panel of Underwriters

Skills

Progress towards ACII/Qualified ACII
'A' Level or equivalent education
Interpersonal/communication/sales/negotiation skills
Technical product knowledge
PC/mainframe systems/keyboard skills
Team focused and effective time management skills
Mentoring/coaching /Training skills
Networking & Relationship building skills
Knowledge and understanding of the market

Casualty Underwriter - Construction SME
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £26,000 - £35,000

This is an excellent opportunity to join a Casualty Underwriting team. Your role will be to provide first-class Underwriting and Service to brokers to maximise new business and retention opportunities and contribute to the development of a new and exciting parts of the business.

The successful individual will also have responsibility for colleague development through performance coaching

Responsibilities:

Underwriting and negotiation of Casualty business within the Construction SME environment
Assist in the development and implementation of the teams technical standards, controls, practices and procedures
Develop excellent internal and external relationships

Skills:

Strong Commercial Casualty Underwriting experience
Knowledge of Commercial Property Underwriting will be beneficial but not essential
A Levels or equivalent
Computer literate
Achievement or progress towards CII qualification or equivalent is desirable but not essential
Excellent problem solving, decision making and judgement skills

Senior Technical Underwriter
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £35,000 - £50,000 + Benefits

This is an excellent opportunity for a Casualty Underwriter to join a Blue Chip organisation. You will be working within our clients head office technical underwriting team that provides a senior referral point for the casualty line of
Business

Future development from this role would be with a view of going into a Managment position

Responsibilities:

The role will involve customer contact in relation to high level
risks, escalations and audits however much of the work will be involved in
strategic projects and a governance / compliance capacity
Underwrite and negotiate business within authority limits, ensuring first class customer service
High level of underwriting authority

Skills:

3 years Underwriting experience would be beneficial
Excellent communication skills
Computer Literate

Commercial Underwriter
Location: Bristol
Salary: £40,000 + excellent benefits

A Senior Schemes Underwriter is sought to join a highly successful and well-respected organisation. You will be dealing with cross class capability, to underwrite complex, profitable, new and existing cases. You will also be required to undertake an audit and referral role on delegated authority schemes.

Duties & Responsibilities:

To underwrite complex scheme business and prepare policy documentation
Update and maintain Protect records and all standalone data registers
Audit business underwritten under delegated authority schemes
Act as referral point on delegated authority schemes
Understand, analyse and evaluate specified portfolios and recommend actions to maintain/improve current results
Review and maintain scheme underwriting guides and assist in review and development of new wordings
Accurate maintenance of off-system databases and general office administration
Liaising with Brokers and internal staff to solve arising queries
Liaising with outsourced service providers

Skills:

You should be a skilful communicator, negotiator and relationship builder
High accuracy and integrity of underwriting files and data recording
Experience in handling feedback from internal and external clients

Civil Litigation (Contract Team) Solicitor, FILEX
Location: Bristol
Salary: Competitive Market rate

We are looking for a Solicitor/ FILEX / Equivalent to work within our clients contract team which forms part of the civil litigation department. The candidate must be well organised with a practical approach to problem solving and capable of dealing with a wide range of clients.

Responsibilities:

The department is divided into several specialised teams. Reporting to the
Contract team leader and then to the partner in charge of the department as appropriate, you will be running a fast and multi track contract litigation
Caseload covering areas such as building disputes (kitchens, driveways,
extensions etc), school related claims, holiday claims and larger consumer
disputes
Claims will be largely funded by legal expenses insurance and you will be acting mainly for private individuals

Skills:

Strong organisational skills
Pragmatic approach to solving problems
Client focused approach
Excellent communication skills
Ability and knowledge of working with a case management system
It is essential the successful candidate will have experience of handling
their own caseload, and will have between 0-4 years PQE.
Experience of dealing with insurance funded clients is desirable
Qualified Solicitor (LLB/ ILEX Route)
ILEX (Qualified to FILEX level) or Equivalent experience

Dispute Resolution Lawyer
Location: Exeter
Salary: £25,000 - £40,000

This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the top Legal Practice with several offices spread across the South West. A Solicitor / Legal Executive is required to join our clients Disputes Resolution team.

This is a Legal 500 rated practice that prides it self on quality service and building lasting relationships with clients.

Experience:

Defendant Personal Injury/Insurance
General civil litigation
Working knowledge and experience of Banking Litigation would be beneficial

Pensions Solicitor
Location: Bristol
Salary: £30,000 - £46,000 (Negotiable)

This is an exciting opportunity for a Pension Solicitor to join one of the UK top Legal Practice. You will be advising employers and trustees of schemes varying in size from a few million pounds to several billion pounds.

Responsibilities:

To provide a full range of services relating to occupational pension schemes, including drafting and interpretation of pension scheme documentation, general advisory work, advice in relation to acquisitions, disposals and mergers, scheme amendments, investment management agreements, trustee training and seminars and independent trustee services
In addition you will work very closely with the corporate teams, providing pension support on acquisitions and disposals including advising on the impact of any defined benefit scheme on such transactions

Skills:

At least 1 year's PQE would be beneficial

Stocks & Shares Manager
Salary: £40,000 - £60,000
Location: Bristol

This is an unusual and niche opportunity for an individual with experience in international Stocks & Shares to become part of a rapidly expanding specialised Consultancy located in their Bristol head office.

This role is ideally suited to a Financial Controller or Director of an International firm that has advised on remuneration and local Tax treatments for International employees

Responsibilities:

Responsible for a portfolio of international clients
Advising clients on the use of various forms of stock based remuneration for international employees
Liaising directly with clients regarding local tax treatments in respect of stock based remuneration
Preparation of stock based remuneration documentation for awards to individuals in non-US jurisdictions
Advising client on the use of all international tax planning opportunities
Other ad-hoc stock advice, both to clients and internally, as required
Working with the stock compliance team to ensure all stock compliance is completed on a timely basis
Management of stock team

Skills:

ACA/ACCA/CTA qualified or equivalent
Previous experience with Stocks & Shares essential
Previous Management experience
Good communication skills both verbal and written

Job Description
Contracts Manager
Salary: £22,000 - £25,000 + Company Car & Mobile
Location: South West

As a result of continual growth, through the addition of several new Insurance Clients, our client is seeking a Contracts Manager/Surveyor to join its successful management team. Your role will be to carry out surveys and calculate estimates using various schedules of rates on small to medium size works throughout the South West.

Responsibilities

Carry out effective surveys throughout the south west on small to medium sized works
Assisting administrative support in the management and planning of works for our team of tradesmen and sub contractors
Liaising with clients and ensuring work is of a professional standard
The maintenance of profit margins, as well as excellent levels of service
Recruiting of additional skilled labour on a direct and indirect basis

Skills

Educated to a professional level RICS / CIOB or equivalent experience in a similar role
You will ideally come from a trades background
Hardworking conscientious and quality driven contacts manager/surveyor preferably from a trade's background
Previous surveying and estimating experience would be preferable and a basic knowledge of computers is essential
A professional leader and motivator with excellent communication skills

Duties & Responsibilities

Surveyor / Insurance Industry
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £25,000 - £45,000 Depending on experience

A Fantastic opportunity has arisen at a leading Charted Loss Adjusting firm. Our Client is seeking Surveyors with experience from any one of the following areas: Commercial, Domestic or Liability background.

Responsibilities:

To conduct allocated surveys on the most cost effective basis within the required timescales
To discuss risk improvements with the insured on site and to reach agreement on completion wherever possible
To provide the highest standard of service to clients and policyholders

Skills:

Good report writing, training and presentation skills are essential, as is the ability to work both alone and as part of a team
Excellent time management skills and the ability to effectively self motivate
Surveying Qualifications would be beneficial