Underwriting Performance Analyst

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Underwriting Performance Analyst

Reporting to the Group Underwriting Performance and Strategy Lead

1 Year Fixed Term role - poss extensions

London based

About the Group Underwriting Insights team:

The Group Underwriting Insights team runs the Group CUO office and collaborate with key stakeholders to support the delivery of the business plan loss ratio as well as driving strategic priorities for the Group CUO.

This team works closely with the Business Units underwriting management teams and other stakeholders to identify opportunities and risks to the business plan delivery, formulate strategies to close those gaps and support the delivery of the plan. The team works across the entire global portfolio of Hiscox ranging from small personal lines policies through to large catastrophe reinsurance deals.

The role:

Working for the Group CUO and reporting to the Group Underwriting Performance and Strategy Lead, this role will support core underwriting reporting as well as strategic projects as needed. The aim is to deliver the right visibility to the Group CUO to enable focussed conversations on key areas. Ultimately driving constant course correction. The role has a significant business partnering aspect with a need to truly understand what is driving the business result.

Reasons to work in the team:

• Work across the entire Hiscox portfolio, gaining insight into the broader group
• Visibility with Group Exec and engagement with senior stakeholders
• Develop strategic skillset, balancing short and long term delivery
• Scope to pursue projects where candidate has strong interest

Core skillset

• 3-5 years of experience (this is a guide only) within the Insurance industry, preferably in at least 2 or more markets that Hiscox operates in
• Ability to build networks with stakeholders at all levels, including business unit CUOs, that allows constructive challenge and engagement on technical topics
• Can understand an insurance P&L and explain insurance triangles
• Cool under pressure
• Highly organised, able to coordinate activity across teams
• Curious about the business and able to ask the right questions
• Detail orientated, able to go deep into an area
• Strong excel skills
• Concise communicator

Example profiles:

• Pricing analyst who wants broader experience, including non-technical aspects of underwriting
• Underwriter who wants to stretch to strategic / portfolio view
• Finance specialist (may have accounting background) who wants to learn more about underwriting

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