Associate Scheme Underwriter

MetLife, Inc.; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative insurance provider is looking for an Associate Scheme Underwriter to join their successful team in Brighton. The role involves underwriting Group Life and Income Protection quotations and supporting key relationships within the company. Candidates should have underwriting experience and be willing to work in a hybrid model. Comprehensive benefits, including medical insurance and pension contributions, are offered.

Benefits

Employer pension contributions

Comprehensive medical insurance

£20 monthly benefits allowance

Qualifications

• Experience working in an Underwriting function with pricing experience.
• Ability to manage work and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Desire to learn and develop professional skills.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite Group Life and Income Protection quotes in a timely manner.
• Support Sales and Actuarial departments with underwriting decisions.
• Train less experienced team members in underwriting processes.

Skills

Underwriting experience

Risk assessment

Client relationship management

Communication skills

Proactive learning

Job description

Associate Scheme Underwriter

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The Team You Will Join: At MetLife, Scheme Underwriters will have the opportunity to make a significant impact in a supportive and innovative environment. We value growth and development and offer a platform for you to excel in your career. Our Underwriting team includes the Chief Underwriters, Underwriting Technical Managers, and Pricing Underwriters focused on Employee Benefits.

The Opportunity: We are looking for experienced Underwriters (any sector) to join us to help MetLife become the best in the Employee Benefits market. We need Underwriters to come on board with a good ability to assess risk and decide where to price the risk within company strategy and guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for underwriting Group Life and/or Group Income Protection quotations for renewals and new business in a timely manner within agreed internal procedures to achieve service standards and exceed our annual sales target.
• To support key strategic relationships within Sales, Actuarial and other business departments by making pragmatic and commercially focused underwriting decisions to help achieve sales, profitability, and retention targets.
• Training less experienced members of the Employee Benefits division, checking and sampling their work against the agreed procedures.
• Represent the Underwriting department by supporting key Client Relationship meetings along with Sales Business Development Managers & Operations.
• To provide technical underwriting support to the Sales team, where appropriate.
• In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder may be required to perform other duties as reasonably assigned by the Manager from time to time.

Required Qualifications

• Experience working in an Underwriting function. You can be an Underwriter from any sector and any industry, but you will need pricing experience.
• Able to handle the demands of working in a fast‑paced environment, with the ability to manage own work and deadlines, communicating coherently across functions if required.
• A desire to proactively learn and develop yourself.
• Experience in supporting key clients (brokers) as a key customer‑segmented contact point, occasionally attending and hosting client visits, and joining the Sales Business Development Manager.
• Ability to challenge existing ways of working for the best outcome for the company and customer.
• Able and willing to work in the Brighton head office on a hybrid basis (2 days a month, depending on business requirements).

Remote considered if the Office is not within a commutable distance.

90% of employees at MetLife say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK‑based company (Working at MetLife | Great Place to Work® UK). We are proud to announce that MetLife UK has been recognized on several Best Workplaces lists by Great Place To Work®.

Benefits We Offer

MetLife UK offers a range of benefits to deliver value to our employees and their families, supporting their health, wellbeing and financial security. Our flexible benefits offering provides freedom, choice and flexibility in the way that you receive your benefits to better suit your lifestyle, meet practical needs, and provide advantages in terms of tax and National Insurance savings. Our core benefits include 9% employer pension contributions with up to 4% matching available, comprehensive private medical insurance, income protection insurance and life insurance. We offer a host of additional benefits you can choose to buy, including critical illness, dental, travel, gadget insurance, annual leave buy/sell, partner life insurance and more. All employees receive a £20 benefits allowance per month to spend on any additional benefits they select.

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine’s list of the "World’s Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Our purpose is simple – to help our colleagues, customers, communities and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values – Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead – we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife it’s #AllTogetherPossible.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Finance and Sales

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