Portfolio Underwriter - Property

Job Description

Who are we?👋

Ki is the biggest global insurance tech company you’ve never heard of, unless you’ve been looking to insure a satellite, wind farm or music festival recently.

Having written over $877m in gross written premium in 2023, we’ve achieved significant growth since our beginnings in 2021. Our investors were excited about the fact we were revolutionising the way a 333 year-old industry was working. There are hardly any industries left that are mainly paper based, but the specialty insurance market is one. Together with partners at Google and UCL we developed Ki and created a platform that helps insurance brokers place risk in a fast and frictionless way. We’re continuing to lead the charge on the digitisation of this market and we need more excellent minds to work with us to realise this goal and create more opportunities.

Where you come in?

You will work alongside the Underwriting Director for Property, being primarily accountable for the North American Open Market class of business. You will be chiefly responsible for the adherence to the agreed business plan and ultimately underwriting performance for this class of business.

What you will be doing: 🖋️

You will work with the Portfolio Management team to define and optimise annual plan strategy, reflective of market conditions. Alongside the Underwriting Director you will set underwriting appetite taking steps to ensure the KiDS portfolio is in line with said appetite to maintain a profitable portfolio. You'll provide leadership and development guidance to directly reporting Underwriters assisting in strategic conversations with Broker partners when required to communicate underwriting appetite and rationale. You will work alongside the Algorithmic and Pricing teams as the subject matter expert to bring specialty product and market knowledge to bear in order to shape the underwriting, pricing and distribution models.

Finally, you will be accountable for providing insight for various committee's including but not limited to the Portfolio Underwriting Committee, Underwriting Governance Committee, Performance vs Plan, Reserving Committee and Major Loss Panel.

What to expect during the recruitment process:

1) Initial recruiter screening call
2) Interview with hiring manager
3) Technical Interview (this may vary depending on the role)
4) Values Interview

Ki Values:

- Know Your Customer: Put yourself in their shoes. Understand and balance the different needs of our customers, acting with integrity and empathy to create something excellent

- Grow Together: Empower each other to succeed. Recognise the work of our teams, while celebrating individual success. Embrace diverse perspectives so we can develop and grow together.

- Be Courageous: Think big, push boundaries. Don’t be afraid to fail because that’s how we learn. Test, adapt, improve - always strive to be better.

Our culture:

At Ki, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where every colleague is valued and respected for who they are and can do the best work of their careers.

Inclusion is a critical foundation of our business and people strategies and supports our vision of becoming a market-leading, digital and data-led specialty insurance business. An inclusive workplace fuels innovation because creativity thrives when everyone feels valued, respected, and supported to drive it. So, no matter who you are, where you’re from, how you think, or who you love, we believe you should be you.

What we offer

You’ll get a highly competitive remuneration and benefits package. This is kept under constant review to make sure it stays relevant. We understand the power of saying thank you and take time to acknowledge and reward extraordinary effort by teams or individuals.

If this sounds like a role and a culture that appeals to you, apply now!