Controls Manager - Underwriting and Insurance

Strong risk & controls experience, an understanding of underwriting – and the confidence to challenge.

My client is an established insurance business that is investing significantly in its underwriting management and controls framework — and they’re looking for someone who can help shape it.

While hands-on underwriting experience would certainly be valuable, this is first and foremost a risk and controls role .

They need someone with a strong controls mindset who understands why controls exist, what good looks like and, crucially, whether a control is actually managing the risk it was designed to address.

This is not a role for someone who simply ticks boxes, chases exceptions and produces monthly MI.

They need someone who can:

• Design, develop and strengthen an effective underwriting controls framework
• Apply strong risk and controls expertise within an underwriting environment
• Challenge experienced underwriters with confidence and credibility
• Look beyond whether a control has been completed to assess whether it is actually effective
• Identify themes, trends and underlying risks rather than simply individual exceptions
• Bring greater structure, discipline and professionalism to the function
• Influence senior stakeholders and provide meaningful insight to committees

You'll need a good understanding of underwriting , but you don't necessarily need to have been an underwriter yourself.

What is more important is a strong background in risk, controls, governance or underwriting oversight , ideally gained within the Lloyd’s/London Market, together with enough underwriting knowledge to ask the right questions and challenge effectively.

This is a genuine opportunity to build and improve rather than simply maintain an existing framework.

c£75k base + bonus and strong benefits package

London based with 2-3 days a week in the office.

Please note that applicants must have full and unrestricted right to work in the UK.

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