London | Permanent -

About us

HDI is a Corporate & Specialty Insurer part of the Talanx Group. With over 120 years of experience, HDI operates across five continents, around 40 countries and employs over 5,000 people worldwide.

The role

• As a Senior Underwriter you will develop and maintain a profitable book of business in line with business plan.
• Have a significant impact on new business development and contribute to new ideas, strategy and project required.
• Provide a monitoring, oversight and referral function for more junior members of the team.

Key accountabilities

• Acting as a senior market-facing representative of HDI, maintain strong broker and client relationships, reinforce HDI’s position as a long-term underwriting partner, and contribute to the continued development of the proposition.
• Identify and originate new underwriting opportunities within appetite, supporting HDI’s position as a technically driven and reliable market.
• Represent HDI at market meetings, broker briefings, client visits, and industry events to maintain visibility and credibility.
• Commercial acumen within the market
• Demonstrated success in new business development and broker relationship management.
• Excels at building strong internal and external relationships. You'll leverage your negotiation skills to drive results and independently evaluate complex risks
• Building strong partnerships, uncovering opportunities, and driving profitable growth in challenging markets.
• Play a key role in driving new business growth by proactively developing and maintaining strong broker relationships
• Proactively source and develop new business, building strong broker relationships through regular face‑to‑face engagement
• Utilising current relationships and fostering new ones between clients and brokers
• Work collaboratively with business partners (customers, claims, risk consulting, Head Office, finance, network, policy wordings, compliance and other Product Lines) and colleagues to successfully deliver HDI’s product and proposition.
• Analyse existing processes to identify potential bottlenecks, improvement opportunities and risks, as well as deriving appropriate measures for process optimization.
• Comply with HDI-UK & Ireland branch and Global policies, underwriting guidelines and underwriting authority.
• Represent the Team and actively participate on internal Branch and Head office sponsored forums, committees and projects.
• Proactively participate in projects or other initiatives designed to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the Team and / or Branch.
• Undertake any other tasks as requested by the Director, to ensure that the team achieves its objectives.

Skills & experience

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; comfortable with phone & face to face discussions with underwriters, brokers and other technical colleagues
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and external clients.
• 5+ years of professional experience in Liability 
• Has a detailed understanding of the insurance market locally, nationally and internationally.
• Understands Clients’ businesses and their needs and challenges around insurance.
• Has a strong knowledge of Competitors’ strategies, strengths and weaknesses and how their products compare to HDI’s product offering.
• Has a strong knowledge of key brokers and their marketing and placement strategies.

Other

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, recognising that a diverse and inclusive workplace is a creative and prosperous one.

If you require support with your application, please contact UK&IRE_Recruitment@hdi.global

Apply by 27/03/2026

Reference: HDI00615