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R_325957 Senior Sports Underwriter / Sports Product Lead

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Underwriting team at Victor Insurance UK, Marsh. This role will be based in London, Bristol, Leeds or Essex. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Victor is one of the largest MGAs in the world and part of the Marsh McLennan group. Victor UK is a digitally enabled specialist MGA writing a book of commercial business spanning Property & Casualty, A&H, Motor, Financial Lines & Marine with specialist products delivering tailored solutions for targeted Customer segments.

As a member of the CUO team you will be expected to contribute towards the overall underwriting strategy and delivery of the business plan for Victor UK

We now have a vacancy for a Senior Sports Underwriter / Sports Product Lead and we're looking for someone to join our team and help scale this account as part of our 2028 growth strategy.

We will count on you to:

• Own the existing Sports products and underwriting strategies ensuring we maintain a compelling proposition for our customers and broker partners.
• Use your market experience and connections to identify future growth opportunities for the Sports Practice, ensuring that we are accounting for the evolving insurance needs in this sector and always deliver good customer outcomes
• Clearly set the direction for our Sports underwriters empowering them to deliver for our brokers and our insurance capacity providers
• Personally support the development of key broker relationships
• Act as the senior authority holder for Sports in the UK and represent Victor UK in the Sports insurance market
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with our insurance capacity providers. Build trust by demonstrating a detailed understanding of account performance dynamics and developing proactive steering strategies which deliver insurer targets
• Develop and deliver the Victor UK business plan for Sports and collaborate and support your peers to ensure our overall objectives are achieved

What you need to have:

• A clear vision for a Sports proposition which delivers for Customers, our Brokers and our insurer partners
• Extensive experience in the Sports insurance sector
• Excellent communication skills to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
• The enthusiasm and energy to drive the continued development Victor's standing in the market and deliver the Victor UK 2028 goals

What makes you stand out?

• ACII qualified or progress towards is an advantage
• An established reputation and network within the Sports sectors
• Experience of successfully managing and growing a niche P&C insurance portfolio

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is the world's top insurance broker and risk advisor. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Victor offers a connected culture of talented, inspired individuals, and a work environment where colleagues can grow and succeed. At Victor, your voice is heard, your skills are sharpened and your ambitions nurtured. We value diversity in thought and background and are looking for individuals who are up for the challenge of creating the insurance enterprise of the future. If that's you, join us on our journey-with us by your side, you'll be ready to tackle tomorrow's challenges. Victor Insurance Managers LLC ("Victor") is one of the world's largest managing general underwriters with locations in the US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Australia. It handles more than $4 billion USD in premium on behalf of numerous insurance carriers, through a large network of more than 20,000 active insurance agents and brokers. With deep, specialized underwriting expertise, the company delivers a wide range of insurance solutions - from specialty property and casualty and professional liability insurance to group and retiree benefits. Victor is committed to building on 65-plus years of experience to develop products and services that address the complex needs of its customers. For more information, visit www.victorinsurance.com.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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