Avencia Consulting

About Markel: Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International. Markel Corporation (NYSE - MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world. In each of our businesses, we seek to deliver innovative products and adaptable customer service so that we can be a market leader. Our time horizon is long-term, our approach is disciplined, and our focus is on continuously improving the quality of the customer experience. Role Overview: Senior Underwriter Leeds £ Excellent, Competitive + Bonus & Benefits We have an exciting opportunity for an Senior Underwriter to join the Markel team based here in Leeds. The role is based within the renewals department dealing with a wide variety of Social Welfare, Care, Not For Profit and Charity policies. What you'll be doing: Demonstrate and promote a thorough knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels in order to achieve profitability and underwriting objectives Provide excellent service to our brokers, prioritising renewals and mid-term adjustments and referrals whether emanating from our broker e-trading platform or by email/phone to ensure deadlines are met. Underwrite renewals including large and complex cases within the defined underwriting authority. Handle renewal cases working as appropriate with the broker to secure renewal and upsell/ cross-sell additional covers. Develop team members' technical knowledge through mentoring, day to day underwriting referrals and exposure to underwriting risks. What we're looking for: Have a demonstrable underwriting experience - ideally in social welfare/care risks, although commercial insurance would be considered. Excellent written and spoken communication skills. Track record in building and developing broker relationships. Demonstrable IT skills including MS Office and our systems including the broker e-trading platform Proven track record to renew business whilst maintaining underwriting discipline ACII and/or similar qualification preferred. What's in it for you: A very competitive basic salary plus bonus & benefits. 25 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave. Company matched pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, a cycle2work scheme, season ticket loan, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), adoption and shared parental leave pay and plenty more. Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology. The possibility of working from both the office and from home, flexible working or other options are available. You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere within Markel. You'll be joining a global network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple teams and countries. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do just that. What we hope you'll do next: Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. We're an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We want to ensure that you have a positive experience applying for a role at Markel and are able to perform at your best. If there are any adjustments we can reasonably make to ensure that the process is accessible for you at every stage.

About Markel Law: Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International. Markel Law LLP (Markel Law) is an independent SRA authorised and regulated legal business offering services to both insured and non-insured clients. We are expert in legal services and specialise in civil and employment disputes and regulatory law click apply for full job details

Financial Reporting Accountant £Excellent + bonus and ecpetional benefits London/ Hybrid An exciting opportuntity to work with a growing and collaborative insurance company based in the City. Whether you are a qualified accountant looking to step into the insurance space or from an insurance background, we would like to hear from you! Role Purpose Delivery of accurate monthly, quarterly and annual fi click apply for full job details

About Markel: Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International. Markel Corporation (NYSE - MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world. In each of our businesses, we seek to deliver innovative products and adaptable customer service so that we can be a market leader. Our time horizon is long-term, our approach is disciplined, and our focus is on continuously improving the quality of the customer experience. Role Overview: Catastrophe Risk Manager London. Hybrid working pattern. 2 vacancies available Competitive Salary + Bonus & Benefits We are currently looking for Catastrophe Risk Managers to help run our London Catastrophe Management Team and positively impact the strategic underwriting decisions our business makes. This team provides support to Markel International (MINT) in the following areas: pre-underwriting analytics, class and entity level reporting and ad-hoc analysis to support underwriting decisions. The mission of the department is to assist MINT in achieving consistent underwriting profit and outstanding financial results by providing a high quality service. What you'll be doing: Lead aggregation and modelling, including (but not limited to) Marine and Energy, with a separate position focusing on Cyber. Internal and external reporting including to Lloyds and the PRA. Production of quarterly divisional reports. Lead ad hoc project work and process design. Use third party catastrophe models and in-house tools for pre-underwriting analysis. Build and maintain strong relationships with divisional underwriters. Provide ad hoc reports for underwriting portfolio analysis. Analyse catastrophe models in order to improve company understanding and to recommend improvements in our use of them. Build and maintain effective relationships with all internal and external contacts including the Corporate Cat Management team in Richmond, Virginia (CCM) and software providers. What we're looking for: Catastrophe modelling experience in the London market Excellent IT skills with strong knowledge of SQL Proven experience with catastrophe management best practices Experience with regulator reporting Validated experience of portfolio level aggregation techniques Experience of building and maintaining successful relationships with internal and external contacts The ability to run multiple projects and meet tight timeframes Individuals with a numerical degree with a classification of 2:1 or above, or equivalent What's in it for you: A very competitive basic salary plus bonus & benefits 25 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave Company matched pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, a cycle2work scheme, season ticket loan, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), maternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay, paternity pay and plenty more Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts and cash back on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology The possibility of working from both the office and from home (hybrid), flexible working or other options are available You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere within Markel You'll be joining a global network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple teams and countries. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do just that

About Markel: Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International. Markel Corporation (NYSE - MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world click apply for full job details

About us Market leading specialty insurer and reinsurer are currently seeking a Risk Manager to assume a newly created role within an organisation experiencing growth and success. The role Working within an actively engaged risk function department going through an expansion period of the business, both in the UK and internationally. The team supports a wide range of corporate and business activities, lending variety and challenge to the role. Key accountabilities Drive change within the Risk Management Framework including bringing ideas for ways to report to senior management Lead work on Enterprise Risk Management, Risk Strategy, Risk Culture, Operational Risk, Emerging Risks and the Risk controls framework Ability to run and/or work within cross-functional working parties Represent the function at cross-functional committee meetings and Risk Committees when required Lead a larger sub-team and deputise for team Head when required Input into Own Risk & Solvency Assessment (ORSA) reporting processes Link risk management initiatives to Business Unit/Local Plans and Initiatives Ability to coach an analyst/senior analyst Work independently on significant project and/or own the running of key processes within the team Risk assessment (Both Threats and Opportunities) of key business risk exposures Analysis of risk events and near misses / link to risks on the risk register and conduct deep dives Support training to the wider business on risk management Supporting engagement with regulators Skills & experience The successful candidate will: Have deep subject matter expertise in Solvency II and internal models Have a good understanding of insurance business models/underwriting products Be able to influence senior management across the business Have previous experience of strategy execution - the ability to drive through an agreed programme of work and overcome resistance and challenges Be proficient within report writing and the ability to communicate technical information in a way that is easy to understand, digest and apply Have experience of investigating data & conducting business analysis Have the ability to bring together general business knowledge and technical risk knowledge Have experience with training/risk workshops Be adept at contributing to complex projects

The role To own the processing of month-end claims and premiums data into the Reserving SQL database, including the reconciliation process, for all lines of business as part of the quarterly reserving exercise. To satisfy internal and external auditors that the Reserving database, models and processes adhere to relevant internal and external governance requirements. To contribute to ongoing process improvements by designing and implementing solutions to automate existing manual processes, and improve performance of already automated processes. To develop an understanding of relevant data sources and systems used by the Actuarial team in order to fulfil data requests both internally and externally from the wider Aspen organisation. To become an expert in the key procedures, tables and objects within the SQL database that are used during the quarterly reserving exercise and be able to identify how the code has generated the final datasets. Key accountabilities Develops a good understanding of the evolving quarterly reserving exercise, including changes to the sources of premiums data processing and the reconciliations. Assist in the design and implementation of improvements to the Reserving systems, to ensure these are in line with business requirements and reflect key priorities, and are delivered in the agreed timeframes. Determines own work priorities and activities in line with agreed plans to ensure the achievement of the function's objectives. Develops expertise in the key procedures, tables and objects within the SQL database that are used during the quarterly reserving exercise and is able to identify how the code has Use appropriate version control of the code and models when developing new solutions. Perform UAT on code changes as part of Aspen change control process, under guidance of Reserving Systems Developer or Manager of Reserving and Financial Data. Skills & experience Basic SQL knowledge Intermediate VBA knowledge Basic knowledge of computer hardware/software systems Basic London Market Insurance knowledge Understanding of both internal business drivers and industry dynamics Understanding of underlying needs of the business and how own role contributes to these Advanced user of MS Excel Intermediate user of MS Access Basic user of SQL, with desire to get more exposure Understands the fundamentals of query writing in SQL Eager to learn and develop, and train others environment across geographies Strong numeric and analytic capabilities Effective verbal and written communication Able to work independently Ability to adapt in a fast changing environment Specific professional qualifications (e.g. computer science, management of information systems or similar)

About us We are a growing general insurer who are looking for a Business Analyst to join the UK Business change team on a permanent basis. We are currently working on a number of long and short term projects across the UK, there is a lot of opportunity to plan and facilitate smaller projects and to shadow seniors. The role The Business Analyst role is a key component of the UK Business Change team which supports the delivery of strategic projects within the change portfolio and initiating and implementing small change and process simplification and improvements, working with cross functional teams across the whole of the business and with third party system providers. Key accountabilities Pro-actively investigate, analyse, challenge and define the detailed business processes and requirements to support the strategic and tactical goals of the organisation. This includes (a) defining and documenting requirements specifications and (b) supporting the delivery of these solutions by working with the business and IT teams to ensure the defined requirements of the business are met at all stages of the project lifecycle Attends and contributes to workshops, facilitates elements of the workshops as required Attends meetings representing the project and provides written actions/updates as required to the project working group Works with IT teams to ensure all interface/infrastructure details are captured and to help with clarification of requirements for functional and technical specifications Pose relevant questions to help identify the source of issues and ensure that solutions are suggested and raised that address these issues Working as part of the Change team, to support the full project lifecycle including; management information, testing, user acceptance to ensure that requirements are delivered as agreed Provides input into the project team documentation including; risk and issues logs, change logs and status reporting Skills & experience Have competent IT skills with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, knowledge of MS Visio would be useful but not essential The ability to document sometimes complex requirements in a clear and concise manner Be able to communicate clearly, translating complex requirements and solutions and turning these into easily used and easily understood information for use by colleagues and other stakeholders The ability to facilitate workshops/ meetings with cross functional teams and managers Being able to influence and get along easily with colleagues often with whom most contact will be by telephone, email or video conferencing

The role To assist in the maintenance, development and improvement of the pricing systems (in particular the Group Pricing Platform) so as to align to the strategic priorities of the Business and Actuarial management as agreed each year; the analyst will contribute to the successful and efficient implementation, delivery and maintenance of reliable models to the Underwriting Function so that business can be consistently assessed and evaluated; the analyst will also help ensure appropriate capture of any identified relevant associated identified information from the process to provide a feed into management reporting and model development. Key accountabilities Contribute to developing mechanisms to improve the quality and usefulness of pricing data captured to improve management insight and strategic decisions. Help to convert pricing tools in the existing pipeline into the Group Pricing Platform; so as to enable a consistent delivery, implementation and data capture process, where possible and appropriate, across the business. Assist in the development and management of data capture and storage of pricing information in a systematic and coherent structure which can be ultimately be used to feed into Actuarial model evolution and Management strategic decisions. Undertake investigations on model usage to identify misuse or to identify training needs, as required Identify and/or support improvement in delivery, efficiency, responsiveness and reliability, of the Group Pricing Platform (and pricing models more generally) so as to provide greater stability and improved user experience of models. Ensure user access lists are maintained and that backup systems and processes are used appropriately during model development to provide business continuity. Maintain regular contact with stakeholders to ensure models continue to operate efficiently. Help to provide a service-orientated culture within the Pricing System team by being adaptable to changing priorities within the team. Provide and participate in feedback and cross training to/from other members of Pricing or underwriting functions, as required. The analyst will work with pricing actuaries across the Group to understand the processes and methodologies behind the various pricing tools to help identify model improvements through alternative coding or validation mechanisms. Assist in wider system development within the pricing team, as required and prioritised by Actuarial Management so as to align to business needs. Support the Pricing System Lead to ensure that the infrastructure of the Pricing System Platform is designed, supported and managed in accordance with business needs. Support the Pricing System Lead to monitor and maintain the Pricing System Platform, ensuring it is working at optimal levels, adequately provisioned and has the capacity to support the business requirements. Endeavour to resolve technical problems within reasonable timeframe whilst also keeping stakeholders informed so as to appropriately manage and meet expectations. Skills & experience Adequate VBA or SQL knowledge Adequate knowledge of computer hardware/software systems. Understanding of both internal business drivers and industry dynamics Understanding of underlying needs of the business and how own role contributes to these. Eager to learn and develop Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with customers and colleagues while remaining committed to providing quality results with positive service Able to explain technical solutions to audiences who don't have IT background. Ability to collaborate effectively within a team environment. Strong numeric and analytic capabilities Effective verbal and written communication Strong attention to detail Proficient in relevant software, including MS Office applications e.g. Excel as well as other departmental software packages. Able to work independently. Preferred experience would include, one of the following; Relevant degree in Computer Science/Information Technology Specific professional qualifications (e.g. computer science, management of information systems or similar). Strong A-Levels (including Mathematics) with demonstrable evidence of an interest in, and a basic understanding of, the fundamentals of how to program.