Job Description

Title:
Head of Distribution, UK Retail
Company:
Everest Advisors (Uk), Ltd.
Job Category:
Underwriting
:
It's an exciting time for Everest Re Group, Ltd. ("Everest")! As we continue on our journey, we see significant opportunity ahead of us to expand our reach, build diversity, and enhance our capabilities in critical markets.
Everest is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for over 50 years through subsidiaries in the Bermuda, Canada, Europe, Singapore, US, and other territories. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. But the most critical asset in this organization is our people.
At Everest, we are committed to the development of our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. You will benefit from career development and learning opportunities that will let you set career goals and fulfill them, including:Generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement Mentoring opportunities Flexible work arrangements Talent development initiatives Networking groups

Everest is a growth company with $14 Billion of Gross Written Premium offering Property, Casualty and specialty products among others, through its various operating subsidiaries located in key markets around the world. Everest has been a global leader in reinsurance with a broad footprint, deep client relationships, underwriting excellence, responsive service and customized solutions. Our insurance arm draws upon impressive global resources and financial strength to tailor each policy to meet the individual needs of our customers.
Our financial strength is evident in Financial Agency Ratings of: A+ A. M. Best, A+ S&P Global and A1 Moody's Investor Service. We are a market leader for our broad diversified income streams, strong underlying underwriting performance with reduced volatility and strong cash flow. We take pride in being known in the industry as nimble, entrepreneurial and responsive.
This position will be based in our London office with a hybrid schedule that has the option of working two days remotely each week.
Role Purpose:
Support the Head of UK Retail by leading the core strategic broker relationships, ensuring engagement at all levels with a personal focus on retail broker leadership. The role is pivotal in driving the opportunity pipeline across our lines of business and maximising value from broker partnerships.
Key Accountabilities:Oversee the day-to-day management of the retail aspects of strategic broker agreements to ensure optimal return on investment. Lead bi-monthly engagement with broker carrier management teams in collaboration with the Head of Distribution for EGM. Develop and execute broker engagement plans, ensuring thorough preparation with Line of Business heads to maximise meeting outcomes. Facilitate broker meetings alongside Line of Business heads to generate actionable insights and drive production. Champion a production-focused mindset, supporting the Head of UK Retail in implementing a review process for new business performance. Own and manage the follow-up process for all business opportunities, ensuring systematic tracking and conversion through underwriters and broking partners. Personally manage key senior broker relationships at CEO and CBO level. Clearly articulate Everest's core product appetite and differentiators to broker partners.

Professional Experience & Skills:Proven experience in Broker Management, or Business Development. Comprehensive understanding of the UK Retail insurance market. Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills. Highly organised with a structured approach to work. Effective time management and prioritisation. Clear and confident communicator, able to convey Everest's strategy and value proposition. Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Everest Values and Behaviours:
Our recruitment practices assess candidates' behaviours, competences and capability to ensure they are fit to fulfil their roles and carry out their duties with a high degree of integrity and commitment. Through our organisation values and colleague behaviours, we encourage cultivating a positive ethical culture, meeting our regulatory requirements and conduct standards by ensuring clear lines of responsibility, accountability, and a focus on fair customer outcomes.
This includes employees complying with the PRA/FCA SM&CR Conduct Rules, at all times, and for those employees holding PCF and CF roles under the CBI Fitness and Probity Regime, complying with the CBI Conduct Standards.
The PRA/FCA and CBI Conduct Rules are as follows: to act with integrity; to act with due skill, care and diligence; to be open and co-operative with the dedicated regulators; to pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly and professionally; to observe proper standards if market conduct, and trading venue rules; act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers.
Our values are the ideals we aspire to so that we can live up to the promise of our brand and underwrite opportunity for all of our stakeholders. They are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions, and behaviours. The role holder will be required to embrace the Everest Core Values: Talent, Thoughtful assumption of risk, Execution, Efficiency, Humility, Leadership, Collaboration, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Our behaviors define how we operate: Respect Everyone, Pursue Better, Lead By Example, Own our Outcomes, and Win Together. All colleagues are held accountable for embodying our behaviors and are evaluated on these as part of their performance.What if I don't meet every requirement? At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

Our Culture
At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture.Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Inclusion and Belonging. Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.


All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve.
Type:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
Primary Location:
London
Additional Locations:
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