Medical Malpractice Underwriter

About the role

Avencia Consulting is partnering with a growing MGA to expand its UK medical malpractice portfolio. The role is market‑facing, focusing on building broker relationships, generating new business and underwriting a range of healthcare risks.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and underwrite new UK medical malpractice business.
• Build commercially successful relationships across the UK healthcare broking market.
• Identify, manage and convert new‑business opportunities.
• Maintain an active pipeline and develop longer‑term broker strategies.
• Assess, price and negotiate risks within agreed underwriting authority.
• Represent the business at broker, client and market meetings.
• Provide technical input on policy wordings, clauses and endorsements.
• Act as a referral point and share technical knowledge with colleagues.
• Monitor market developments and identify opportunities for portfolio growth.
• Support the continued development of underwriting guidelines and products.

Required profile

• Experience underwriting UK medical malpractice or healthcare risks.
• Demonstrable experience writing and developing new business.
• Established relationships within the UK healthcare broking market.
• Strong commercial, negotiation and relationship‑management skills.
• Comfortable representing the business externally and maintaining a visible market presence.

Required skills

What we offer

• A development‑led role with a clear new‑business mandate.
• Broad UK healthcare appetite and an established portfolio with strong retention.
• Significant autonomy over broker development activity.
• Opportunity to contribute to portfolio growth and future product development.