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Mariesha Baranyi

Mariesha Baranyi

United Kingdom

Summary

Experienced property underwriter with over 7 years in general insurance industry.


Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Senior Underwriter - Consumer Lines EMEA

Chubb
London
02.2025 - Current
  • Underwrite and manage consumer lines insurance schemes across the UK and Europe, with responsibility for pricing and underwriting terms.
  • Design and oversee end-to-end insurance journeys, ensuring compliance with FCA requirements and equivalent European regulatory standards.
  • Lead technical pricing reviews, incorporating loss ratio analysis, claims trends, and portfolio performance insights.
  • Maintain and enhance underwriting rules in line with evolving risk appetite and market data.
  • Draft and update core policy documentation, including wordings, endorsements, and IPIDs.
  • Identify and reduce underwriting and claims leakage through structured, data-led root cause analysis.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Pricing, Legal, Compliance, Claims, and MI to drive scheme improvements.
  • Present scheme performance and underwriting recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Portfolio Underwriter

Allianz Insurance
Personal Lines Broker Home Underwriting
05.2022 - Current
  • Monitored underwriting team performance and provided mentoring to achieve personal and department production goals.
  • Shaped and developed underwriting policies, practices and procedures to improve company standards.
  • Built and nurtured strong, professional relationships with brokers for portfolio retention and growth.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders, maximising business opportunities and profitability.
  • Performed data extraction on models and pricing tools for review to verify risks written or renewed followed underwriting guidelines.
  • Made quick, sound decisions within underwriting authority and based on appropriate data.

Home Underwriter

Allianz Insurance
Personal Lines Broker Home Underwriting
05.2021 - 05.2022
  • Provide daily support to the operation staff dealing with both verbal and written referrals and maintaining and updating the underwriting guide
  • Manage Flood Risks ceding process with external governmental bodies (FloodRe)
  • Working closely with various departments to review FOS decisions and complaint cases to ensure best practice
  • Carrying out monthly analysis of key broker accounts and present findings in broker meetings
  • Use of various systems including SAS.

Private Client Account Executive

A-Plan Insurance Private Client (Howdens)
01.2018 - 05.2021
  • Conducting private car and home insurance to high net worth clients, utilising knowledge of insurance market from previous role and building on knowledge of high net worth market to successfully carry out the role
  • Negotiating between clients and underwriters as an intermediary to find effective solutions for both parties
  • Initiating assistance to help struggling team members to manage and complete their workloads
  • Producing exceptional results in a high-pressure environment, maintaining a detail-oriented and customer-focused approach by understanding customer needs and wants, creating pleasant client relationships and tailoring insurer products to suit.

Insurance Consultant

A-Plan Insurance (Howden)
12.2017 - 01.2018
  • Successful planning, organising, preparation, and research of insurance policies to better serve clients and customers
  • Oversee the insurance quoting and selling process including gathering information, and consulting on premiums to find the correct fit for the insured
  • Effective management and delegation of workload within the new business department including scheduling, and personnel evaluations and accounts, aiding in weekly figures of the branch
  • Generate and follow leads including exceeding goals and objectives
  • Enable and sustain solid relationships with diverse teams
  • Serve as liaison for the new computer system including training and mentoring employees, driving product knowledge, and placing new business with insurers and building retention through renewals
  • Work directly with clients and insurance companies to drive customer service exceeding expectations
  • Successfully ensure compliance with FCA regulations and standards through continuous development.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Management With International Business

Royal Holloway, University of London
London
07.2017

High School Diploma - A-Levels

The Henley College
Henley
07.2014

GCSE's -

Queen Ethelburga's
Harrogate
07.2012

Skills

  • Attention to Detail
  • Decision Making
  • Communication
  • Analytical
  • Negotiation
  • Trend analysis
  • Property insurance
  • Underwriting and adjustments
  • Account management
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Radar
  • SAS and SQL

Certification

  • Certificate of Insurance (CII)

Languages

English
Native

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Underwriter - Consumer Lines EMEA

Chubb
02.2025 - Current

Portfolio Underwriter

Allianz Insurance
05.2022 - Current

Home Underwriter

Allianz Insurance
05.2021 - 05.2022

Private Client Account Executive

A-Plan Insurance Private Client (Howdens)
01.2018 - 05.2021

Insurance Consultant

A-Plan Insurance (Howden)
12.2017 - 01.2018

Bachelor of Science - Management With International Business

Royal Holloway, University of London

High School Diploma - A-Levels

The Henley College

GCSE's -

Queen Ethelburga's
Mariesha Baranyi