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Underwriting Assistant

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£22,000 - £25,000
Surrey
LH/15888
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Location: Shirley

Salary: up to £25,000

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.30pm

 

Benefits: 20 days holiday plus bank holidays – increasing with length of service stakeholder pension, parking, social activities

 

Do you have experience working within the insurance sector and now looking for the next step in your career?

 

A respected, growing and established Insurance Provider who pride themselves on their staff and the service provided to customers are looking to recruit an Underwriting Assistant to join their busy, expanding and stable team. Working in a friendly office this is a great opportunity to find your forever job!

 

What will your working week be like?

 

Our client is looking for an Underwriting Assistant to work closely with the Underwriters to assist in the management of our rapidly growing schemes business.  The successful applicant will need to have a minimum of 1 years’ commercial insurance experience in an underwriting type role and have an awareness of commercial classes of business.

 

The candidate will work closely with the team to review scheme business, check quotations and documentation, take an active role in our internal audit programme and get involved in new scheme development.

 

Assisting the underwriting of scheme business in accordance with binding authorities. You will be required to check new business quotations to ensure business SLA’s are adhered to.

 

You will be required to take responsibility for your own workload, assessing customers needs and providing advice where possible.

 

Who will suit this role?

 

This role would be ideal for somebody looking to take the next step in their insurance career.  Full training will be provided but you will be expected to be able to understand the binding authorities quickly and add value to the teams within a short period of time.

 

  • Minimum 1 years’ commercial experience
  • Demonstrable commitment to a previous employer
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Strong IT skills (Experience with OpenGI System is an advantage)
  • Somebody looking to further a career in insurance
  • Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
  • Cert CII qualified or progress towards

 

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