Key skills
Communication
About this role
Role Overview
- Support the business in delivering business plan and achieving target underwriting quality and standards in line with underwriting strategy
- Acting as a specialist referral point and coach, dealing with complex referrals from the Underwriting Operations team and providing real time coaching and feedback to support the development of technical knowledge and capability within the underwriting function
- Contribute to the implementation and maintenance of underwriting guides and audit recommendations, supporting the business unit in ensuring that standards are met and technical expertise cascaded, meeting defined levels of service (SLAs)
- Conduct high quality internal and delegated authority audits in line with plan and SLAs, and contribute to the continuous improvement of underwriting standards
- Act as a quality and development representative for UW, liaising with all areas of the business and escalating risks as required
- Working in partnership with Underwriting Operations to enable underwriting of quality business within appetite and individual underwriting licence
- Understanding and operating within regulatory framework including, audit and DA management and identifying and escalating any risks to the business
- Undertaking Underwriting Development projects
Requirements
- Cert CII. Dip CII preferred, or working towards
- Detailed knowledge of general insurance principles
- Solid understanding of the regulatory framework
- Experience identifying and escalating risk
- An analytical approach with high levels of attention to detail
- Clear and concise written communication with experience of submitting balanced and well considered recommendations
- Coaching skills, with ambition and capability to develop these further
Benefits
- Hybrid working
- Group Personal Pension
- up to 12% employer contribution
- Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 6% and 24%
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
- An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
- £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
- Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Full study support to gain professional qualifications
- Access to virtual GP
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay