Underwriting Assistant - Various Lines

Department: Emerging Talent

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Description

We are looking for Graduates or School/College leavers that are keen to start their professional career with an innovative Insurance business that loves to challenge the status quo. Due to continued growth we have a new opportunity for an Underwriting Assistant to join a number of our specialist Underwriting teams.

You’ll develop a thorough understanding of CFC’s workflow processes and systems as well gaining exposure to insurance. A role as an underwriting assistant provides a great foundation for a career at CFC, with a number of our underwriters and underwriting team leaders starting their careers here!

We currently have opportunities available in:

Cyber
Speciality Lines
Professional Liability
Life Science & Healthcare
Technology

About the role

Day to day responsibilities will see you:

Providing excellent administrative support to underwriting teams to ensure CFC can adhere to target turnaround times for our brokers and insureds;
Managing the underwriting central inboxes and logging new and renewal submissions on CFC’s internal underwriting system;
Preparing various activity reports and spreadsheets as directed;
Administering the department diary, including chasing outstanding items such as subjectivities and renewal business;
Answering incoming calls and fielding queries as appropriate;
General ad-hoc administrative duties as required

About you

We are looking for passionate individuals with a keen interest in a career in Insurance, who want to learn and develop in an exciting and evolving line of business. You will have:

Impeccable organisational skills with the ability to prioritise work to meet tight deadlines and turnaround times;
Resilient and able to operate effectively and accurately under pressure
Excellent level of attention to detail including accurate written and numeracy skills
Good communications skills both written and verbal
Above all you’re a team player!

Given the emerging nature of our classes of insurance, a successful candidate will have an interest in staying on top of current affairs within the relevant industry.

Core Values

Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.

Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.

Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.

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