Technical Fleet Underwriter - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Admiral

Admiral

Verified Company

Cardiff, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Admiral is diversifying into the Fleet market and is keen to draw in some expertise from individuals who have underwriting experience writing fleet business for at least one of these segments: Self Drive Hire, vehicle subscriptions, salary sacrifice and car clubs.

This an exciting opportunity for someone with the relevant experience to join the start of an exciting journey

Responsibilities include:

Providing excellent quality service to customers and brokers in line with service levels
Delivering quality underwriting decisions within your designated authority
Providing expert Underwriting advice to other areas of the business and act as a senior referral point across the business
Development and maintenance of underwriting rules, processes and guidance
Influencing change by identifying and building an awareness of gaps, risks and opportunities
Developing and maintaining good stakeholder/SME relationships across the business and ensuring changes are communicated effectively
Monitoring the performance of motor fleet account at a portfolio level and liaise with other functions within the business to enact change where necessary for example pricing, claims etc
Create and maintain underwriting procedures, controls, authority limits, and underwriting standards supporting senior management with the continual review of this framework

Essential skills and experience:

Underwriting experience in:

Car rental, car clubs, peertopeer cars, vehicle subscription
Fleet management, fleet insurance, commercial brokerage
Working within a B2B environment and dealing with B2B customers
Fintech/insurtech
The ability to challenge ideas and use previous experience to identify gaps and improvements that can be made for the customer and business
Proactive and innovative able to think outside the box
Good knowledge of commercial motor insurance, legislation and regulation
Ability to convey technical information efficiently to nontechnical audiences and to influence stakeholder decisions
Team player with proven ability to collaborate and build effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable skills

A high degree of financial awareness with a thorough understanding of the technical elements of insurances products and portfolios
5 years of experience in Commercial Motor Fleet products

Location / Working Arrangements
We are open to discussion around remote working possibilities (UK only). There is a requirement to work in our Cardiff-based office once a week (Tuesdays).

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance
At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first.

We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we're consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays).

You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.

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