Underwriting Assistant - Chelmsford, United Kingdom - XL Catlin

XL Catlin

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Chelmsford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Underwriting Assistant - Financial Lines
Chelmsford, UK

Angel Risk Management specialises in underwriting products for the small to medium-sized sector on behalf of AXA XL - the global insurer that combines financial security with a nimble and empowered approach.

The majority of Angel online business is underwritten either via the Angel Underwriting bespoke system from the Angel Chelmsford office or the Angel online quick quote system.

A typical Angel broker would usually be a smaller and predominately regionally focused broker, often independently owned.

AXA XL provides property, casualty, professional and specialty products to industrial, commercial and professional businesses, insurers and enterprises through the world.

You will provide admin support to Assistant Underwriters and Underwriters while developing the necessary skill sets required to obtain underwriting authority.

Work towards achieving the necessary qualifications to underwrite a profitable account.

Tasks include:

accurate and timely data entry and processing; information management, monitoring and assisting in chasing premiums; producing data for monthly reporting; using modeling systems to assist underwriting process, contribute to Innovation, development of efficient systems and company culture.

This is an Underwriting Assistant role like no other as we would be looking for you to support the Assistant Underwriters and Underwriters with Underwriting tasks within 6 months of joining

This is a regulated role under the Central Bank of Ireland's Fitness and Probity regime.

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What will your essential responsibilities include?

Learn how to analyse and price risks.
Understand how an underwriter comes to the decision on whether to accept or decline a risk.
Learn how to read and understand insurance policies.
Work alongside class underwriter to develop technical skills and improve ability to price risks.
Work alongside brokers to gain a better understanding of the risk being presented.
Handling midterm adjustments on active business

You will report to the Underwriting Manager

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We're looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

Education, to a minimum Alevel standard or equivelent
Ability to achieve goals that are set within the Company and produce good quality results when under pressure
Excellent communication and confidence to liaise with external & internal parties
Highly organised with the ability to prioritise in order to meet various deadlines and keeping on track of the workloads.
Good standard of numeracy, sound knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint
React to change proactively
Be able to work effectively in a team environment and exhibit the flexibility necessary in an evolving organisation
Motivation to work towards insurance qualifications

Desired Skills and Abilities:

Analytical decision making
Selfmotivation
Collaborative team player

FIND your future
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don't just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Inclusion & Diversity

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success.

That's why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible, and create an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential.

_It's about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed._

Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe
Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Sustainability
At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters