International Underwriting Assistant - London, United Kingdom - AXA

AXA

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Description:

We're excited to bring to the market a further opportunity for the role of International Underwriting Assistant, joining our highly respected Real Estate Speciality team.

We are experiencing an exciting period of growth in both the UK and International markets, and are investing in our workforce of the future, ensuring we're there to service our global clients to a market leading standard.

The portfolio is varied with highly sought-after clients, spanning both UK and International Programmes, amassing an impressive gross premium, charting AXA as one of the biggest Real Estate portfolios.

AXA are one of the lead insurers for Real Estate clients, working with specialist brokers and a team that are well respected in the industry, having built a strong reputation, of which we take great pride.

We're seeking an individual with a thorough understanding of the Property underwriting market and a desire to work within the London and International markets, with a focus on specialist Real Estate brokers and global clients.

Working within the underwriting team, you will be required to manage the end-to-end process of servicing our broker partners and clients.

You will ensure all administrative activities are carried out in a timely and efficient manner, to the highest quality.

The role will allow for full engagement across the Real Estate function, liaising with underwriting, finance, credit control, claims and global offices.

If you thrive on being pushed out of your comfort zone and being empowered to make decisions, this could be the ideal role for you At AXA we're adopting a Hybrid way of working, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the London office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers.

What you'll be doing:

You'll help AXA achieve our longterm ambitions to combine technical excellence with innovate client solutions
Deliver on financial targets through profitable underwriting of risks and developing partnerships with our key brokers
To ensure that AXA's Service Standards are met and, if possible, exceeded in the implementation of UK and International Programmes
Build positive relationships with Clients, their brokers and become the focal and contact point for all service matters relating to their accounts
Working closely with Underwriters of all levels to deliver agreed client service standards
Ensure that all handled programmes are implemented to agreed service standards and corporate guidelines
Supporting AXA's business development and client relationship activities
Assist where required with ongoing Projects that are identified throughout a given year for better improvement to the AXA servicing model

Qualifications:

Understanding of the Property underwriting market and a desire to work within the London and International markets, with a focus on specialist Real Estate brokers and clients
Sound knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements for insurance, including treating customers fairly
Selfmotivated and comfortable managing your own workload; this is imperative as you will need to operate at a strategic level, personally and actively influencing our approach and future direction for servicing clients
A willingness to always go the extra mile, looking at ways to improve processes to progress forward and the ability to juggle priorities
Pragmatic decision maker with good analytical and numerical reasoning skills
Ideally some experience of servicing international insurance programmes

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in the United Kingdom.

What we offer:

One of the best things about joining AXA is our rewards package.

At AXA UK, we're appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that.

You can expect to receive:

Competitive annual salary
Annual company & performancebased bonus
Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 3 days leave
AXA employee discounts
Gym benefits

Our ambition is to become one of the most inspiring companies to work for, as such we're committed to supporting employee needs, providing meaningful career development and celebrating differences.

We understand that everyone has individual work and home life responsibilities, therefore we're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for this role, should this be a requirement for you.

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About AXA:

With a presence in over 60 countries, and 165,000 employees serving the needs of 107 million customers, AXA is big.

But never too big to care for every single person who works here. So when you join us, we promise to put our collective might behind you and your career.

You'll work in an open and supportiv