Assistant Underwriter - London, United Kingdom - Avencia Consulting

Avencia Consulting

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

About us
Avencia is an RPO working on behalf of our client HDI Global Specialty SE.

The HDI Global Specialty SE, UK branch (HGS) team is recognised as a market leader in the Professional Lines space.

We provide top quality capacity to our insureds, excellent service levels and best in class thought leadership to our clients to achieve ourgoals of partnership with our brokers and clients.

The teams key driver is "credibility" and "sustainability" within within the Professional Lines space.

The role

To work under the direction of the Product Lead to write new and renewal SME England & Wales Lawyers business and service existing accounts via endorsement and administration.

The principle underwriting focus for this role is within the SME-market segment,working to the pre-set strategy and utilising the Underwriting tools to develop profitable GWP.

In addition, support provided to the Product Lead on larger accounts, including client meeting attendance, research and data analysis.

Promote HGS lead market capabilities, in accordance with underwriting guidelines and business plan.

Externally promote HDI Global Speciality to partner brokers and account executives. Meet and develop relationships with clients to further understand the client risk and promote HGS as partner insurer.

Key Accountabilities

Work under the direction of the Product Lead and collaboratively with other internal departments on developing and maintain pricing tools, MI, databases, compliance checklists, internal reporting requirements for SME law firms.
Develop and establish relationships with the panel brokers. Ensure high service standards maintained and clear communication of appetite and strategy. Maintain a general awareness of Market developments and opportunities and inform the Product Lead of anyrelevant developments or opportunities
Working with the Underwriting Manager and Product Lead to provide input and challenge into the UW strategy. Ensure full understanding and adherence to the strategy once implemented.
Identify and make process improvement for your area of expertise.
End to end project management for projects within your own work area and contribute to any functional projects.
Design, implement and maintain process controls to ensure the quality of the output for your area within the function. Ensure documentation of the processes and output is accurate, uptodate and accessible.
Run, maintain and check reports as required

Skills & Experience

Specialist

Able to join/establish new relationships and relay key messages externally to brokers and clients to promote HGS.
Ability to deal with a high submission count and review risk with the same level of consistency of approach and attention to detail.

Other personal attributes required:

More importantly than direct working experience we are looking for:

Strong team ethic and self-motivating character but with a desire to work closely with other team members and execute a collective strategy.
Desire to focus on becoming a product specialist within the Legal Profession through both formal and informal learning.
Calm and considered judgement even during peak trading periods.