Underwriting Technician

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is seeking an Underwriting Technician for their Dubai office. You will provide critical operational support to the Underwriting team, ensuring effective transactions through data management and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the insurance industry, strong analytical capabilities, and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Competitive package

Exciting growth opportunities

Non-bureaucratic organization

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of professional experience in the Insurance industry.
• Strong command of English, both verbal and written.
• Experience with Outsource service providers.

Responsibilities

• Assist Underwriters on account development and management.
• Coordinate operational support and check underwriting data.
• Correspond with brokers and follow up on outstanding information.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

College degree or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word)

Job description

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has an exciting opportunity for an Underwriting Technician to join our Asia Middle East (AME) Operations team. Based in our Dubai office, the Underwriting Technician will provide operational support to the Underwriting team and will be responsible for ensuring they are enabled to transact business effectively, through timely data recording, investigation of issues, and relevant engagement with internal and external stakeholders. The Underwriting Technician will coordinate support activities and contribute to process and system-based improvements.

Duties & Responsibilities :

• Assist Underwriters on activities related to account development and management.
• Coordinate operational support – work with teammates across BHSI to ensure tasks are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Check and update submission and underwriting data.
• Support Underwriters on data analysis and reporting activities.
• Correspond with brokers; follow up on outstanding information and support account reconciliation activities.
• Maintain and ensure Underwriting file integrity.
• Observe and capture process improvement opportunities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience :

• Minimum 5+ years of professional experience in the Insurance industry.
• In-depth understanding of underwriting practices through the policy lifecycle.
• Experience with Outsource service providers.
• Stakeholder engagement – able to develop and manage internal and external relationships.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Careful attention to detail.
• Proactive, collaborative, and with a positive can-do attitude.
• Self-starter; ability to support and build workflow and process.
• Excellent communication skills; both verbal and written.
• College degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong command of English; both verbal and written.
• Excellent competency in MS Office applications, in particular Excel and Word.

BHSI Offers :

• A competitive package and exciting growth opportunities for career-oriented teammates.
• A dynamic, action oriented, and thoughtful environment centered on always doing the right thing for our customers, teammates and our other stakeholders.
• A purposely non-bureaucratic organization that embraces simplicity over complexity and emphasizes individual excellence in a team framework.