Assistant Underwriter

RSA; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector is seeking an Assistant Underwriter to join their team on a hybrid basis. The role focuses on working with brokers to drive profitable growth through effective underwriting and relationship management. Candidates with insurance experience or a strong customer service background will be considered. RSA offers a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional development and a comprehensive benefits package, including pension contributions.

Benefits

Pension contributions up to 11%

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Insurance experience in underwriting, claims, or broking preferred.
• Ability to build relationships with brokers.

Responsibilities

• Work with brokers to optimize profitable growth.
• Underwrite eTrade Property, Packages, and Motor business.

Skills

Relationship Management

Business Development

Customer Service

Job description

Join to apply for the Assistant Underwriter role at RSA.

We have an opportunity for an Assistant Underwriter to join our team on a hybrid basis.

Your Role

This role involves working with selected brokers to optimise profitable growth. You will apply a range of underwriting, relationship management, and business development techniques to help achieve this growth. This applies to new and/or existing cases within our agreed process and defined underwriting appetite.

You will spend most of your time working with your selected brokers, identifying, discussing, negotiating, and converting new and existing business opportunities and making effective underwriting decisions. Within this role, you will underwrite eTrade Property, Packages, and Motor business.

About You

To be successful in your role as Assistant Underwriter, you will ideally have some insurance experience within underwriting, claims, or broking. This experience can be either personal or commercial insurance. We will also consider candidates with a solid customer service background, possibly within a Call Centre or retail environment.

You will be able to build working relationships with insurance brokers and write profitable business to ensure growth of the account.

If you think you would be a great fit for this opportunity but feel that you don't meet all the requirements of the role, please contact Clayton Entwistle, Team Leader, to discuss.

What We Offer You

At RSA, we put our people first. We have adopted hybrid working as standard, to give you a better work/life balance and an excellent flexible working mindset. That is on top of a comprehensive range of benefits, including pension contributions of up to 11% to look after you now and in the future.

We will give you countless opportunities to continuously develop, alongside a diverse and passionate community of industry experts. You will be empowered to be your best self, do your best work, and make a meaningful impact. Our employee promise allows you to shape the future, win as a team, and grow with us.

About Us

Our employee promise is to Shape the Future, Win as a Team, and Grow with us. We support the career development of all RSA colleagues. With a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, we ensure every member has the opportunity to progress their career.

We understand that home life is a priority and are happy to consider reduced hours or job shares. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria will be offered an interview. If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please answer yes to the question "Do you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme?" in RSA's application form.

Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Finance and Sales
• Industries: Insurance