Assistant Underwriter (Terrorism)

CFC; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative team as an Assistant Underwriter in the Terrorism department. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop your underwriting and business development skills while supporting the growth of a forward-thinking company. You will engage with brokers, manage inquiries, and ensure a seamless customer experience. Ideal candidates will possess a strong work ethic, a passion for the insurance industry, and a desire to contribute to a high-performance team. Embrace the challenge and excitement of working in a fast-paced environment where your contributions will make a significant impact on the business.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in the insurance industry, preferably in underwriting.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage account inquiries from brokers and deliver a great customer experience.
• Support new business development and manage renewals for the Terrorism portfolio.

Skills

Insurance Experience

Underwriting Skills

Business Development

Customer Service

Analytical Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Experience in Insurance Industry

Job description

Assistant Underwriter (Terrorism)

Department: Terrorism

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Harry Salmon

Description

Our Terrorism team provides wide and inclusive cover to businesses for acts of terrorism and sabotage committed for political, religious, ideological or similar reasons. Our team brings extensive experience and innovation to address the unique types of exposures facing their markets today and tomorrow.

As part of our continued growth, we now have an opportunity for someone with prior insurance experience and a willingness to develop technical underwriting and business development skills to join us as an Assistant Underwriter.

You’ll learn to develop and underwrite profitable business within CFC’s Terrorism team. You’ll support the team across a variety of areas, including new business development, underwriting renewal accounts, building and maintaining broker relationships, and responding to Terrorism queries from other product line underwriters.

About the role

• Respond to and manage account inquiries from brokers in a timely and professional manner, prioritizing as required to meet deadlines and SLAs;
• Follow up with brokers for new underwriting and renewals quotes;
• Deliver a consistently great customer experience to our brokers and clients;
• Manage the Terrorism renewals portfolio including regular email/phone communication with brokers for binding renewals;
• Ensure that all policy endorsements and mid-term adjustments are completed quickly and accurately;
• Complete documentation and filing in adherence with CFC processes and policy standards, ensuring quality and accuracy of data captured at all times;
• Maintain regular liaison with key internal stakeholders across the business (e.g., Property underwriting team, Finance, Compliance, and IT) to ensure timely processing of data internally as required;
• Support the Team Leader and team members with ad-hoc duties and projects;
• Meet team performance standards and contribute effectively as part of the Terrorism team.

About you

We are looking for driven, self-starters with a strong work ethic who can contribute to a fast-paced working environment and work within a high-performance team. You will need to be sales and service focused, confident and personable on the phone and in front of our customers, and be able to demonstrate a hunger and aptitude to support growth within the team. You will be analytical with strong attention to detail but also able to reach conclusions quickly and make effective decisions.

You will be expected to work at a high pace and intensity that underpins the successful framework of the CFC business and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support our ambitious growth plans.

The ideal candidate will have at least 2-3 years of experience within the insurance industry, preferably with exposure to underwriting Terrorism or a similar class of business. Given the emerging nature of our class of insurance, a successful candidate will have an interest in technology and be keen to stay on top of current affairs within the industry.

Core Values

Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and make the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers, and carriers.

Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done, and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to make things better.

Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.