New Business Underwriter

Atradius; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global insurance provider is seeking a New Business Underwriter based in London. You will identify sales opportunities, conduct assessments, manage a diverse portfolio, and contribute to the onboarding processes for new programmes. The ideal candidate should possess excellent organizational and communication skills, be proficient in Microsoft Excel, and demonstrate an interest in international business operations. A proactive attitude towards sales opportunities will be essential for success in this dynamic role. The position offers a hybrid working model and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus scheme

Market leading pension scheme

Life assurance cover

Flexible working hours

Employee assistance programme

Opportunities for domestic and international travel

Training and support for professional development

Qualifications

• Ability to work with a diverse range of people.
• Experience within credit insurance preferred (but training provided).
• Confidence in managing deliverables and reacting to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Identify sales opportunities through broker community.
• Conduct assessments and report considerations to stakeholders.
• Structure multinational insurance programmes.
• Maintain CRM database and sales pipelines.
• Prepare quotations and sales documentation.
• Identify expansion opportunities with existing customers.
• Present solutions to prospects and brokers.

Skills

Excellent organisation skills

Ability to balance tasks

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel

Comfortable working with numbers

Proactive approach to sales

Interest in international business

Education

Relevant business experience or related degree

Tools

Microsoft applications

Job description

Job Description

Asa New Business Underwriter, you must demonstrate a real desire to support our brokers, so we can ensure we remain the partner of choice in a challenging and competitive marketplace.The ability to design and implement bespoke service solutions that meet the individual needs of our potential customers is critical to our ongoing success.

You will be part of the UK & Ireland Global sales team, based in London, and will contribute to our sales processes from start to finish, to onboard new programmes to Atradius.

Such tasks include, but are not limited to :

• Liaising with our broker community to identify possible sales opportunities
• Conducting an initial assessment of opportunities, reviewing supporting documentation / underwriting data, and reporting your considerations to internal stakeholders.
• Structuring multinational insurance programmes and submitting proposals to senior management for approval.
• Maintenance of our CRM database, sales pipelines and other administrative requirements.
• Preparing quotation documentation, sales decks and other external correspondence.
• Working with our account team to identify and action opportunities for programme expansions with existing customers.
• Corresponding directly with prospects and brokers to present our solutions.

To do this effectively you will have, or be able to demonstrate good communication, organisation, and teamwork skills. You must have the ability to plan and execute your work independently and be able to react quickly to changing priorities.

This is a full-time position.

What are we looking for?

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Required :

• Excellent organisation skills, with an ability to balance a range of tasks simultaneously, and work individually to hit deadlines / complete work independently.
• An ability to work with a diverse range of people, with different backgrounds, nationalities, and personalities – both internally and externally.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, and other Microsoft applications.
• Comfortable working with numbers and interpreting data.
• Relevant business experience or related degree
• A proactive and enthusiastic approach to sales opportunities
• Confidence balancing regular set deliverables with ad-hoc tasks, reacting to the dynamic nature of new-business with a multinational insurer.
• An interest in the world, how businesses operate internationally, how trade flows across borders and the risks different businesses face in transacting across the world.
• Right to work in the UK

Desirable

Experience within credit insurance and a strong understanding of policy structures is preferred, but not essential, as full training will be provided.

What do we offer?

• Experience of a truly international workplace
• A dynamic and supportive team environment
• Opportunities for domestic and international travel.
• Training and support to reach your full potential, including the opportunity for continuous professional development
• Good career opportunities
• Hybrid working
• Competitive salary and annual bonus scheme
• Market leading pension scheme of up to 18% contribution (15% employer contribution with a 3% employee contribution)
• Life assurance cover at 10 x annual salary
• Income protection insurance to cover any long term absence due to illness
• 27.5 days annual leave starting (plus bank holidays)
• Flexible working hours
• Employee assistance programme
• Sports and social club
• In addition to the above, we operate a salary sacrifice scheme whereby you can take advantage of discounted rates in terms of private dental cover, private health insurance retail vouchers, cycle to work scheme etc.