Trading Underwriter

DAS; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company seeks a Trading Underwriter to enhance partner relationships and manage underwriting for standard products. Candidates should possess underwriting experience and proficiency in MS Excel, showcasing strong communication and analytical skills. Join a team dedicated to delivering excellent customer outcomes in a supportive environment offering flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

25 days holiday, with the option to buy up to 5 more

Company pension scheme

Group Income Protection

Health cash plan

Employee discounts hub

Access to Sports and Social club

Qualifications

• Previous underwriting experience.
• Strong skills in reviewing and analysing data using MS Excel.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate renewal terms with business partners.
• Manage insurance risk proactively.
• Identify and resolve underwriting issues.

Skills

Communication

Relationship Building

Analytical Skills

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

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We have an excellent opportunity for a Trading Underwriter to join our high performing Client Services department at DAS UK Group.Based in central Bristol this is a great opportunity to work alongside Senior and Assistant Trading Underwriters, and hold responsibility for dealing with business partners and providing our partners with a bespoke service. You will also have the opportunity to get involved in the underwriting of our standard products.

In this role you will meet with our business partners to negotiate renewal terms, provide performance updates and proactively manage their insurance risk. In addition, you will be responsible for identifying any underwriting issues negatively impacting our business partners, working with internal and external stakeholders to resolve these issues to our business partners satisfaction.

This is a great opportunity to showcase your communication and relationship building skills and demonstrate experience of effective collaboration with business partners and internal stakeholders.

About You

We’re ideally looking for candidates with previous underwriting experience and a passion for ensuring good customer outcomes. It's important to the role that the successful applicant can demonstrate previous experience using MS Excel to review and analyse data, and an innovative approach and ability to develop meaningful and long term relationships with business partners in addition to:

• The ability to work at pace whilst maintaining an accurate, high quality output;
• An ability to manage different projects and tasks, while meeting challenging deadlines and exceeding customers’ expectations; and
• The ability to lead complex underwriting conversations with business partners.

Whilst this is a full-time role, we would consider applications for part time working and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements for the right candidate.

As a team we are passionate and enthusiastic about what we do. Our people are encouraged to think independently andto take ownership of their work. You will be agile in the way that you work and adaptable to change. In return for your commitment, we will offer you generous remuneration and an attractive benefits package which will include:

• 25 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days
• Company pension scheme with the option to increase contributions
• Group Income Protection for all employees
• Group Legal Protection for all employees
• Health cash Plan
• A choice of either European Motor Assistance or Home Emergency Assistance
• Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle scheme
• Access to our employee discounts hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK
• The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits and shopping trips

If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the criteria listed above.