Underwriting Assistant, Contingency - 12 month FTC

Arch Insurance Group Inc.; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 34 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Arch Europe Insurance Services Ltd in London is seeking an Administrative and Underwriting Assistant to provide support to the underwriting team. You will enter submissions, rating models, quotes and bound policies into the underwriting systems and assist with day‑to‑day tasks.

This 12‑month fixed term contract requires strong data accuracy, excellent MS Office skills, and the ability to work with brokers and back‑office teams.

Qualifications

• Strong time management.
• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Able to interrogate data for errors and anomalies.
• Able to review processes and identify improvements.
• Familiar with Pivot Tables and data management.
• Minimum 12 months experience in Insurance, ideally as an Underwriting Assistant.

Responsabilités

• Data Input: Enter submissions, rating models, quotes and bound policies onto underwriting systems.
• Account Administration: Assist underwriters with day-to-day underwriting operations and management reports.
• Account Query resolution: Resolve outstanding premium receivable issues and liaise with brokers for information.
• General Administration: File preparation, scanning, and daily liaison with back office support teams.

Connaissances

Time management

Data interrogation

Process improvement

Pivot Tables

Underwriting Assistant experience

Outils

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Description du poste

With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility℠.

This role is a 12 month fixed term contract opportunity

Role Purpose

• To provide administrative and technical support to the underwriting team as required.
• Administrative and Technical support includes but is not limited to the maintenance of files and the processing, recording of business accounts accurately and in a timely manner on the Company’s IT and administrative systems in accordance with processing standards and procedures.
• Assisting the team in day-to-day ad hoc tasks when required (risk research, broker meetings, country overview reports etc. and providing updates to underwriters).

Key Responsibilities

Data Input

• Enter submissions, rating models, quotes and bound policies onto the Arch underwriting systems
• Conduct account clearance procedures with other parts of the company for risks or clash, as may be required – including catastrophe analysts, risk capture and data management teams
• Review quality control output from Global Services and provide regular feedback to the underwriting team.

Account Administration

• Assist the Underwriters with day to day underwriting operations
• Assist in preparation of regular and ad hoc management reports
• Assist in the management of binders and lineslips, including the processing of bordereaux and quality control checks on the data.
• Undertake research activities, as directed by underwriters, for additional underwriting information from the Internet or other external sources
• Maintenance of appropriate business activity logs to record submission activity or premium activity
• Prepare Standard policy Documentation for underwriters’ sign off reports

Account Query resolution

• Assist in the resolution of outstanding premium receivable issues, as may be directed
• Liaise with brokers on any outstanding information requirements
• Resolve weekly processing reports

General Administration

• File preparation, photocopying, scanning, document management
• Assisting underwriters at Lloyd’s Box
• Have daily contact with back office support staff, e.g. binder management team, finance and compliance
• Answering telephone calls, responding to emails

Skills / Competencies

• Strong time management skills
• Good knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook
• Ability to interrogate data to look for errors and anomalies.
• Ability to review processes and look for areas for improvement.
• Familiar with Pivot Tables and data management
• Minimum 12 months experience in Insurance, ideally as an Underwriting Assistant.

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