Underwriting Operations Technician

Starr Insurance Companies; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance and investment organization in London is seeking an Underwriting Operations Technician for a 6-month fixed-term contract. The role involves supporting underwriting and operations with a variety of administrative responsibilities, contributing to project work, and ensuring documentation accuracy. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical skills, office experience, and be educated to GCSE/A Level standard.

Benefits

First class training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 6 months to 1 year office experience required.
• Develop knowledge of the lines of business.
• Experience with Underwriting systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Enter risk and policy data into the systems.
• Undertake peer-to-peer quality assurance checks.
• Assist with credit control.

Skills

Analytical and problem solving

Written communication

Verbal communication

MS Office - Excel

MS Office - Word

MS Office - Outlook

Education

GCSE with at least 5 A-C

A Level

Tools

Underwriting systems

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Underwriting Operations Technician, London

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Starr Insurance Companies

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London, United Kingdom

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job Description:

Starr Insurance Companies is a leading insurance and investment organization, providing commercial property and casualty insurance, including travel and accident coverage, to almost every imaginable business and industry in virtually every part of the world.

Cornelius Vander Starr established his first insurance company in Shanghai, China in 1919. Today, we are one of the world’s fastest growing insurance organizations, capable of writing in 128 countries on 6 continents.

Underwriting Operations Technician, Aviation (6 month FTC)

We are currently recruiting for an Underwriting Operations Technician to join our Underwriting Operations Team (supporting the Aviation Team), initially on a 6 month Fixed Term basis.

Role Purpose

To support the Underwriting and Operations divisions through defined administrative responsibilities.

• Enter risk and policy data in to the Underwriting system(s) within the defined Service Level Agreements.
• Undertake peer-to-peer quality assurance checks within the defined Service Level Agreements.
• Ensure all risk and policy queries are communicated through the appropriate channels and responded to in a timely manner.
• Process unmatched USMs within the defined Service Level Agreements and escalate any issues through the appropriate channels.
• Ensure all tasks are completed for month-end close.
• Assist with credit control and provide support to the credit control team with aged debt and excess cash queries when required.
• Attend team, departmental and divisional meetings to build, and maintain, internal relationships and continue understanding of the business.
• Scan and store all documentation in to the document management storage folders as required.
• Ensure that Underwriting files are complete and accurate. Obtain any outstanding items from the underwriting team.
• Assist with, and drive forward, company projects as required.
• Assist with the training of new team members and act as a Subject Matter Expert as requested by the management team.
• Undertake other appropriate ad-hoc tasks as requested by the management team.

Person Specification

• 6 months – 1 year office experience.
• Develop knowledge of the lines of business.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• MS Office – Excel, Word and Outlook; and Underwriting systems.
• Educated to GCSE / A Level – with at least 5 A – C at GCSE (including Maths).

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.