Engineering Assistant Market Underwriter - Croydon
- Recruiter
- Zurich Insurance
- Location
- Croydon
- Posted
- 23 Feb 2018
- Closes
- 26 Feb 2018
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
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Our opportunity:
We are currently looking for an Assistant Market Underwriter to join our Engineering Underwriting Team in Croydon. You will provide support and underwriting expertise and services to brokers and customers, delivering a first class service and building positive business relationships with them. This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to build a career with a leading global insurance company.
Key Responsibilities:
At Zurich, we aim to have a diverse mix of employees that reflects our customers and the communities in which we live and work. Our diversity and inclusion initiatives are shaping an environment where everyone feels welcome, regardless of age, gender, religion, ability, culture, sexual orientation or mental health status. Our approach ensures that Zurich is a place that values different opinions, respects personal needs, and provides equal opportunities for all. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements and welcome applications from everyone.
This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/80195658
Our opportunity:
We are currently looking for an Assistant Market Underwriter to join our Engineering Underwriting Team in Croydon. You will provide support and underwriting expertise and services to brokers and customers, delivering a first class service and building positive business relationships with them. This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to build a career with a leading global insurance company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Meet agreed performance measures (including high quality and timely data input to systems)
- Ensure delivery of first class service and productivity (including schemes, portfolio transfers, DAAs and MGAs)
- Implement agreed technical standards, controls, practices, procedures
- Implement underwriting policy within areas of specialism
- Negotiates where appropriate across our whole proposition, with support of local managers and senior underwriters
- Handle a range of queries within agreed authority limits, providing information and advice to assist in the development of the account and maintain underwriting standards
- Supports the effective coaching, development and training of assistant underwriters and trainee underwriters
- Participation in underwriting and schemes audits/reviews.
- Liaise with EDU’s to identify and maximise business opportunities
- Underwrite and negotiate business within authority as appropriate and where directed by line manager
- 2 A Levels at Grade E or above
- Intends to progress towards professional qualifications
- Relevant experience of underwriting
- Clear understanding of basic underwriting principles and practice
- Basic knowledge of the insurance market
- Effective knowledge of Zurich propositions, including our Broker Alliance Programme
- Knowledge of compliance and regulatory issues (such as Contract Certainty, Treating the Customer Fairly and Complaints Handling).
At Zurich, we aim to have a diverse mix of employees that reflects our customers and the communities in which we live and work. Our diversity and inclusion initiatives are shaping an environment where everyone feels welcome, regardless of age, gender, religion, ability, culture, sexual orientation or mental health status. Our approach ensures that Zurich is a place that values different opinions, respects personal needs, and provides equal opportunities for all. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements and welcome applications from everyone.
This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/80195658