Assistant Underwriting Technician

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Avencia Consulting Full time

The role
Assistant Underwriting Technician

London based (office based with hybrid working)

£ Competitive + bonus & benefits

Are you looking for your next step in the world of insurance?

Help us deliver a high level of service to our as part of our specialty insurance function through engaging with our global offices with HDI Global Specialty.


We have an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Underwriting Technician to join our London team with great exposure to a range of specialty insurance lines and the ability to issue and manage polcies for some of our UK clients on behalf of our overseasteams.

We're looking for a hard-working, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who has ideally had previous experience with the world of insurance through previous employment, work experience or an internship.

If you're looking for the next step in your career in insurance, then this may be the role for you

What you'll be doing:

  • Ensure that all UK Servicing Office Policies and other documents are issued promptly, accurately and in line with underwriting appetite and multinational guidelines.
  • Ensure data supplied is complete and accurate, by liaison with producing offices; fronting partners; underwriters; brokers; coinsurers; etc as required.
  • Liaise with the producing office(s), fronting partners and underwriters to ensure local policy requirements can be met and answer underwriting queries.
  • Promptly identify any issues and raise with Client Services Manager, Senior Underwriting Technician or Underwriting Technician in order to resolve.
  • Ensure documents issued comply with all relevant overseas & UK regulatory and HDI UK requirements.
  • Ensure that all underwriting data is recorded promptly and accurately within the requisite systems; including, but not exclusively Geras, Pool Re, One Flow, Global Network Portal, IP Web, Elto, ARGOS, E-Accounting.
  • Ensure data to be entered is complete and accurate, by liaison with producing offices; brokers; coinsurers; underwriters, or Senior Underwriting Technician, other HDI offices etc as required.
Reviewing data quality as required and ensuring any errors or omissions are corrected promptly, liaising with Client Services Manager, Senior Underwriting Technician,

  • Underwriting Technician, producing offices, credit control & other teams as appropriate.
  • Maintaining accurate electronic records for auditing and regulatory purposes.
Data entry includes, but is not exclusively: policy creation; new business premiums; renewal premiums; endorsements; terrorism; co-insurances; reinsurances, taxes, other deductions, lead office expenses, risk management fees etc

  • Answering queries received via eaccounting system or from credit control, liaising with Underwriting Technician and relevant Underwriting Team(s) and processing correcting entries as appropriate.
  • Data Quality
  • Regularly produce reports from Global Network Portal and Business Objects in order to identified pending queries, missing information and provide claims information to external clients.
  • Procedures
  • Regularly review and document procedures, ensuring they are up to date and fit for purpose, identifying any process improvement opportunities.
  • Responsible for meeting agreed service standards.
  • Ensure any actual or potential failures are identified and reported promptly, to the relevant Underwriting Team(s), Producing Offices, Senior Underwriting Technician, Underwriting Technician or Client Services Manager.
  • Ensures departmental returns are completed in a timely and accurate way e.g. ELTO, POOL RE and Audit requirements.
  • To proactively participate in projects or other initiatives designed to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the department and UK Branch and challenge the status quo.
  • To undertake any other tasks as requested by the Client Services Manager.

What we're looking for in you:

  • Good GCSE and A levels as a minimum, preferably Degree educated
  • Good systems knowledge, particularly experience of using various company bespoke systems to capture and monitor data
  • Able to organise own workload effectively to meet service standards
  • Deadline focused; able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Competent user of Excel & Word
  • Understand financial impact of technical data processed
  • Numerate
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Open to change

About Us:

Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client HDI Global Specialty.

HDI Global Specialty SE is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HDI Global SE and is part of the Talanx Group. HDI Global Specialty SE offers specialty insurance solutions to industrial clients, and products through delegated authorities and other sectors.
HDI Global Specialty has been operational since 1980 (through various guises).

The UK branch focuses its efforts on underwriting activities for the two main business streams; Delegated Authority and Single Risk business.

The specialty lines of business includeerrors & omissions liability insurance, directors' and officers' liability insurance (D&O), legal expenses insurance, sports and entertainment, aviation, offshore energy and animal insurance.



We want to be the best insurer in the specialty classes, recognised for our expertise, ability to provide solutions and service excellence to our clients and business partners, whilst being a place where talented people want to work.
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