Reinsurance Technician

This position is available on a hybrid basis, offering home working for 2-3 days, with the other days based in our office in Essex.

Although reinsurance experience would be advantageous, we are considering candidates with Insurance claims backgrounds who can demonstrate a desire to embark on a career in reinsurance.

What can you expect:

• Work with Reinsurance professionals across Essex, London and Birmingham with experience and technical knowledge

• Gain significant experience of working within a technical capacity for a Broker

• Apply your experience and further development within a role that’s truly progressive and offers full end-to-end responsibility of a client portfolio

• Be part of a global business that works with clients of all sizes to define, design and deliver innovative solutions to better quantify and manage risk

What you will be rewarded with:

• We offer and embrace a hybrid working model that nurtures a collaborative working environment in the office 2 days per week allowing 3 days per week to be spent working on a remote basis.

• Competitive Benefits Package including: 27 days annual leave, up to 4 days flexible bank holidays, excellent pension contributions, private medical cover, life assurance, income protection, employee assistance program, plus a range of flexible benefits including the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year, cycle to work, dental insurance, health assessments plus many more.

• Generous Family Leave including: 6 months paid maternity leave, 4 months paid paternity leave, 6 months paid adoption leave plus shared parental leave options. To help ease the transition when you return to work you will be able to work 8 weeks at 80% of your normal work pattern and receive 100% of your normal salary.

• Free parking close to the Witham office

We will rely on you to:

• Manage an assigned client portfolio, taking full responsibility of technical duties relating to client accounts, premiums and claims

• Work with Market Fiduciary to assist with collection of funds

• Manage all XOL post, brokerage receivables, funding, retention, e-trading, ad hoc reporting requests, and all transactional process steps

• Promote, build and maintain relationships with Brokers, Clients and Markets

• Participate in training sessions, and provide input within the team and/or department for all aspects of reinsurance service processing to assist with troubleshooting

What you need to have:

• Insurance Claims experience and a desire to move into the Reinsurance sector

• Strength in numbers

• Competent Excel skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications

• Willingness to learn

• Successful management of workload; with an ability to manage expectations

What makes you stand out: (These skills are not essential)

• Reinsurance Claims experience

• Experience within Excess of Loss (XOL)

• Experience of working in a technical capacity for a Broker

• Experience of using London Market systems such as ECF and LORS