Underwriting Operations Project Coordinator

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Markel Full time

**About Markel**:
Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International.

Markel Corporation (NYSE - MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

In each of our businesses, we seek to deliver innovative products and adaptable customer service so that we can be a market leader. Our time horizon is long-term, our approach is disciplined, and our focus is on continuously improving the quality of thecustomer experience.

**Role Overview**:
The Underwriting Operations team supports the Chief Underwriting Officer in carrying out his responsibilities for underwriting profitability and oversight. These include overall responsibility for combined ratio performance, business planning, underwritingrisk, delivering good customer outcomes and ensuring compliance with internal and external underwriting standards, limits and appetites including local regulations such as those set by Lloyd's. The team provides support for both formal and informal underwriterreferrals on risks and wordings that are outside an underwriter's authority or where advice is sought. The team has a similar role regarding claims; setting standards, ensuring compliance and acting as a central resource.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Developing processes and controls to oversee and report on Underwriting Operations projects and key activities
- Coordinating activities and resources to ensure completion of project deliverables
- Monitoring progress of deliverables and addressing issues that may arise
- Tracking and reporting progress against delegated audit and independent underwriting review schedules
- Onboarding external auditors
- Collating and sharing relevant documentation in preparation for external audits
- Collating management information, preparing committee packs and providing support to Chairs of the committees
- Minute taking at Underwriting Operations Committees and tracking actions to completion
- Developing and maintaining Underwriting Operations intranet and SharePoint sites
- Maintaining the Underwriting Operations Document Register, ensuring documents are reviewed and published within agreed timelines
- Working collaboratively with the Underwriting Operations team to influence and implement efficiency improvements
- Attending meetings as required
- Assisting with Underwriting Operations tasks as required

**What we're looking for**:

- Strong communication skills
- Project management methodology capability
- Strong organisational and multi-tasking skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build and maintain strong relationships and drive consensus
- Experience of interfacing with senior management and boards/ committees
- Strong analytical, interpretation and problem solving skills
- Delivery focused and ability to meet hard deadlines
- Team orientation
- A track record in demonstrable ownership and delivery

**What's in it for you**:

- A very competitive basic salary plus bonus & benefits
- 25 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
- Company matched pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, Green car benefit scheme, a cycle2work scheme, season ticket loan, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), parental, adoption and sharedparental leave pay..and plenty more
- You'll be joining a global network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple teams and countries. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do justthat

**What we hope you'll do next**:

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