Assistant Underwriter

4 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Avencia Full time

**Assistant Underwriter**:
Leeds Permanent - Full Time

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**Markel**:
**Are you looking to develop your career within Underwriting?**

**Come and help us provide an outstanding underwriting service to our clients and brokers here at Markel**

**What part will you play?** If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

**Join us and play your part in something special**

**The opportunity**:
We have a great opportunity for an **Assistant Underwriter** to join our Renewals Connect team based in Leeds. The **Assistant** **Underwriter **will provide an excellent underwriting service for brokers across the UK. Working as part of a team being pro-active and willing to help brokers across all classes of business. Developing relationships internally and externally, monitor and analyse broker activity to identify success and area’s for improvement and provide pro-active feedback to your team manager.

We can offer a great career path upwards to Underwriter/Senior Underwriter along with funding and support for your CII qualification

**What you’ll be doing**:
Provide and maintain a good level of underwriting, demonstrating a thorough knowledge of company guidelines and authority levels in order to achieve defined objectives

Underwriting risks in accordance within own personal underwriting authority level

Ensure incoming calls are answered promptly and professionally

Diarise and follow-up renewals with brokers with the purpose of securing and retaining business

Review broker generated activities and encourage broker to deal with Markel by highlighting our product benefits and negotiating terms. Analyse broker performance and report findings to the team manager

Manage renewal cases working as appropriate with the broker to secure renewal and upsell/ cross-sell additional covers

Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with the Technical teams in Leeds and the wider business

**Our must haves**:

- Proven relevant insurance experience and demonstrable technical skills ideally
- Background and experience in our lines of business is desirable, commercial, commercial combined, D&O, construction, social welfare, PI, EL/PL
- Excellent written, spoken communication and numerical skills
- A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Demonstrable IT skills including MS Office
- Be studying for/or be willing to study for CII qualifications
- Knowledge of Acturis is preferred

**Who we are**:
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.

**We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better** **| We enjoy the everyday **| **We think further**

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

**What’s in it for you**:

- A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package
- 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
- Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
- There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that

**Are you ready to play your part?


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