Underwriting Assistant

**Underwriting Assistant**
**Halifax or West Malling**
**Up to £24,000**

**The role is a hybrid role, therefore will involve a mix of working from home and also from our Halifax office.**

Covéa Insurance offer a wide range of home, motor and commercial insurance backed by our award-winning customer service. Our purpose is to “help protect people against the worst happening and put it right if it does". It’s the reason we are here, and it’s the task we all focus on every day.

We’re on the lookout for 3 x Underwriting Assistants to join our High Net Worth (HNW) team. The main purpose of this role is to deliver a bespoke, comprehensive and specialist service to the High Net Worth Department.

**What will I be doing?**
- Dealing with quotations within your authority for Tier 1 and 2 brokers
- Processing renewals and post items within your authority
- Issuing documentation accurately and in accordance with Covéa’s service level agreements
- To prospect and actively contribute to the growth/retention targets of the HNW department
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues and brokers
- Liaising with brokers to handle queries and issue appropriate paperwork in accordance with your authority
- Have an awareness of the impact of claims and risk management on the performance of a risk and demonstrate an ability to underwrite taking these factors into account.
- Ensure a working knowledge of the products, procedures, underwriting guides and Management Information is achieved
- Managing your own workload in accordance with agreed service, technical, output standard, accuracy & TCF requirements.
- Strong planning and organisational skills and the ability to work to a deadline
- Ability to develop and sustain relationships with internal and external parties
- Effective communication skills
- The ability to work collaboratively
- Have a “can do” attitude and proactively seek solutions and opportunities
- Ability to identify actual and potential challenges

**What’s on offer?**
- 36.25 working hours per week with flexitime, (along with a range of flexible working options)
- Annual pay review and performance related bonus
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays, with the option to buy/sell holidays
- Continued professional development through internal training programmes, professional qualifications and apprenticeships
- A wealth of support for your mental, financial & physical wellbeing through our Wellbeing group
- A range of health benefits such as access to a 24/7 Virtual GP, free eye tests, flu jabs and the option to opt into private medical insurance
- Tusker Car Scheme - salary sacrifice scheme which lets you drive away a brand new, fully maintained and insured car for up to four years.
- Generous pension scheme with a 7.5% minimum employer pension contribution, matched to maximum of 9% dependant on your contribution
- Additional benefits such as discounted gym memberships, cycle to work schemes and discounts at lots of retailers through Perkpal.

**Our Mission **

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create engaged, inclusive teams. Being an inclusive workplace means taking action to make sure everyone has equal opportunity to succeed, irrespective of their differences. We celebrate our differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £24,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Halifax