Underwriting Assistant

**Do you already have some entry level insurance experience?**

**Are you looking for your next challenge?**

**Could this be your first step into the insurance industry?**

**Role Summary**:
**Bravo Networks Underwriting** are pleased to be recruiting for an **Underwriting Assistant** to join our team off underwriters and assistants.

If you are passionate about offering a good service, motivated in helping others and looking to start or progress your career then please get in touch.

**Location**:
This is a Hybrid role; majority will be based at the offices in **Knaresborough**.

Flexibility will be given depending on experience.

**What’s in it for you?**

Along with the great people you would be working with in this role, we offer an excellent set of benefits which would include the following:

- Employer pension contribution of 6% (providing you, the Employee provides 2%).
- Good work life balance - flexibility to suit you.
- Competitive salary.
- Life Assurance at X4 of your base salary.
- Learning & Development opportunities including study support options and apprenticeships.
- Group Income Protection.
- Generous Annual Leave entitlement (and the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year).
- Flexible benefits include, but not limited to, discounted gym memberships, restaurant discounts, PMI, healthcare cash plans etc.
- Group annual bonus scheme.

**Context of the Role**:
As an Underwriting assistant you will assist a team of underwriters allowing them to focus on underwriting, so you will support the admin function of underwriting, this will include and not limited to processing of renewal business, managing workflows, inputtingclaims information, liaising with brokers on simple adjustments to policies, being the first point of contact for queries related to business both new and existing.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Build good working relationships with the underwriting teams ensuring regular communication.
- Ensure all account queries are dealt with, within service standards.
- Assist in the underwriting/processing of allocated new business and renewals.
- Provide general assistance to underwriters for broker administrative duties as agreed.
- Liaise with brokers and internal departments for credit control, claims and risk information.
- Work in conjunction with the underwriting teams to ensure efficient working practices are in place and identifying operational improvements, providing feedback to reduce rework or errors and raise any blockages.

**Desirable Skillset**:

- Ability to balance and prioritise workload to contribute to feasible and desirable solutions to business problems.
- Ability to work with others and across a wide matrix organisation.
- Good written and verbal communication and credibility when dealing with internal and external stakeholders.
- Proven track record in developing and maintaining excellent external relationships with associated business units.

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