Assistant Underwriter

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

Assistant Underwriter - UK Casualty
London, with hybrid working

We have a rare opportunity to join our UK Casualty team.

The UK Casualty team underwrites a broad range of commercial risks from our Fenchurch Street office in London. It’s an exciting time for us as we continue to be involved in unique and specialist risks.

As an Assistant Underwriter, you’ll play a key role in supporting the team across underwriting and operational tasks. With support from experienced colleagues, this is a fantastic chance to grow your underwriting career in a collaborative and specialist environment.

Your New Role
- Underwrite business in accordance with the business plan and within our UK and European business.
- Perform underwriting activities in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met
- Contribute to the recording and measurement of insurance risks to ensure accuracy and good practice
- Maintain and develop relationships with stakeholders including customers, brokers, business partners and colleagues, to increase exposure in the market.
- Develop knowledge of market dynamics and market cycles to be able to support business performance.
- Underwrite insurance risks to meet business objectives including negotiating rates, terms and conditions for existing and new business, ensuring production and issue of contract certainty documentation and supporting credit control in payment collection.
- Support the review and analysis of the portfolio to identify progress towards business objectives

About you
- Previous experience in an underwriting support role, ideally within the Lloyd’s market
- Knowledge of Property or Casualty (UK or international) would be ideal
- A high level of numeracy and literacy
- Highly organised with good analytical and interpersonal skills.
- Problem solving skills - demonstrates tenacity in handling and resolving queries.
- Intermediate level understanding of relevant software, including Excel and other departmental software packages.

Why QBE? At My Best

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation

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With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our

careers website.

At My Best - QBE Benefits
You are more than your work - and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally. As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you
- 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
- Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
- Pension - you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
- Private medical insurance - we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
- Family friendly policies - we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
- Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
- Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.
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