Legal Expenses Underwriter

Due to continued expansion within this dynamic company, they are currently interested in speaking with ambitious Legal Expenses Underwriters who are looking for a long term career option.

Successful applicants will have worked in legal expenses or be from a broker or non-legal expenses underwriting background.

This is a hybrid role with a work from home option of up to 3 days a week

Salary - up to £32,850 plus extensive benefits

Permanent

35 hours per week ¦ Monday to Friday ¦ 9-5

Option to Work from Home up to 3 days per week

What you will be doing

• Manage your own portfolio of insurance business, taking ownership of accounts in collaboration with the sales team.
• Review and assess new insurance business applications and provide our clients sales team with new scheme quotes and prices for one off insurance cover.
• Use your analytical skills to understand historic trends and claims experiences to set renewal terms.
• Pro- and re-actively monitor and manage your insurance portfolio to ensure it meets our risk appetite and remains profitable.
• Liaise with insurance companies, brokers and other intermediaries as required to maintain strong relationships.
• Provide support to the sales team to ensure we continue to provide award winning service.

Who we're looking for

• You will be extremely comfortable working with and manipulating numbers in Excel, to understand historical trends and future projections.
• You will have proven relevant experience, but not necessarily in an insurance discipline.
• You will have attention to detail and be comfortable assessing information quickly and effectively.
• You will enjoy working as part of a busy team, and relish is swapping from one task to another.
• You will therefore be organised and quick to prioritise your work as needed.

Skills & Qualifications to be successful

• Good level of education (minimum of 5 GCSEs)
• ideally in an insurance or mathematical setting.
• Good numerical and literacy skills.
• Strong IT skills particularly using Excel
• Genuine desire to learn and challenge yourself.

What we offer

• Monday to Friday 9-5 (35 hours per week) - but more flexibility is an option.
• Work from home up to 3 days per week.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option of buying an additional 5 days and carrying over.
• 7% employer contributions.
• Free Legal Expenses Insurance and Motor Breakdown Cover.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Gym subsidy worth up to £25 pcm.
• Cycle scheme and interest free commuter loans.
• Company Sick Pay and enhanced Parental Leave.
• Free coffee, tea, squash and biscuits.
• Free company events and socials.
• Learning expenses and time for study and exams.

Our client is a fast-growing company, so they're always looking for talented and enthusiastic people who want to be part of something great.

As well as competitive pay and benefits, employees enjoy working in a modern, friendly and collaborative environment, focused on their founding principle that access to justice should be affordable to everyone in our society.

If this has sparked some interest, please APPLY today!!