Underwriter

Resolve Recruitment are delighted to be working with one of the UK's most successful legal expenses insurers who are interested in speaking to interested candidates from an insurance underwriting, insurance broking or legal expenses background.

Due to continued expansion within this dynamic company, they are currently looking to fill a Legal Expenses Underwriting role.

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

• Successful applicants will have worked in legal expenses or be from a broker or non-legal expenses underwriting background.
• 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's on 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!!