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!!