Motor Underwriter

About the role

Insurance Motor Underwriter – Twickenham – Hybrid

Support the Underwriters and Underwriting Director by:

Responsibilities

• Responding to email referrals and managing internal and external queries. This includes referring matters to Insurers where required.
• Maintaining the correct administration and filing for the Insurer and product files.
• Being responsible for in-house referrals from the sales team.
• Assisting in the generation of scheme performance data using company systems.
• Keeping up to date with the company's products and relevant external events that could affect underwriting decisions.
• Making confident decisions in line with business rules and processes.
• Being the first point of contact for the sales floor for underwriting queries.
• Being able to present risks to bespoke underwriters and agree terms.
• Understanding underwriting performance and having experience of monitoring insurer loss ratios.
• Always presenting the company in a professional and confident manner.
• Working closely with Operations in relation to Compliance matters.
• Contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Requirements

Person specification:

• Understand how to implement processes and procedures. Can confidently manage priorities effectively.
• Able to produce consistently high-quality information within tight deadlines.
• Demonstrates strong attention to detail.
• Capable of managing relationships – internal and external at all levels within business.
• Have a desire to learn new skills and challenge the ‘status quo' to develop personally and achieve business objectives.
• Take an active role in supporting and maintaining the company values and culture.
• Have good PR/interpersonal skills, outstanding communication and reporting skills, problem analysis and listening ability.

Qualifications and experience:

• Must have an understanding of bespoke/niche Motor Insurance.
• Must be able to understand underwriting performance and have experience of monitoring insurer loss ratios.
• Manage external relationships with insurers.
• Be the first point of contact for the sales floor for underwriting queries.
• Have a minimum of 3 years' experience of personal lines Motor insurance.
• Must display an understanding of Motor insurance risks factors and be able to demonstrate this to a high level.
• Must have experience of Motor insurance schemes.