Underwriting Assistant - Environmental

Job Title:

Underwriting Assistant

Division:
Underwriting Operations

Reports To:

As per Beazley Org Structure

Key Relationships:
Underwriters, Brokers, Underwriting Assistants, UCO, and external clients and suppliers.

To assist the team in maintaining efficient underwriting operations processes and providing customer service to clients.

• To provide support and assistance to Underwriters by submission triage, reviewing new and renewal business, including quoting, rating, binding, and issuance support
• To manage account activities throughout the underwriting process
• To provide effective reporting on account portfolio
• To establish good internal and external relationships with clients and stakeholders

• Entering / updating policy information in the policy admin system
• Gather information for new business and renewal quoting
• Liaise with Broker queries
• Prepare quote and rating tools for the Underwriter
• Data verification to ensure integrity and accuracy
• Produce quote documentation
• Photocopying, logging, scanning quotes and declinatures, filing as required
• Assist with risk analysis, consistent with underwriting guidelines
• Confirm pricing and binding conditions are met
• Issue new and renewal quotes, binders, and policies within company guidelines
• Handle midterm account management activities
• Interact with other teams at Beazley on matters affecting or related to accounts within the portfolio
• Attend underwriting training and meetings as appropriate
• Produce reports on accounts portfolio
• Help maintain team standards through supporting other underwriting assistants in achieving their service/quality levels and targets as required
• Prepare, generate and issue policy documents as required
• Oversee the process for administering mid-term adjustments as required
• Comply with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met
• Tax data entry into relevant systems if applicable to product line and region, as required
• London based UAs should be prepared to attend to box at Lloyds periodically to support Underwriters
• Support the underwriters and team leader as required
• Participate in ad-hoc project work periodically

• Provide professional service to brokers via email, telephone, and face to face
• Serve as the first point of contact for customer inquiries during the account life cycle
• Maintain and develop key relationships by responding to all client queries in a timely and accurate manner

It is important that within all your interactions both internally and externally you adhere Beazley’s core values - Being Bold, Striving for Better, and Doing the Right Thing as they contribute to an internal environment of teamwork and promote a positive brand image and experience to our external customers.

• Adopt the Beazley culture of Professionalism, Integrity, Effectiveness and Dynamic that contributes to an internal environment of teamwork and promote a positive brand image and experience to our external customers.
• Comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct. Undertake training on Beazley policies and procedures as delivered by your line manager, the Culture & People development or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) either directly, via e-learning or the learning management system.
• Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all our customers.
• Ensure all interactions with customers are focused on delivering a fair outcome, including having the right products for their needs.
• Comply with any specific responsibilities necessary for your role as outlined by your line manager, the Talent Management or assurance teams (compliance, risk,…