**Primary Details
Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Employee
Assistant Underwriter - Professional Indemnity
London
Permanent (Hybrid)
At QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future.
We are an international insurer and reinsurer with a local presence in 27 countries.
The Opportunity
We've an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Underwriter to join our Professional Indemnity team (PI team) on a full time, permanent basis. Joining an experienced, supportive team in this market-facing role you'll develop your underwriting career within a broad, global PI book with a breadth of appetite and clients.
?Your new role
- Underwrite insurance risks in accordance with the business plan and delegated underwriting authority to meet business objectives, referring as required.
- Contribute to the recording and measurement of insurance risks to ensure accuracy and good practice.
- Maintain relationships with stakeholders including customers, brokers, business partners and colleagues, to increase exposure in the market.
- Develop relationships in line with the business plan to support the achievement of business objectives.
- Develop knowledge of market dynamics and market cycles to be able to support business performance.
- Support the review and analysis of the portfolio to identify progress towards business objectives.
About you
- Previous administration underwriting experience or working knowledge of PI as a product
- Experience working within Financial Lines preferable
- Intermediate level understanding of relevant software including Excel and other departmental software packages
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
- Capability to analyse and use data for decision making and demonstrate financial acumen
- Good team player with the ability to work collaboratively and develop strong working relationships
- Flexible approach and ability to recognise and adapt to changing business requirements
Why QBE? At My Best?
?At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that's why we have created "At My Best".It's our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn't fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It's in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.??
#LI-Hybrid
We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.??
QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/).?
With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.??
To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit ourcareers website.
At My Best - QBE Benefits?
You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.? As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!??
30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.?
Flexible working -balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.?
Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.??
Family friendly policies
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