Assistant Underwriter (Terrorism)
Our Terrorism team provide wide and inclusive cover to businesses for acts of terrorism and sabotage committed for political, religious, ideological or similar reasons. Our Terrorism team brings extensive experience and innovation to address the unique types of exposures facing their markets today, and tomorrow.
As part of our continued growth we now have an opportunity for someone with prior Insurance experience and a willingness to develop technical underwriting and business development skills, to join us as an Assistant Underwriter.
You’ll learn to develop and underwrite profitable business within CFC’s Terrorism team. You’ll support the team across a variety of areas, including supporting with new business development, underwriting renewal accounts, building and maintaining broker relationships and responding to Terrorism queries from other product line underwriters.
About the role
- Respond to and manage account enquiries from brokers in a timely and professional manner, prioritizing as required to meet deadlines and SLAs;
- Follow up with brokers for new underwriting and renewals quotes;
- Deliver a consistently great customer experience to our brokers and clients;
- Management of the Terrorism renewals portfolio including regular email/phone communication with brokers for binding renewals;
- Ensure that all policy endorsements and mid-term adjustments are completed quickly and accurately;
- Complete documentation and filing and in adherence with CFC processes and policy standards, ensuring quality and accuracy of data captured at all times;
- Maintain regular liaison with key internal stakeholders across the business (e.g. Property underwriting team, Finance, Compliance and IT) to ensure timely processing of data internally as required;
- Support the Team Leader and team members with ad-hoc duties and projects;
- Meet team performance standards and contribute effectively as part of the Terrorism team.
About you
We are looking for driven, self-starters with a strong work ethic who can contribute to a fast-paced working environment and work within a high performance team. You will need to be sales and service focussed, confident and personable on the phone and in front of our customers and be able to demonstrate a hunger and aptitude to support growth within the team. You will be analytical with strong attention to detail but also able to reach conclusions quickly and make effective decisions.
You will be expected to work at a high pace and intensity that underpins the successful framework of the CFC business and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support our ambitious growth plans.
The ideal candidate will have at least 2-3 years of experience within the insurance industry preferably with exposure to underwriting Terrorism or a similar class of business. Given the emerging nature of our class of insurance, a successful candidate will have an interest in technology and be keen to stay on top of current affairs within the industry.
Core Values
Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.
Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.
Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.
About CFC
CFC is a specialist insurance provider, pioneering emerging risk and market leader in cyber. Our global insurance platform uses cutting-edge technology and data science to deliver smarter, faster underwriting and protect customers from today's most critical business risk.
Headquartered in London with offices in New York, Austin, Brussels and Brisbane, CFC has over 950 staff and is trusted by more than 100,000 businesses across 90 countries.
At CFC, insurance isn't just about underwriting. From data science to software development, and digital marketing design, we've got something for everyone. We're passionate about pushing boundaries, thinking differently and building the insurance company of the future.
CFC is committed to the principles of equal opportunities and creating an environment in which all individuals are always treated with dignity and respect. We encourage a diverse corporate culture of openness and appreciation to create an environment in which your talent can be developed in the best possible way. Should you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please let us know.
