Job Description  

Job Title:        Broker Assistant

Division:         International Professional Risks  

Location:        London

Website:         www.amwinsglobalrisks.com

Amwins Global Risks

At Amwins Global Risks, we succeed together. We’re not ‘just another London broker’ placing risks and signing contracts. We’re forging relationships that are built to last. With over 700 employees around the world and a global footprint across more than 150 countries, we’ve cemented our place as a top 10 contributor to Lloyd’s.

Insurance is a relationship-based business, and achieving success means hiring the best talent in the industry. When you join us, we will encourage and support your professional and personal development as we invest in you and your learning to help you succeed and grow.

We believe in a flat organisational structure that prizes expertise and relationships equally. We’ve built a workplace where talent, collaboration and inclusivity are valued, and our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion helps cultivate an open, welcoming workplace where everyone who works with us can be themselves.

International Professional Risks

International Professional Risks Division handles business from over 80 countries and from almost every continent around the world. Members of the team have significant experience in placing Financial Lines (including Bankers Blanket Bond, Specie and Commercial Crime), Professional Lines (PI, D&O and Medical Malpractice), it Cyber and General Liability/Casualty Insurance. The Division is proud of a client list which ranges from smaller companies to multinational corporate institutions and national banks, handled on both a Reinsurance and Insurance basis. 

Responsibilities 

• Slip preparation and Endorsement preparation and production.  

• Preparing full risk submission for the markets.  This includes detailed analysis of the risk and the inherent nature of the business of the Insured. 

• Ensure that all new and renewal business, mid-term policy amendments and general enquiries are dealt with in a timely fashion 

• Following broker negotiation in the market, make an in depth presentation of the quotation to the client with subsequent follow up and communicate with the client making maximum efforts to secure an order. 

• Liaise with the Cheltenham office on an as required basis to assist with their processing of the business and issuance of documents to the client.  

• Maintain complete, accurate and up-to-date records, as an audit trail for files and documentation that circulate the various offices and markets. 

• To provide an efficient, professional and administration service to the client and market broking teams of the International Professional Risks Division within client and internal timescales. 

Personal Attributes 

Knowledge/Skills/Qualifications 

• Highly academic with good grades at A Level and GCSE 

• Strong communication skills (including written and verbal) 

• Highly organised. 

• Excellent relationship-building skills 

• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages, eg. Excel, Word and Power Point 

• ‘Total Objects’ System knowledge is useful (if not, training will be given) 

• High attention to detail and level of accuracy 

Key Competencies 

• Understanding the Customer                

• Communicating and Influencing skills     

• Management of Information                 

• Planning and Organisation          

• Analysis and Decision Making               

• Persuasion and Negotiation Skills