Underwriting Assistant - Toronto, Canada - Beazley Management Limited

Description

General:

Job Title:
Underwriting Assistant


Division:
Beazley Digital

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Key Relationships:Underwriters, Brokers, Coverholders, and external clients and suppliers


Job Summary:

To assist the team in maintaining efficient underwriting operations processes and providing

customer service to clients.


Responsibilities:


Underwriting Support

• Entering / updating policy information in the policy admin system
• Gather information for new business and renewal quoting
• Liaise with Broker queries
• Data verification to ensure integrity and accuracy
• Produce quote documentation
• Filing quotes and declinatures, 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
• Attend underwriting training and meetings as appropriate
• 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
• Comply with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met
• Support the underwriters and team leader as required
• Participate in adhoc project work periodically

Broker/Client Interaction

• 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 within 24hr SLA

Person Specifications:
This role requires someone result focused, self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic.

This role would be ideal for somebody with a professional approach to interact successfully with other clients, building relationships and an ability to negotiate with both internal and external parties.

Skills and Abilities

• Fluency in English and French
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Accurate and numerate
• Computer skills good working knowledge of MS Office
• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
• Effective communication skills (written, verbal, active listening)
• Ability to manage time, meet deadlines and prioritize
• Capable and comfortable with high percentage of daily activities requiring data entry

Knowledge and Experience

• Proven administrative experience, preferably within the insurance or financial services sectors
• Proven background in accurate, high volume data entry
• Underwriting Assistant experience is advantageous

Competencies

• Achievement drive
• Analytical thinking
• Information seeking
• Customer focus
• Initiative
• Collaborative
• Problem solving
• Detail oriented
• Team working
• Time management
• Relationship development
• Effective communication

Aptitude and Disposition

• Result/outcome focused, selfmotivated, flexible and enthusiastic
• Professional approach to interact successfully with managers/colleagues/external suppliers
• Values continuous personal and professional development

As a Beazley employee, you are provided access to our fantastic array of benefits. We are committed to offering employees and their families a comprehensive benefits package.

Examples of some of our benefits include:

• Lifestyle allowance
• Commuting reimbursement
• Inoffice lunch allowance
• Six months parental leave
• Sabbatical (after 10 years of service)
• Retirement plan matching (varies by country)