Assistant Underwriter

at  RSA

Introduction
At RSA, we believe insurance is about people, not things. We provide our inspiring colleagues the support and opportunity to grow together, shape the future, and win as a team. We are going through a transformation journey, providing our people with opportunity to be integral to improving our service and delivering better products to brokers and customers.
We are a proud member of the Intact family, we feel part of something bigger, with a presence in North America, the UK and Europe. We have a bold ambition to become the best Commercial Lines business in the UK, demonstrated by our recent acquisition of NIG and Farmweb, allowing us to scale by leveraging our combined financial strength and importantly ensure our people feel the benefits of our joint capabilities.
We have an opportunity for an Assistant Underwriter to join our team on a hybrid basis.
Your Role
As an Assistant Underwriter, you will work with selected brokers to optimise profitable growth. You will apply a range of underwriting, relationship management and business development techniques to help achieve this growth. This applies to new and/or existing cases within our agreed process and defined underwriting appetite.
You will spend most of your time working with your selected brokers, identifying, discussing, negotiating and converting new and existing business opportunities and making effective underwriting decisions. Within this role you will underwrite eTrade Property, Packages and Motor business.
About You
To be successful in your role of Assistant Underwriter you will ideally have some insurance experience within underwriting, claims or broking. This experience can be either personal or commercial insurance.
We will also consider candidates with a solid customer service background, possibly within a Call Centre or retail environment. You will be able to build working relationships with insurance brokers and write profitable business to ensure growth of the account.
What We Offer You
At RSA we put our people first. We have adopted hybrid working as standard, to give you a better work/life balance and an excellent flexible working mindset. That is on top of a comprehensive range of benefits, including pension contributions of up to 11% looking after you now, and in the future.
We’ll give you countless opportunities to continuously develop, alongside a diverse and passionate community of experts – the best the industry has to offer. You’ll be empowered to be your best self, do your best work, and make a meaningful impact. Our employee promise allows you to shape the future, win as a team, and grow with us.
About Us
We celebrate individuality and it’s important to us that we have a culture where our people feel respected and valued for who they are. We pride ourselves on being accessible and encourage inclusive environments where our people can always give and show the very best of themselves.
We understand that home life is a priority and are happy to consider reduced hours or job shares. If you think you would be a great fit for us, but don’t meet all the requirements of the role, please contact us as we’d love to discuss how RSA could be the next step in your career journey.
Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact our recruitment team so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
Job Reference: UK00213

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